Monthly Archives: April 2009

Mr. A’s New Checking Accounts

Business, business tips
When we opened Mr. A's checking account for his business, he didn't really have a “business” at the time.  He was doing some remodeling work for his sister, and we just wanted to keep the money for materials in a separate account.  Then as time went by, Mr. A decided to take the leap and start his own business.  We've continued to use the same account.  Occasionally a client would make the check out to the business name, and I'd… Read the rest

Whew! Finally Done With Income Taxes

taxes
Mr. A and I spent a couple of hours this morning going through his mileage records and got those accounted for on my 2008 mileage spreadsheet.  That enabled me to finish up our income taxes. We'll owe $137 to the Federal government, but we'll be getting just over $250 back from the state. I also went through the planning feature that TaxCut offers to see what we need to pay for estimated taxes.  It's really difficult to know how much… Read the rest