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Activity is relatively slow around here this week, and it always puts me in a meditative mood. Thanksgiving is nice because it's not quite yet the "calm before the storm" which the December holidays represent (right before tax season, as they are). This is a week when...

I wrote some of this to my individual (non-business) contacts, but I wanted to share with you as well ... 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,...

One of the great tasks of a business owner, as I see it, is to be the one who sets a direction for the communication of your business' message. It's become quite a task with so many consumers and clients having their own "bullhorn" (if you will) on social media,...

So, last week I wrote about holding firm on your pricing, and how important it is for the survival of your business. Got some nice feedback, and for that I'm grateful. We make it our goal to come alongside our business owner clients and contacts to help them think...

Hopefully, if you're a parent, you're enjoying some of the fruits of the Parent Tax (http://onforb.es/1OfmJU8). It is, after all, one of the rare times when we get to be the taxing authorities 🙂 But however you may handle that issue (and that article up there gets...

Having just wrapped up our extension returns for 2015 (on returns for 2014 income), we're finally able to fully set our gaze upon the 2016 tax season (which, of course, deals with the income you are bringing in now). And, as we do so I'm noticing a disturbing trend...

We've been spending this week getting our extension returns for individuals all wrapped up -- and, as usual, it's been a gratifying process. I'm glad to say that we've been able to help a lot of families and business owners keep far more in their pocket than if they...

"The customer is always right" ... right? Well, what happens when your customer is stone cold, Jack-Nicholson-in-the-sanitarium CRAZY? I wrote last week about when customers are difficult, but this is a whole different animal. I'll address it in a moment, but before I...