This is a very important question and something we often analyze for clients in our office. In fact, many clients rush to put their spouse on payroll, but for the wrong reasons and it could actually be a costly mistake. First, here are two big reasons NOT to put your...
Ok…so the real name of an IRA that can be used for education expenses is called a Coverdell Education Savings Account (Coverdell ESA). However, for simplicity sake, we in the accounting world generally refer to these powerful little gems as the “Education...
Every week our firm gets call from clients around the country who have lost money by investing with friends, family or neighbors they trusted—but who were not licensed to sell securities or did not properly document the relationship as a partnership. Many of these new...
Student loans cause a great deal of stress in the lives of many Americans. From keeping track of payment deadlines or living in constant fear of not being able to make their next payment, the whole process can be overwhelming. The bottom line is even if you are making...
As we have been working through tax returns for clients this tax season, it’s alarming to see how many clients aren’t maintaining their checkbook properly, or not even having a separate checkbook at all for each of the companies they own and operate. I’m not just...
Millions of Americans die each year without any type of estate plan in place, and this forces their families into the court system, where they experience huge expenses with probate and significant time delays when they would rather be mourning. Nobody wants to think...
