Well the week didn’t end well for me with my finding out that I had lost my last grandparent. I was trying to figure out how to best remember her. Happily I found away. My heart and mind will keep her memory for all time.
She introduced me to Snoopy back when Snoopy and Charlie Brown first started about. My first memory of Charlie Brown and Snoopy was/ a stuffed animal that I still have. The first book/s I remember ever having where Charlie Brown’s Super Book of Questions and Answers and Charlie Brown’s Second Super Book of Questions and Answers. As I was looking for links to these two books I found that there are actually several. At the least five, along with others. I can’t speak for any of them but the first two and they are awesome.
So before I get into some blogs that I managed to get down, here is a little bit of what I call Snoopy Music:
enjoy
From a blog I have never seen before called outright comes the post Understanding Form 1099 Information Return Requirements. Those of you who use this form please read this.
From Joe K. up in Iowa, as he points out and I agree, “Most preparer injuctions permanently put the preparer out of business.” However this wasn’t the case in” Humbloldt preparer hit with permanent injunction.
My friend over at Living almost Large writes about The referral discount. This is something I actually do in my practice. I give clients a discount for referrals, with a set limit up to a free return. You’d have to see my page at my Biz site. I call it a credit coupon.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK – A NATIONAL SALES TAX? This is something I have thought about and read about. The concept is sound enough but lacks discipline. The “underground economy” as you put it would only thrive in a situation like this. To keep that going it would seem to this tax preparer that crime would escalate, thus causing insurance rates to sore, in turn causing the cost of goods to sore out of control.
People spend their paychecks before they get them is a proportional way of survival. Doesn’t make it a good thing or a bad thing, it is just a way of life for some. So using this as a means to “teach” our neighbors to save and invest is a lot like a story I read written by George Orwell titled 1984. Frankly if that happens, I’d find myself in the situation of Winston Smith.
Over all the idea is a sound one but, in this world I find it to be unrealistic. Namely, look at all the people who would become unemployed, No IRS. . . Then there is the problem of what would our politicians do, if there was a tax so simple as this?
Kay brings us two must reads this week. “Lost in all the hoopla about the just-extended first-time home buyer tax credit is the fact that the clock is ticking down on another stimulus-created tax break.” Please check out the Road ending for auto deduction.
“Living on one income can be a scary thought; particularly if it is not something you choose to do but is forced upon you due to the loss of a job or other life event. Even if it is totally planned, it can be a discouraging thought that a portion of your household income (even if it is not a large portion) will soon not be coming in to help pay the bills” Living On One Income- Tips for Going From Two Incomes to One is a post that could help you work through this.
Myths Of Owning A Small Business is a story from Forbes.com. In it you will find a great many truths about the myths. My favorite Myth: You can set your own schedule. I do this but my hours aren’t by any means bankers or better. I may start late and be out of the office earlier than some would like but I actually am working untill 2am and this past week or so I have been up until three am. So if your planning a biz, please find the truths about some of the myths.
Maybe next year… a tax hope we have all been looking for.
It is that time of year, at least around here. Have you prepared your holiday budget? If not here are some tips you need to follow: How To Set Your Christmas Budget.
With that time of year many over spend. To help your finances, avoid overdraft fees by setting up overdraft protection on your accounts. Simple Personal Financial gives us, Simple Personal Financial Tips – Avoid Overdraft Fees. I had some trouble getting to the site but it is worth it to get there.
In the above mentioned post I found a link to another post that everyone should have a look at. Signs you may need to simplify your personal finances is a list, basically “. . . signs, signs everywhere the signs, can’t you read the signs.” Check it out.
And in closing, there is a lot going on about the AMT, as it gets closer to all who fall into “the middle class. If you want to know what is going on there is a lot out there about it. I even plan to write some on in for the coming week, (some history and some, what now). Until my post are up, or before you go searching the net, I’d suggest reading this: Beware the complicated and costly AMT.
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