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Lillian Turner-Bowman’s Thanksgiving Encouragement
This week of Thanksgiving seems like it hurtled its way towards us, and suddenly the holidays are upon us. Perhaps it's because of the elections, maybe the weather ... but for some reason, it feels very sudden. And that's probably a good thing, because it's our chance...
A New York/New Jersey Metro Parent’s Four Step Guide On Teaching Money Management For Kids
Now that the elections are over, we are all adjusting to the idea of President Donald Trump. Even typing those words is an odd experience (as it would also have been to type "President Hillary Clinton") ... we've had eight years of President Barack Obama, and however...
Lillian Turner-Bowman’s Story of Real Wealth
I'm specifically putting this together on Monday, November 7th, before Election Day, before we know the outcome of our long national sojourn. So many have been writing things like "I can't wait for this election to be over!" and I have felt the same. But now is when...
Lillian Turner-Bowman’s Breakdown of the Candidates Tax Plans
As I promised, I have some information for you about the broad strokes of the potential income and business tax policies of our candidates for President this year. It's obviously a politically-charged issue, and so I've drawn from my own analysis, as well as the...
9 Questions For New York/New Jersey Metro Taxpayers To Consider for Tax Planning
I wanted to put this on your radar before the next few weeks, when (apparently) our nation (and perhaps even our little village of New York/New Jersey Metro) will be going down in flames. If we are to believe either/both sides of this nasty election, if Trump/Clinton...
Four Key Recordkeeping Principles For New York/New Jersey Metro Families To Protect You In The Case Of An Audit
Well, our "extension season" is behind us (as of Monday the 17th), and we here at Team Turner-Bowman can finally turn our full attention to what's coming down the pike in 2017. With the election brewing around us, Congress isn't doing *anything* right now about tax...
Lillian Turner-Bowman’s Key To Raising Rich Kids
In a few weeks, I intend to post here a look at the tax policies being proposed by each presidential candidate. Much of it is "campaign bluster", but some of it does show how each of them might affect your wallet, and mine. In the meantime, there's a lot of argument...
Lillian Turner-Bowman’s Six Steps For Dealing With Errors On Your Credit Card Statements
I write these notes on Mondays, and as of today, we don't yet know what kind of drama (if any) will occur during the presidential debate set for tonight. But regardless of all the political posturing, we're all facing so much emotion these days. From the Terence...
Seven Free Tips For Identity Theft Protection For New York/New Jersey Metro Individuals & Families
With the recent bombings in New York and New Jersey, the nation seems (once again) to be on edge, and the news channels are (once again) analyzing non-stop the ramifications of it all, what should have been done, what could be done, etc. Fear can run rampant within us...