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One Trump Tax Plan Mistake That Lillian Turner-Bowman Wants You To Avoid
The internet can be a confusing, anxiety-inducing space.The national news is downright scary (and tragic), and places that used to be the province of baby pictures and goofy status updates are becoming increasingly divided over cultural questions and differences.But...
Leading Through Change In Your New York/New Jersey Metro Small Business
Goodness gracious, has there ever been change this year. I'm mostly referring to all of the new regulations in the tax code: the fact that strategies that "used to work" to reduce our clients' tax burdens might not work in the same way as they did in the past.Politics...
Delayed Gratification: Staying Focused to Get Ahead (Later) in the New York/New Jersey Metro
For sports fans, that was quite a run last week. The NHL crowned its champion (and the nation's capital seemed like it was one massive street party for the weekend), the rest of the NBA conceded to the Golden State Warriors, and we witnessed another Triple Crown in...
Focus Training For Folks In New York/New Jersey Metro
Now that we're into June, it really does feel like summer is here. The air conditioning kicks in, the days are hotter ... and, if you're like me, "focus" becomes something I have to set myself towards. It doesn't just "happen" -- especially when the days are hot. It...
Instilling Financial Literacy For Kids In New York/New Jersey Metro
Memorial Day weekend can often feel a little disjointed. There we are with our burgers, our pools, our picnics -- all while we are supposedly remembering the sacrifice of so many thousands who laid down their lives in the line of duty for this country, and for the...
How To Manage Money For New York/New Jersey Metro Millennials
I'll tell you what... The month of May is beginning to look a lot like December. Definitely not because it's cold out there, but with so much "end of school year" stuff happening these days, from graduation parties (ranging from pre-k "graduations" all the way up...
Lillian Turner-Bowman’s Three Tips For Resisting Financial Process Automation
Did you see Google's demonstration of their new virtual assistant technology, Duplex, last week? If you did, like me, probably you were both amazed ... and a little bit terrified of the implications. Essentially, Google is close to figuring out how to make it so that...
A 12-Point Financial Health Check For New York/New Jersey Metro Families And Individuals
We are now fully engaged in our tax "off season" here in New York/New Jersey Metro. But interestingly, this is where the real difference that we can make on behalf of our tax preparation clients is actually made. We're diving into the new tax legislation, and...
Four Tips For New York/New Jersey Metro Couples To Make Money and Marriage Work Together
It seems like crooks these days keep finding new ways to trick people here in New York/New Jersey Metro into giving them more money. And no, I'm not talking about Congress. Last week, for those of us in the tax professional world in New York/New Jersey Metro who are...