tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90866282012-01-13T13:33:01.396-05:00A weblog (blog for short) for taxpayers and tax professionals who want to meet and discuss year-end tax planning, technical tax issues, retirement issues, and how to legally minimize tax burden.QBbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15887707344537597681noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086628.post-1165701846250342552006-12-09T17:03:00.000-05:002006-12-09T17:04:06.263-05:00

I wanted to tell you about a interesting way to invest a few bucks. The name of the website is Prosper.com. It is a peer-to-peer lending community, where you choose loans to "bid" on. There are tons of listing to choose from, so I use ProsperPicks.com to narrow down the selections. Give it a try.

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I have been an avid listener to the Neal Boortz show, I also make it a point to read "Neal's Nuze". He has done a great job over the last few months explaining how the travails of our current tax system can be fixed by the "Fair Tax." Through my experience as a CPA, I have seen both low income and high income taxpayers for lack of a better word...screwed by our tax system.With a consumption tax,

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Until October 22, 2004 tax profit planning for businesses was as simple as “Go and buy a Hummer or two.” Then you could expense them up to $100,000. This step was so common that it was widely reported on the internet that some of the luxury SUV makers “added” a few extra parts to get to the 6,001 lbs of gross vehicle weight required to get the deduction. This is no more. So be careful if anyone

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The end of the year is fast approaching, and of you are on a bi weekly payroll, then you likely only have 4 payroll checks left. How can you keep more of them? By giving them up of course! If you are covered by an employer sponsored retirement plan, many employers will allow you to make a one time deposit to your account. Depending whether you are covered by a Simple IRA, 401(k), or another type

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Are you a teacher? If you are, great! I can’t think of a better profession. Unfortunately, in our society a healthy wage does not come with this noble profession. On top of that, state budget gloom has led to cuts in funding for schools. Some teachers though have felt the responsibility to use some of their own funds to help purchase supplies needed to make the classroom environment better. To

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New legislation enacted for this year, will enable taxpayers to continue to claim an adjustment to income up to $2,000. So if you purchase a NEW hybrid vehicle the government will help you buy it. Qualifying Vehicles2004, 2005 Toyota Prius2004 Honda Insight2004 Honda Civic HybridYou will notice that neither Honda has been certified for 2005, but I can’t think of any reason why the IRS will not

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It is hard to believe that the end of the year is already upon us. This unfortunately means that we also have to think about filing our taxes. I hope that this will be a place were taxpayers and tax professionals will be able to meet and discuss year-end tax planning for the next month or so. Then as we get into the New Year we can tackle some of the technical tax issues that we will be facing as

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