Even though you can only get a huge .8% (that is .0008!) interest rate on a regular savings account today, should you just chuck it and put your money in a mattress? There may be some alternatives for your shorter term cash. See this article in Smart Money by Jen Wieczner for those other ideas:http://www.smartmoney.com/plan/banking/is-it-stupid-to-save-5-alternatives-1348525179055/?mg=com-smOr I guess you could always find that mattress after all (just kidding!) 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: Protect your money from stupidity
This Tax Musing is again discussing how to protect yourself from the potential cliff of this year end, with tax increases, the debt ceiling and other items of note happening next year. Should you take a million precautions, do nothing or somewhere in between. This article by John Waggoner in USA Today takes a look:http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/waggoner/2012/10/04/investing-hedging-against-stupidity/1611369/Remember, Forrest Gump went from nothing to a millionaire by going with the flow. 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 Planning Musings: Guessing at the Law?
Want to do some tax planning for 2013? Not so fast! With all the uncertainty of the tax laws, how can you plan for it? Let’s guess at the tax law! See this article in Accounting Today by Roger Russell:http://www.accountingtoday.com/ato_issues/26_9/Guessing-at-the-law-63788-1.html?ET=webcpa:e6049:204199a:&st=email&utm_source=editorial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Accounting_Today_090712Still want to plan? We should wait until someone knows what they are doing (Congress?)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