Hi everyone:
The last few days have been hectic, what with getting ready for the holidays (still decorating the house; I got to get all the boxes down from the top of the garage then lug them into the house; you know the drill. Bought our Christmas tree in the pouring rain from a guy who didn’t really want to take his stupid wooden stand off and put ours on, but it actually is a nice tree.) and moving into my new office, so no time for posts. The move to the office was actually not that big a deal – I needed an office on my floor with a little more space for an additional desk because I am going to be working with a lady with a tax preparation office in Montebello and she needs a place to work when she come up here – so for about $150 a month more I got a little more room plus a window (wow!) and so I had to move my furniture across the hall into my new office. Mark the floor manager was going to help me with the furniture, but I got in the office around 7:30 Monday morning, got antsy and dragged it all over by myself. By the time Mark got in and worked out a printer problem he had, it was all done. Then it took me the rest of the day and most of yesterday to work out and reconnect all my printers, etc. I had to go to Staples (again) to get extension cords because for the moment there are no outlets on one side of the office (Mark is going to put one in) so I could hook up my little fridge and my Keurig coffee maker. Finally I got everything more or less the way I want it. Now I just need a small desk and a table and I hope to be done. At the rate I’m going I should have $200 -$300 in staples and costco rebates for next year – spending money to set up an office does that.
I’m going to work at home today because of all the rain. I can update my bookkeeping, answer email and (obviously) do some blogging. I am working on a newsletter and some other stuff, too, so today is a good day to do that.
On a tax note, the self employment tax is being cut 2% in 2011. Here is a link to a report on the tax cut package:
http://www.sheehancpa.com/Bulletin/news/?p=245
If I see any other tax changes or points of interest I will let you know.