by Aurelia E Weems, CPA | Nov 11, 2015 | Blog
It’s hard to believe, but Thanksgiving is this month. The October Classic is in the books (congrats to the KC Royals), and parents everywhere are enjoying their parental “Candy Tax”. It feels like a seasonal page has truly been turned. And right...
by Aurelia E Weems, CPA | Nov 4, 2015 | Blog
Many people think that preparing taxes for a living is a somewhat easy assignment. Bless their hearts. It’s NOT just “filling in the boxes” and having the spreadsheets or the software spit out the results. I wish it were so simple. There’s...
by Aurelia E Weems, CPA | Oct 28, 2015 | Blog
Last week, we tied a bow around all of our client tax returns for 2015, i.e. for “tax year 2014”, as the extension deadline came and went. It feels good to turn the page and move into our intensive preparation season for tax season 2016. (And now I’m...
by Aurelia E Weems, CPA | Oct 21, 2015 | Blog
The other day, I saw an article that made my jaw drop — and reminded me (once again) why we do what we do. Remember the BP oil spill in the Gulf? Yes, it was a while ago … but the region is still feeling the after effects, and not just environmentally. But...
by Aurelia E Weems, CPA | Oct 14, 2015 | Blog
The fall is here, but before we’re able to really enjoy it around here, we are carefully working through our roster of 2014 tax returns that were put on extension. As I mentioned last week — we are still able to set appointments for other matters (like tax...
by Aurelia E Weems, CPA | Oct 7, 2015 | Blog
As I’m writing this, chances are good that we are headed towards yet another federal government shutdown of some sort, due to Congressional disagreement over a host of different funding and tax related items. (Forbes just bumped the probability from 67% to 75%.)...