Friend 1: “Oh crap, I forgot to pay my income taxes by April 18!” Friend 2: “Hey, don’t worry, you’re not alone. I mean, who can keep track of all those deadlines anyway? And let’s be honest, paying taxes is not exactly the most exciting thing in the world. It’s like going to the dentist…
What is financial planning? Is it a piece of paper that tells you you will need enormous amounts of money at a certain point in your life? A chart or a graph depicting whether your “plan” can be successful? When you google “What is financial planning,” these are the results. The CFP Board “A financial…
Happy New Year! We hope the final weeks of 2022 were full of rest and joy for you. It was, and this is atheme of the 2020s, quite the year. A major global superpower brutally invaded a neighboring country, Covid-19 was a continued presence, inflation spiked to 9%, stock and bond markets experienced broad declines,…
“Big things come in small packages,” and the 1% Change is precisely that tiny package. What does a 1% Change do for you? A great example at the highest level is the Professional Golfers Association (PGA. Looking at the top 25 golfers in scoring average, the difference between #1 Rory McIlroy and #25 Billy Horschel….
Southern manners always suggest that one should never talk about politics, money, religion, and sex at the dinner table. We will probably touch on a few of those in the following words. If I offend you, I suggest you email me about how I have offended you. You should know that I appreciate a conversation…
“Can I deduct that?” is the most asked question from our new and current business tax clients at Tannery Company. Our answer is usually yes and lots more. I posed the question in the subject line of, “Does your CPA make you money?” If the answer is not yes, you should fire your CPA. Does…