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What Can a CPA Do that a Regular Accountant Can’t?

What can a CPA do that a regular accountant can’t? That’s what we’d like to address today.

Five guys committed a $13 million tax fraud. Here’s how much prison time they’ll do

Miami-Dade residents Jamal Dyer, Jorge Osorio-Rodriguez, Tramaine Sealy, Jonathan Edwards and Daniel Murias each have been sentenced to do federal prison time after pleading guilty to a $13 million tax fraud

What Are Account Detail Types in Quickbooks?

If you’re planning to keep track of your business’s financial records using Quickbooks, you’ll need to familiarize yourself with the accounting software’s detail types. Whenever you create an account in Quickbooks — expense account, income account, liability account, etc. — you’ll be prompted to choose a detail type. It’s important that you choose the right detail type because this will affect the subcategory in which the…

Is Hiring a CPA Worth it? 5 Tips for Getting Your Money’s Worth

Often when people find out I’m a tax accountant, I get asked, “How much does a CPA cost?” It’s like me asking “How much does a home cost?” We all understand that a 1,000 square-foot home in Kansas has a different cost than a 1,000 square-foot penthouse condo in New...

IRS Tax Tip: Ten Tax Tips For Individuals Selling Their Home

The Internal Revenue Service has some important information for those who have sold or are about to sell their home. If you have a gain from the sale of your main home, you may be able to exclude all or part of that gain from your income.Read more →

4 Practices That Keep a Life Crisis From Creating a Business Crisis

Nurture relationships and practice equanimity while life is calm and you will be prepared to navigate a personal trauma that could upend your business.

If you're gay, I want you to know that I don't hate you

I'm a Christian who thinks homosexual practice is sinful. But I promise, I do not hate you.

You Won't Believe This: Gay Father Wants to Get Married to His Gay Son

"So, go ahead and mock me and tell me there's no slippery slope."

How not to react when your child tells you that he’s gay

Horrific footage has surfaced of a young man being insulted and attacked by his family for coming out as gay to them.

Can you UN-gay in life?

My best friend told me she’s no longer a lesbian stud, and changed her sexual preference to heterosexual. What? How? (!)She went to church and had a change of heart. Realizing she was living wrong this whole time. Now she wants to find a husband.I’m supportive and there for her all the way...

The Search for Gay Genes: Should Queer People Support It?

Efforts from scientists trying to identify 'gay genes' are part of a longstanding, problematic tradition of research focused on how minority groups are genetically different. It’s high time we moved the fight for LGBTQ+ recognition and survival away from the ‘nature versus nurture' debate and into new directions.

Why I Don’t Call Anyone “Gay”

The clergy sex abuse and cover-up stories have created a linguistic challenge for faithful Catholics. Over 80 percent of these clergy abuse cases involve predatory sexual activity between adult men and younger men in less powerful positions. Some Catholic commentators refer to these cases as “gay” to distinguish them from “pedophilia.” Their intention is sound: …

Show Us A Picture You Have As A Kid That Screams "Gay"

"My mom hid that she was gay until she died"

Mom and Dad rarely touched one another unless there was a camera pointing at them. Then they smiled, occasionally Dad might even put his arm over Mom's shoulder.

Are You The Gay Cousin?

There Is No 'Gay Gene,' Major Study Concludes

There's no such thing as a single "gay gene" that drives a person's sexual behavior, concludes the largest genetic study ever conducted on the issue.

How Gay Is Your Presidential Candidate?

If sexuality is fluid, then so is politics. Both exist on a spectrum, both evolve and change as we grow up, and both are fun in the moment—but ultimately make...