Everything about this year since March has just felt a little ... off. And I mean aside from all of the cultural and political turmoil we're living through.The seasonality of everything feels different too. Pro sports are out of sync, "back to school" season surely...

Finally, the IRS issued guidance on Friday evening about payroll tax deferrals.And, as we've been communicating ... this may not be a very helpful program for most The Woodlands taxpayers. In fact, it's actually up to employers (not employees) whether or not to...

Still no guidance from the IRS about the payroll tax "holiday" (deferral), so it's extremely unlikely that your The Woodlands employer will be ready -- simply because the major payroll companies (Paychex, ADP, Gusto, and many others) don't have the answers to many...

Summer is nearing an end, but this has been no ordinary summer.Everywhere, parents are scrambling in the most unusual "back to school" season in memory. Fall sports are in limbo, and others (MLB, NHL, NBA) are operating in a weird Twilight Zone mode. Urban centers are...

Right now we're living through an age in which media trust has been thoroughly decimated. "Expert" authority itself is being questioned (in many cases, rightly), and misinformation is rampant.That's perhaps one of the reasons I've received so many visits to this...

Right now, it's almost impossible to escape the conflict, the noise, and the shaming over various cultural decisions we're having to make. Lockdowns, schooling, more economic stimulus, elections, vaccines -- it's all enough to drive you crazy if you pay close...

However you slice it, the schooling situation right now is tough, with no good options.If you are vehemently in favor of full-on school ... well, compassion would dictate that you would recognize that others are having more difficulty with that, for caution's sake or...

I'm still emotionally adjusting to the fact that we just went through 4th of July weekend ... and "tax season" is STILL GOING.I'm thankful for it, because I also know that extending the deadline during this wild, intensely difficult year (for so many) was a rare...

Some of our The Woodlands clients are STILL pulling their paperwork -- which is understandable during this donkey of a year, and with all of the new complications.But sadly, ye olde IRS isn't extending any payment grace in a couple weeks. (I say "sadly", but here at...

With national events continuing as they are, here at Aurelia E Weems, CPA, we're finding ourselves locking into "go mode" ... again. It's unusual for us to be in this mode smack in the middle of June, but this year has not been ... usual. This is because the tax...

Based on the history of events over the course of the last few decades (both here in The Woodlands, Conroe and Magnolia and beyond), you might have thought that world events would have slowed down in the last week -- that there could begin to be some sense of...

All over our nation, we're seeing pain.It's overwhelming, as someone who has to communicate to a broad base of The Woodlands, Conroe and Magnolia clients, to even articulate meaningful words about everything that is happening.So ... I'm just doing what I can to sit in...