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Top 10 Advantages of being on Tax Extension

10.  You can stop feeling guilty (for awhile) about not having your stuff together in time 9.  You have 5 months more to procrastinate 8.  You can stop wondering (for awhile) how much you are going to owe and where More…

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Playing Hooky

I love this time of year.  All of our bookkeepers have families, so they all want to be home baking cookies, shopping, decorating, and otherwise enjoying this joyful season. Consequently, they all work extra hard to get all their clients More…

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Are we there yet?

Nov 1st?! Why does the end of the year sneak up on me like this?   Oh, I know there’s still another 60 days, but in my world, Thanksgiving and Christmas own a lot of that time.  Next thing I More…

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September 1st–really?

I’m sad.  No, I mean like really sad.  All year I look forward to summer (Check out this post to see what I’m talking about) and now it’s over.  Oh, I know, it’s still warm during the day, and crisp and More…

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Something is wrong…

It started out as a little scratchiness in the throat.  A little hru-umph clearing, a few swallows of water, and then it hit me.  I’m getting a summer cold.  NO WAY! Sure enough, by 7 PM I was having trouble More…

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Musical Bookkeepers

Did you ever lose your bookkeeper? I don’t mean, did they get lost in the file room or something–but did you ever suddenly NOT have the bookkeeper who was the one person who knew how to do your books, and More…

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It’s o-o-o-over!

So either you got your taxes done, you’re waiting for your refund (oh please don’t tell me you had to pay….) and you’re merrily on your way, OR You filed an extension (again) and are back to procrastinating mode.  Isn’t More…

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March 2011

IT’S ALMOST APRIL 15…

For all us “numbers people” that means the phones will calm down and we will be allowed to get reacquainted with our families.

For all you procrastinators, that means you have 6 more months to avoid getting your stuff together before you panic again.

Go ahead, enjoy it. But while you are, maybe, just maybe, consider how you might break this crazy cycle. Like maybe by hiring a bookkeeper once and for all? C’mon, give it some thought. You know you want to.

I can even help you figure out what to look for. Check this out: 5 Tips for Hiring a Bookkeeper When you’re done, give me a call. Before October 15, preferably…

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February 2011

Everyone around here is talking about Spring.  I’m not. I do not enjoy winter one little bit, but talking about Spring in mid-February is nothing but fiction (here in NJ). All talking about it will do is set me up More…

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January 2011

  It’s a new year, so I figure I needed a new post. This is the time of year when we bookkeeper/accountant types supposedly become nocturnal and do not participate in normal social activities, eating only from fast food bags, More…

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