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Woodlands Taxpayers, How to Get 2021 Tax Filing Documents in Order
Before I jump into discussing tax filing documents, I hope it's okay that I spare you all of the "new year, new you" stuff.If you're anything like me, you’re being inundated with rehashed well-wishes and generic, happy-clappy "time to set some goals!!!" talk.And I...
Aurelia E Weems, CPA on Last-Minute Tax Moves for 2021
I remember reaching the end of 2020 ... it seemed as if all of us were breathing a huge collective sigh of relief.And then ... more chaos.Is it wrong to hope that 2022 will turn out better? Hard to say ... but I do know that what I DON'T want to do is retreat into...
Aurelia Weems’ “Help Me Remember” Holiday Prayer
These last couple weeks of 2021 are already a little unusual.Current events are swirling around virus policy, the big Biden "Build Back Better" Act seems to have hit a Joe-Manchin-sized brick wall, sports leagues are in an uproar around rising case numbers, and...
Aurelia Weems’s Strategies for Fighting Inflation
If you’ve been in a Houston area store lately or visited your local gas pump, you’ve probably noticed some price fluctuations – up and up and up. Every visit, it seems.Inflation is here, and it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. So, we all have to figure out how to...
Aurelia Weems on Year End Tax Strategies
I'm going to go further than I did last week and offer you some tangible things you can do NOW.And look ... probably taxes aren’t the first thing on your mind now that the holiday lights are flickering. After all, it’s a happy season for every Montgomery County...
Infrastructure Act Tax Implications for Woodlands Taxpayers
I don’t know about you, but I'm still over here digesting leftovers from last week’s festivities -- as well as the passage of that trillion dollar infrastructure act in Washington (more on that in a minute). But as November turns into December, I realize (and you...
The Difficulty (and the Power) of Thanksgiving
Perhaps it's because of the craziness of the past year and a half, maybe it’s the local Montgomery County weather ... but for some reason, the holiday season has caught us off guard over here at Aurelia E Weems, CPA. Wasn’t it just the end of summer the other day?This...
Real Estate BRRRR Strategy Pros and Cons for Woodlands Investors
Before I discuss the real estate BRRRR strategy, let’s talk about a current pressing topic that’s going to fuel investment talk. With numbers released last week, one thing is very obvious: inflation is here, and it is a problem for most Montgomery County taxpayers.At...
Aurelia Weems’s Take on Paying Off Your Mortgage Early
We are for sure seeing a "turn signal" of sorts around here as 2022 barrels its way onto the horizon.How about you? Are you beginning to start thinking about next year? The turn of the seasons means a lot of different things to many people, but it seems just yesterday...