Category Archives: taxes

Did You File An Extension For Your Income Taxes?

Business, income taxes
If you did file an extension, and if you haven't already been working on getting your taxes prepared, you better get busy because your extension lasts only until October 15th.  Oh, I scared myself just for a minute there, I was hoping it was October, and not September. Whew. Anyway, I have worked on getting all of Mr. A's information from 2008 into Quickbooks in the past few weeks. Curse the day I chose to use Simple Start; I'm sure… Read the rest

What’s the Value of your Donated Items?

income taxes
I haven't done a lot of donating to thrift stores over the years. I tend to hang onto things forever and ever, building up my clutter nest in my bedroom. Therefore, I never really thought about how one would go about putting a value on the things they donated. Besides, we have never been able to itemize. At any rate, I never really thought about it before, but while looking at an accountant's site I saw that she'd linked over… Read the rest

I Think I Found An Accountant

income taxes
I've been asking friends and acquaintances if they have a CPA they can recommend. I have received a few recommendations, but several weren't taking new clients. Then the other day, one of our auditors came by to start the proceedings for the yearly audit at my job. While she was asking the normal questions, it occurred to me that she might be able to help me.  I asked her, and she said she could. We decided that a Saturday or… Read the rest

Arizona’s Raising Our Withholding Taxes

taxes
Since I take care of Mr. A's transaction privilege taxes online, I get a monthly email with reminders, updates and changes to Arizona taxes.  A couple of weeks ago, an additional one came through stating that Senate Bill 1185 had been approved and our withholding will be increased beginning May 1, 2009. It's not a lot, but Arizona withholding taxes are going up. Here's a screenshot of the increases: If you review my earlier post, on how to calculate your… Read the rest