Brian’s Tax Musings

One thing that is important today is security when you are sharing information.  I have been testing a secure portal for the last month and feel it allows client documents to be emailed securely.  My IT friend, Garett, has looked at it and feels it is secure.  You link into the portal to get your documents.  My December 1 newsletter discusses it further.  Any questions?  Call at 818-317-6035 or 818-333-5095 or email at bstonercpa@sncglobal.net and we can discuss it.You can count on us to count for you!

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Brian’s Tax Musings

There is a new push by Senate Democrats to push through an extension of the payroll tax cut (expand it some, in fact) and pay for it with a new tax on people with adjusted gross income over 1 million dollars.  The payroll tax cut will be for this year and the new tax on millionaires would start in 2013 (?)  Is it permanent?  Take a look:http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-28/senate-democrats-eye-3-25-millionaire-levy-to-extend-cut-in-payroll-tax.htmlIf anything actually happens on this, I will let you know.

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Brian’s Tax Musings

Since this is the last day of November it is a good time to discuss charitable contributions.  Here is a good article on Linkedin about ithttp://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=913827549&gid=2444428&type=member&item=81308422&articleURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Efoxbusiness%2Ecom%2Fpersonal-finance%2F2011%2F11%2F14%2Ftax-tips-for-giving-season%2F&urlhash=bqJR&goback=%2Egde_2444428_member_81308422If you want to discuss these items further, feel free to call at 818-333-5095 or email at bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net and I can talk to you about it.

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