Tweet Sometimes the results of being role models for our kids are hilarious. Take, for instance, our experience years ago with couponing and how it got my middle son in a heap of trouble with his first-grade teacher. “Mom, Mom, the teacher told everybody I’m a cheater,” Brandon cried as he ran up to me. [...]
Tweet These days, there’s a lot of buzz around the words “web presence.” You’ve got Google AdWords promising increased site traffic, web consultants pushing techniques like search engine optimization (SEO), and affiliate marketing programs guaranteeing to broaden your customer base. Of course, all of these things will strategically increase your web presence in time. But, [...]
Tweet Last fall my daughter, Jaime, asked me to accompany her on a road trip to Mexico, Missouri. This 10-hour journey was a rescue mission, and we were headed to a horrible place. Another large puppy mill had been put out of business. Missouri has been No. 1 in puppy mills for decades – not [...]
Tweet Special Filing Period from May 15 through June 30, 2011 Michigan Treasury Website On October 5, 2010, a tax amnesty program was signed into law that allows qualified Michigan taxpayers to resolve unpaid taxes that were due on or before December 31, 2009. Under the law, amnesty participants will have all civil and criminal [...]
Tweet President Obama on April 14 signed into law legislation to repeal the new Form 1099 information reporting requirements. Specifically, the legislation repeals language from the 2010 health care law (Pub. L. No. 111-148) that would have required businesses, beginning next year, to issue a Form 1099 for payments to corporations for goods and services [...]
Tweet “Mom, if managing the café turned out to be my life, and music was my hobby, that would be so sad.” That’s coming from my youngest son, Darren, 26 and living in New York City. The reason for the conversation: he works at an independent café which operates nine locations throughout Manhattan. He loves [...]
Tweet Measures directed at closing the tax gap disproportionately affect small businesses, according to a report released March 23 by the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy. The IRS estimated a $345 billion tax gap for 2001 prior to collection and enforcement activities, and a $290 billion gap following collection and enforcement activities, the report [...]
Tweet There we sat at Universal Studios in Florida waiting for the magician to step forward and wow us. Wishful thinkers that we are, it’s almost predetermined that we will be wowed, because we want to be wowed. It’s our vacation and we need to be wowed. Finally, the moment for magic arrives. Sleight of [...]
Tweet Tax refunds for some tax filers who claimed the home buyer tax credit in 2008 are being delayed because of computer processing problems, the Internal Revenue Service said March 23. IRS said the problem is affecting only a small percentage of tax returns that involve the repayment of the 2008 First-Time Homebuyer Credit and [...]