I think there are two components to our shared reaction about the events in Paris on Friday. On one hand, we have the grief… Seeing those gruesome images, imagining the regular families whose lives have been forever upended … it’s all so immeasurably sad. And what makes it worse, I think, is wondering what we […]
So, last week I wrote you about your holiday spending, and making sure that you don’t find yourself caught up in all the merchandising and hooha — specifically of the retail variety. (Let’s ALL get caught up in the transcendent beauty of the season, shall we?) And it made me think about some clients that […]
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 around the corner will come the Christmas and other winter holidays. Stores are […]
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 three big reasons why it’s much harder than that — even for many […]