It's Monday the 21st today, as I put this email together. We're hard at work, digesting all of the tax provisions in the huge "omnibus" spending bill that was passed on Friday. We'll be taking a few days to break and be with our families for some holiday time...

Before I get to today’s topic (some thoughtful guidance on spotting an IRS tax scam) let’s discuss this…It’s that time of year when spending seems to really kick in. Yes, I know we’re still in September, but all of these holidays that seem to mysteriously demand extra...

Here we are, a week past the election, and it's looking like the year 2000 all over again, with a long, drawn-out process until there is final certification of this election. Back then, it took a full five weeks for all of the legal process to play out. Hopefully, by...

The World Series is here, football seasons are in full swing, school is deep in session, and the weather is shifting for sure.Fall has a way of running along faster than we realize.It's kind of like our financial picture: things can change REAL fast, and before you...

How was your long weekend? Nice to have that kind of family time, yes? And, of course, it's sobering to remember the sacrifice made by so many of our veterans. It can be tempting for us to take a look around at all the chaos of our modern world (which, if we let it,...

It feels VERY good to turn the page on 2017, doesn't it? There were so many hard things that we faced as a nation that the opportunity to start fresh feels particularly bright this week. Obviously, and as I've already written about in some detail, we have a brand new...

Congratulations to the Patriots -- I mean the Tampa Bay Buccaneers -- for their Super Bowl victory.Here at Aurelia E Weems, CPA, we don't have a lot of time to pay much attention to such doings since tax season is here. Even though the actual submission of tax returns...

Depending on what kind of news you're consuming these days or how much you're paying attention, you might not have been noticing the inflation signals that are popping all over the place. This does have implications for taxpayers of all stripes -- and we will...

Despite that title, it has, in fact, been a relatively smooth first week of tax filing here at Aurelia E Weems, CPA The Woodlands, Magnolia and Conroe clients have been streaming through our doors, and we've been enjoying our little mini-reunion with so many longtime...