It's Summer! Our office is on our summer scheudle, 8am to 5pm Monday through Thursday.

Yes, we survived another tax season! During the rush of tax season sometimes we don't have the chance to say thank you for placing your trust with us.

Life is a lot more complex this tax year, especially for businesses and tax-exempt tax returns for 2008. There are all new questions regarding ownership and related party transactions. Expect a lot more questions from us as we prepare your returns.

If you are wondering about your refunds, you can check the status of refunds on returns filed by visiting the IRS web page (www.irs.gov) and clicking on "where's my refund". Most state web pages have the same features.

Is your money in the bank insured? For information on whether your bank accounts are insured, the web site for the FDIC is www.FDIC.gov.

OH NO! We have a bunch of new tax laws. Check out our Newsletter section every month for the latest changes in the already complex law.

The IRS does NOT send out emails regarding a tax refunds or rebates. These are phishing schemes, and you should not respond to them. If you want to test your anti-phishing software (which you SHOULD have), click on the link and see if your software catches the phony IRS web site. If it doesn't, you need better software!.

Are you (personally or your business) subject to the Use Tax to your state? Check out our article on this in the Newsletter section.

Are you a QuickBooks user thinking about going to Microsoft Vista, the new operating system? Please note that QuickBooks 2006 and prior will not work with Vista, so if you go to Vista, you will have to buy a newer version of QB. The same probably holds true for a lot of other programs, so do your research if you are planning to upgrade your operating system.

Are you maximizing your retirement plan deductions? Is all of your estate planning (wills, trusts and medical directives) up to date? We can help.

How are your taxes for 2009 shaping up? Will you have enough paid in? If you go to our Financial Tools section, we have a tax calculator that will allow you to do a rough calculation of your tax liability.

Are you selling your investment real estate? Don't pay taxes on the gain-do a Section 1031 Exchange. See the article on 1031 Exchanges in the Newsletter section. Never think about selling your real estate without talking to us first.

Should your unincorporated business elect to be taxed as an S Corporation? Check out the article in the Newsletter section.

Be sure to catch our monthly newsletter, updated on the first of each month. Clicking on the Newsletter tab above can access the newsletter. We provide this newsletter service for you to keep up with the latest changes in the tax laws and newest ideas for tax and financial planning.

Need Tax Information? We have the complete CCH TAX GUIDE accessible at the INFO CENTER tab above. This complete tax book has information on individual, business and even non-for-profit taxes, with a full search feature.

We have added many new calculators in our FINANCIAL TOOLS section (tab above) including a full 1040 tax calculator, estate planning and mortgage loan calculators, including refinance savings computations and amortization schedules. There are so many powerful calculators; you will be able to calculate things that you never thought existed!

THINKING ABOUT BUYING A NEW VEHICLE USED FOR YOUR BUSINESS? BE SURE TO READ OUR ARTICLE DEALING WITH THE TAX EFFECTS OF A PURCHASE OF A CAR vs. a SUV, in the NEWSLETTER section. Please give us call before you buy.

Driving directions to our office can be found in the CONTACTS section.

In addition to providing you with a profile of our firm and the services we provide, this Website has been designed to become a helpful resource tool to you, our valued clients and visitors. Our dedication to superior client service has brought us to the Internet as we endeavor to continue to provide the highest quality professional service and guidance.

As you browse through our Website, you will see that not only have we highlighted background information on our firm and the services we provide, but have also included useful resources such as informative articles (in our Newsletter section) and interactive financial calculators (in our Financial Tools section). Check out the nifty refinancing calculators to determine if you should refinance now, and how much it may save you.

In addition, we have taken the time to gather many links to external Websites that we felt would be of interest to our clients and visitors (in our Internet Links section).

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While browsing through our Website, please feel free to contact us with any questions or comments you may have - we'd love to hear from you. We pride ourselves on being proactive and responsive to our clients' inquiries and suggestions.

NEW EXPANDED FTP SIZE! UP TO 100mb. Need to send us a large QuickBooks or other file? Use our File Share program. Click on the File Share logo below and click on the New User Registration button. Please be sure to remember your sign in name and password that you set up. You will then be able to send up any file up to 100mb in size.