Tweet If this situation applies to you or anyone you know, please have them contact us here at the office at their earliest convenience! A big THANK YOU to Jon A Hayes, the Executive Director of the Independent Accountant’s Association of Michigan, for keeping us up to date with the most recent changes in the [...]
Tweet Matt Stephens from Gerry Weinberg and Associates in Southfield, MI shared the following with us. We have all “been there, done that”. Take a look at a better way to skin this literature cat! ********************************************************************************* Sooner or later, a prospect is going to tell you, “Send literature.” It’s a natural response to a salesperson. [...]
Tweet When people find out I’m a commercial real estate agent they often sidle up close and whisper in my ear, “Let me tell you, I got such a deal,” and expect me to nod approvingly. Dare I frown? A deal isn’t always a deal. A gentleman who coordinated real estate for a now-defunct company [...]
Tweet Hopefully this article is correct! The office here at EA Schensky has spent countless hours counseling folks on the costs involved in these “free” services to obtain “instant” refunds. The cost to gain access to one’s money a week to ten days earlier than ordinary processing has seemed like usury to us for A [...]
Tweet On December 13th, 1989, Main Office Mailers (MOM ) survived an arson fire that ravaged our offices on Eckles Road in Plymouth. It is a spectacular memory; a haunting photograph too easily recalled. There are many elements that contributed to MOM’s survival. One of these was Business Interruption Insurance, a form of insurance coverage [...]
Tweet The Internal Revenue Service is reporting that the majority of issues surrounding delays in tax refunds have been solved. As you will recall, the IRS sent an email in late January warning that tax refunds could be delayed a week this tax season because of new identity theft filters that were installed to prevent [...]
Tweet Florida was to be a January vacation filled with sun, warmth, blue skies and swimming. Well, not so much warmth this past January! Time for Plan B: keep those swimming suits tucked away in our suitcase and visit places we normally would not have time for. Ever been to a flea market? Lots of [...]
Tweet Courtesy of David Murray (way of the Murr) we have had the pleasure of reading his guest blogger… Erica Moss, Social Media and Outreach Coordinator at 2tor. When was the last time you were pleasantly surprised? As humans, it’s easy for us to subscribe to the idea that the opinions and assumptions we’ve made [...]
Tweet Investing always involves choices. Jill makes a good point that needs to be considered as you decide where to place your funds. “Remember the differences in HOW your investments are taxed: Taxed NOW: Mutual funds, Stocks, CD’s Taxed LATER: IRA’s, Qualified retirement plans, annuities, life insurance withdrawals and surrenders Tax ADVANTAGED: Roth IRA’s, Municipal [...]