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Three Hobby Loss Developments And The Romanowski Judgement
Be careful about following the common “same as last year” theory practice of tax return preparation

How to Rethink Your Money Mindset and Unlock a Better Life
Your money mindset won’t change overnight, but it will shift if you’re honest with yourself. Rewrite the script. Make space for new habits. Let your decisions reflect where you want to go, not just where you’ve been. You don’t have to be rich to think like someone who values themselves. And once you start thinking that way, the rest of your life catches up.

What Grok Thinks Of Me
Reilly’s work has a significant impact within the niche of tax journalism, offering practical advice and unique perspectives on how tax laws intersect with issues like religious liberty or gender equity.

Syndicated Conservation Easements Beginning Of The End
The market for unimproved land is not perfect, but the players in it are not a bunch of idiots. So if you go on a buying spree the package you assemble will likely be not that far off from average fair market value. The ownership of land is a bundle of rights. When you donate an easement you are giving away part of the bundle not the whole bundle. So an easement will be worth a percentage of what was paid for the property recently. And the tax savings will be a percentage of that.

Tax Return Is Key Information Source For Divorce Attorney
You should have a prenup. I know it sounds terrible, and there is nothing romantic about it. It is a hard subject to talk about with someone you love. Where a lot of money and assets are concerned, it is vital. You never know about love, but you do know that when the love is gone there will be a knock-down, drag-out fight over the assets. – Donald Trump

Lafayette Superhero
Lafayette was not a rock star. He was a superhero. And like every superhero he has an origin story.

Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Belchertown MA June 14
It has been said, “When the legend becomes truth, print the legend.” And so we will.

Federal Tax Treatment Of State Paid Family Medical Leave Programs – Refund Opportunity
Back in 2022 when you filed that return everybody was confused about what the law meant. Nine governors asked the IRS for clarification a year ago and now those smart people at the Chief Counsel’s office have figured it out. Who are we to argue?

Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Burlington VT June 29
“To the Revolutionary Soldiers: – I am delighted, my dear comrades, whenever I find myself among my revolutionary brothers in arms; for we were all brothers fighting in the same cause of independence and freedom; we all enjoy together the happy results of our toils; yet it is to me a particular gratification to recognize among you many of the intimate companions who served with me in the army, and several of my beloved Light Infantry soldiers. If I have obtained, in our military events, some fortunate days, it is to your gallantry in action, your perseverance under every hardship, to your personal affection, that I am indebted for them. That name, so dear to my heart, of the soldier’s friend, which you gave me in my youth, I am happy again to find on your lips in old age. Receive, dear comrades, my most affectionate thanks, love and good wishes.”
Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Montpelier June 28-29
Accept, dear General, our united aspirations for your health and long life. With you, may the evening of life be peculiarly pleasant – like the setting sun after a glorious day, sinking gradually, and throwing back increasing beauty and splendor with every expiring beam. May kind hands and affectionate hearts soothe and administer to every want, and smooth the pillow of declining age; and when at length the “vital spark” shall quit its earthly tenement, may the angel of Death open to you the portals of eternal bliss in Heaven.