With all of the insanity of 2020, it seems a bit crazy (and a bit of a relief, to be frank) that we now find ourselves in Thanksgiving week.I have some thoughts, which are perhaps a bit more meditative than normal, because of how this holiday works for tax...

With the increased standard deduction this past year ($12,400 single, $24,800 married filing jointly, $18,650 head of household), some smaller charities began to see a decrease in donations.This year might be worse.Yes, I hate to be the one to say these things, but...

A week past the election, and still plenty of disagreement about the results.That means this is another week where you have the opportunity for the other chumps out there to get massively distracted by the political war games ... while you go about quietly building...

Apparently there's some news happening around us in these days.I often use this space to share Sacramento-specific, detailed information about PPP forgiveness, tax code updates, leadership and marketing strategy, expense reduction, and more -- all essential topics for...

Right about now, there are writers and analysts already preparing the articles about why the Trump campaign failed. AND right about now, they might be doing the exact same thing in regards to the Biden campaign.Obviously, as of this writing, we have no idea what's...

Oh, you thought I would tell you who I thought would win the presidential election?Nope, I'm not going there.I'm a tax professional though, and I'm not immune to conversations about proper planning for either eventuality. In my opinion, however, the BEST advice about...

You might have seen some rumors on this already, but I wanted to help make everything clear for you...A few weeks back I told you that there were some tax professional rumors circulating about “automatic PPP loan forgiveness” for loans under $150K. Remember that?Well,...

Local business owner to local business owner(though you might actually be out of the area -- but this still applies), I want to remind you of something that you probably already know:With the election just one month away, the world is SWIMMING in conflict and...

All the political people are arguing over taxes, and my inner geek smiles.(By the way, if YOU want to argue about the tax issues, here's a good explainer article to start with before you make big declarations about the tax issues involved.)Because I'm not really...

With the business deadline (9/15) behind us, we're in tax planning season.Though the IRS (and Congress) haven't yet definitively made a statement about it (that we know of), here at Accounting Made Accessible, Inc. we are operating according to the fact that the...