Category: Taxes

  • The Day After Tax Day

    Well, you made it.  You filed your taxes right on time or you filed that extension to give you a little more time. It is that one thing in our life that is for certain – filing taxes.  Many dread April 15.  I can remember just a few years ago when our end of the…

  • Do You Need A Sequester?

    It has been three weeks now since all of America awakened to learn their president and elected leaders could not figure out how to cut spending.  The Sequester, the auto budget cuts they – those same elected leaders – put in place, was now taking affect and untold millions were going to be affected by…

  • Here We Are After The Fiscal Cliff

    For what seemed to be most of the year last year, our country, its citizens, politicians, and economic engine was focused on one thing – the impending Fiscal Cliff.  Unfortunately, it was not focused on but for a few weeks post the presidential election.  It should have been focused on  months and even years earlier.…

  • It’s Time For a W4 Checkup

    This year many have made changes in payroll withholding to make sure they avoid a big refund from the IRS or, maybe, a big bill. Depending on what you entered, you may have seen a big impact in your take-home pay that was intended to put you 1) in a good position come tax time…

  • Are You Qualified for Public Office?

    This is a national election year.  While on the state and local level many will be elected, it is also the year that we elect a President, a new House of Representatives and about 1/3 of the Senate.  At the state and federal level, there are qualifications identified for the various offices that are open…

  • Not the NFL….

    Recently there has been an abundance of bad news from the government. The GSA and the Secret Service are just two of those things in the recent few weeks. It seems like there is always something. One thing that caught my attention recently was the NFL. That’s right, the National Football League. It seems that…