by Leif Jensen | May 17, 2022 | Investing, Money Management, Taxes |
If you meet the definition of “Trader” by the IRS you can choose to use the mark-to-market rules, investors cannot. If a trader doesn’t make a valid mark-to-market election under section 475(f), then he or she must treat the gains and losses from sales of...
by Leif Jensen | May 16, 2022 | Investing, Money Management, Running a Business, Taxes |
Are you a “Trader” or an “Investor” in the eyes of the IRS? Special rules are in place if you’re a trader in securities, in the business of buying and selling securities for your own account. The law considers this to be a business, even though a trader...
by Leif Jensen | Apr 26, 2022 | Banking, Money Management, Running a Business |
How often do you reconcile your bank accounts? What about your brokerage accounts? I am working with a business that has neglected their cash and investment accounts for several years… I only have bank accounts in my businesses, and I seemingly don’t like to keep...
by Leif Jensen | Apr 20, 2022 | Investing, Money Management, Rant |
One client this tax season was asking me what I thought the economy was going to do in the near term, this gentleman is slightly older than me. I started by reviewing that 2021 was a gangbuster year, that most of my accounts had hit their highs and that I was pleased...
by Leif Jensen | Apr 18, 2022 | Money Management, Running a Business |
We work with a number of clients who ask for our advice and then act upon that advise, usually for the better and their business grow and prosper. While there are a few outliers that have me in regularly to assist with certain tasks and then ignore my advice. One...
by Leif Jensen | Apr 13, 2022 | Money Management, Running a Business |
As strange as it may seem, we are working with a number of clients who maintain no books or records. After we created some semblance of order with their records, we could then prepare the tax returns for them. When we finally get a chance to present the returns to...
