We like there to be a “bad guy” in our journey to financial freedom. Someone who we can all jump on as the cause for our financial stress. When it comes to taxes, that’s usually the IRS… and they know it. And I know it too – hence my consistent warnings to my...
In every great heist movie, there’s a moment of misdirection. While one part of the crew distracts the guards, the other slips away with the loot.And lately? It almost feels like the IRS is living out a version of that script. With headlines full of budget cuts,...
If you’re like most Sacramento business owners I talk to, you’ve had a month (or five) where everything hits at once. Rent, vendors, staff, inventory… some weeks, it all comes due before the revenue shows up. And in those moments, payroll can start to feel like a...
I talk a lot about the plethora of ways you can get into tricky situations with the IRS. My hope is always to reach someone who might need help navigating one of these challenges and get them back on solid ground.But, I’m also acutely aware that there are...
For a lot of people, this time of year (aka tax season) is scarier than a haunted house. It’s when you have to face the IRS all over again. The natural starting point for that is to start organizing all those tax records of yours that document your financial...
We’re not in Kansas anymore… at least not if Kansas is a place where doing your taxes is as simple as typing your income on a dotted line and hitting “enter.” As technological advances attempt to make our daily lives easier, they sadly make our taxes a bit harder...