How many of you love watching HGTV? A lot of you, I’m sure. It is the fourth most-watched cable network in the United States.
The new Covid-19 stimulus act sets aside $35 billion for first-time PPP applicants, with $15 billion of that made in loans for first-time applicants .
If there is ever an opportunity for scammers to find a way to take your personal information, they are on it!
What is an SLRP? SLRPS stands for Student Loan Repayment Programs. Employers contribute a fixed amount per month to their employee’s student loans.
For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any amount which (but for this subsection) would be incredible in the gross income of the eligible recipient because of forgiveness described in subsection (b) shall be excluded from gross income.
I could not tell you how much my phone rang this year with clients asking were their refund was or that they went online to check their refund status only to find out their return had yet to be processed. It did not matter what I said, or the proof I sent over, I could tell they still did not believe.
Recently a financial planner was referred to me in hopes of networking. She said she needed a good CPA to refer her clients to. When I said I wasn’t a CPA but an EA, she paused and said, “but I can only refer to CPAs".
Recently I received a call from a client saying he wanted to “help” his employees and have them all be independent contractors. He felt this was a “win-win” because his employees could write-off unreimbursed expenses that were lost with the passage of the Jobs Act and he can save money on payroll taxes, insurance, etc.
“I don’t want to pay any taxes”. If I had a $1.00 for every time a client said that to me, I would be sitting on the beach in Bora Bora sipping on Mai Tai’s and have someone else preparing my taxes!
Recently I went on a blind date. My matchmaker gave me the important stats: 5’11, blue eyes, CPA, successful, intelligent, and lives within a 20 mile radius. Per her, “we were a perfect match."
It is very common to hear people say they hate going to the dentist. I hate going to the dentist.
Remember the “stated” loan? It’s also called the “liar loan” or the “loan that crashed our housing market”.