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How Tracy Retirees Can Maximize Social Security Benefits
We're almost there. Extended returns are due Friday, October 15th (for most - saving certain federally declared disaster areas). So, bear with us a little this week as we handle a bunch of last-minute things for the last-minute Tracy people.But today, I thought I'd...
Taxes for Teens: What Tracy Parents Need to Teach Their First-Time Filers
Last week I talked about smart ways to launch your financial life for young people.And you know what is kind of hilarious? I forgot to talk about TAXES for Tracy teens.Yes, yes I did.So, I'm fixing that today.Before I do: one more reminder that October 15th is the...
Mohammed Amir Ghani’s Four Keys To Shape Your Financial Future During College
I wish I had been smarter about money when I was younger.(You too?)Now, when I observe the power of compounding interest, and the kinds of possibilities available to those Tracy residents who have accumulated an asset base (however "small" it might seem) ... I realize...
Fixing Your Credit Score: How Tracy Spenders Can Build Better Credit
We’re nearing the end of "extension season" around here at Taxpath ... and it's been a doozy.With so many changes thrown at us, word on the tax professional street is there are going to be a lot of very tired and very grateful Tracy CPAs and tax pros after October...
Buying a homeowner’s Insurance Policy: The What and the Why for Tracy Homeowners
Click on the news right now and you’ll see: floods, storms, fires consuming whole states. And that’s not even taking into account the everyday crime from thieves or vandals that usually dominates the news. Seeing and hearing all of that, it’s easy to look around your...
Taxes & Timeshare Points: A Guide for Tracy Timeshare Owners
Labor day rushes up on me every year. There's a corporate tax deadline on the 15th of September to keep me busy and focused (not to mention estimated taxes for June 3 through August 31 are also due on the 15th) ... but the truth of the matter is that the beginning of...
The Case Against Tracy Residents Not Paying Federal Taxes
What a fantastical dream -- to pay no taxes.Now ... would it surprise you if I said most American households (including many Tracy households) enjoyed that very dream in 2020 because they ended up not paying federal taxes - not a single dime?Last year’s insanely rocky...
Tracy Real Estate Investors: The 1031 Tax Deferral May Be Changing
It’s getting harder and harder to brace ourselves for the ongoing images of human struggle. They just keep coming. No matter your position on what’s happening, either nationally or abroad, the possibility of disaster touching us -- that is out of our control -- is...
Mohammed Amir Ghani’s Introductory Thoughts About The Proposed Infrastructure Bill
Over the weekend, we were "treated" to heartbreaking images.No matter how any Tracy person feels about our involvement as a nation in Afghanistan, the human toll of that involvement -- and now our seemingly hurried departure -- can affect the hardest of hearts, if you...