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Why You Should Consider Giving Away Your Tax Refund by Lillian Turner-Bowman
This past Sunday, the NCAA revealed the brackets for March Madness. The country will be inflicted with a particular form of hysteria these next few weeks, but unfortunately, this little national hoops holiday isn't one which my staff and I get much chance to...
Lillian Turner-Bowman’s Tax Paperwork Checklist
These days, I'm often glad that it's our busy tax filing season, so that I have an easy excuse when political conversations are happening: Oh THAT [crazy new political story]? Huh, didn't see it -- I'm too busy with tax season. With all of the chaos out there, the...
Four Tips On Gently Encouraging Your College Graduate Living At Home To Independence by Lillian Turner-Bowman
It's a hard world out there, for sure. (You know it's tough when they can't even get the Best Picture award right at the Oscars!) And for our young millennials, it sure seems like things are harder than they were when we were entering the workplace life. If you...
The Top 12 2017 IRS Scams by Lillian Turner-Bowman
Every year around this time of year, the Treasury Department releases their list of the various shenanigans that criminals and the like try to pull around taxes. Obviously, this activity peaks around now, and so it's a very good idea to be on your guard. Last week,...
Start The Estate Planning Process During Tax Season by Lillian Turner-Bowman
We are rocking and rolling through tax season these days at Ye Olde Turner-Bowman Tax Shoppe. But I woke up Monday to the news that the federal government took in a record $1.08 trillion in taxes during the first quarter of their fiscal 2017 (which ran from Oct '16 -...
A New York/New Jersey Metro Tax Professional’s Valentine’s Day Plan
Whatever you might think about the New England Patriots, it's nearly impossible not to respect their prowess on the football field. And there are plenty of storylines we can all take away from that epic game: * Apparently it's a good year to be a man with a...
What To Look For In a New York/New Jersey Metro Tax Professional
The world is awash in shouting these days. Can you feel it? It's tax season, and so I'm not spending much time in Facebook, but I know for a fact that there is a lot of anger, frustration and noise about politics. So much so that it seems everywhere you turn these...
Common Tax Return Errors To Avoid For New York / New Jersey Metro Self-Preparers
The Super Bowl teams are set, the new President is inaugurated ... why does it feel like things are still going so fast? Perhaps, for me and my team, it's because we finally are able to submit tax returns to the IRS (they began receiving them on Monday the 23rd). But...
Lillian Turner-Bowman’s Rule From The Successful
I have to first get this off my chest, before we get to the orders of business for today. A New York/New Jersey Metro friend who was watching football the other day asked me about a commercial he saw from a "popular" tax chain (who shall remain nameless) that is...