This is a hodgepodge of various credit card news in Forbes with Bill Hardekopf contributing items from using a credit card to pay federal and state taxes to Discover discovering (say that fast 10 times) home equity loans:http://www.forbes.com/sites/moneybuilder/2013/03/18/this-week-in-credit-card-news-risks-of-prepaid-cards-paying-taxes-with-a-credit-card/Just remember to pay off credit cards as quickly as possible as the interest rates on them can be a real problem.Remember, for financial, accounting and tax musings,You can count on us to count for you! email bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net phone 818-317-6035 Website www.briantstonercpa.com
CPA Tax Musings: IRS Warns Tax Pros to Safeguard Taxpayer Data
This is a very important item – tax preparers safeguarding their clients’ data. See this article in AccountingToday by Michael Cohn for details of what the IRS is saying.http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/IRS-Warns-Tax-Pros-Safeguard-Taxpayer-Data-66074-1.html?ET=webcpa:e6837:204199a:&st=emailJust an item of information – I have been safeguarding my client data since opening my practice. It includes encription, password protection and multiple cloud and hardrive backups so that everything is protected. Check with your preparer and make sure they do the same. If not, call or email me and we can talk about what I can do for you.Remember, for financial, accounting and tax musings,You can count on us to count for you! email bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net phone 818-317-6035 Website www.briantstonercpa.com
CPA Tax Musings: Five tax tips for future retirees
Look at these tax tips for when you are readying for retirement in USA Today by Rodney Brooks:http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/brooks/2013/03/11/taxes-retirement-401k-ira-pension/1973805/Then you will be ready for the good life (yes, no, maybe?)Remember, for financial, accounting and tax musings,You can count on us to count for you! email bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net phone 818-317-6035 Website www.briantstonercpa.com