However you slice it, the schooling situation right now is tough, with no good options. If you are vehemently in favor of full-on school … well, compassion would dictate that you would recognize that others are having more difficulty with that, for caution’s sake or for whatever other reason. Compassion doesn’t mean bullying, as I recall. And if you are … Read More
A Strategy For Palmdale Taxpayers With A Higher Than Expected Tax Bill
Taking a look around the world these days, and where things seem to be headed… But our heads are high here at Premiere Tax Service because we worked our tails off for our Palmdale clients this year. We helped a bunch of people save a ton on their taxes — with deductions and strategies they wouldn’t have used had they … Read More
Reflections On The Extended Tax Season By A Local Palmdale Tax Professional
I remember at the end of April 2019 that I felt like it had been one of the wildest tax seasons in memory. The TCJA (“Trump Tax Code”) had thrown a ton of curveballs our way, and we were looking forward to implementing tax planning strategies for our Palmdale clients with an entire year under our belts. And we did, … Read More
The End of Tax Season, Estimated Taxes, And Unemployment Compensation by Rodney Williams
I’m still emotionally adjusting to the fact that we just went through 4th of July weekend … and “tax season” is STILL GOING. I’m thankful for it, because I also know that extending the deadline during this wild, intensely difficult year (for so many) was a rare offering of grace from the IRS for Palmdale, CA taxpayers. Even if it … Read More
Rodney Williams’ To-Do List If You Can’t Pay All Your Taxes
Some of our Palmdale, CA clients are STILL pulling their paperwork — which is understandable during this donkey of a year, and with all of the new complications. But sadly, ye olde IRS isn’t extending any payment grace in a couple weeks. (I say “sadly”, but here at Team Williams we may or may not be champing at the bit … Read More
Why Procrastination Makes Sense in 2020 For Palmdale, CA Taxpayers
We’ve had impeachment votes, worldwide pandemics, quarantine-like lockdowns (for the healthy), public police brutality, widespread protests, intense riots, MURDER HORNETS, statues falling, social media anger and now we have a drunken and murderous monkey to top off our 2020. What’s worse — the year isn’t even halfway over yet. And there are plenty of other things that we could have … Read More
Is Your State Broke? Rodney Williams Analyzes State Tax Revenue Sources
With national events continuing as they are, here at Premiere Tax Service, we’re finding ourselves locking into “go mode” … again. It’s unusual for us to be in this mode smack in the middle of June, but this year has not been … usual. This is because the tax deadline (July 15th, 2020) is barrelling at us. Many of our … Read More
Financial Mindset Management for Our Palmdale, CA Tax Clients
Based on the history of events over the course of the last few decades (both here in Palmdale, CA and beyond), you might have thought that world events would have slowed down in the last week — that there could begin to be some sense of normality. But no. This isn’t a normal time in our nation. It’s not a … Read More
Which Stimulus Payments Are Taxable (and Which Aren’t) For Palmdale, CA Taxpayers
All over our nation, we’re seeing pain. It’s overwhelming, as someone who has to communicate to a broad base of Palmdale, CA clients, to even articulate meaningful words about everything that is happening. So … I’m just doing what I can to sit in the pain of it all with my friends, and not try to brush past it. I … Read More
The Important Details of Mortgage Forbearance For Palmdale, CA Taxpayers
Here we are, just out of perhaps the oddest Memorial Day weekend in memory. The summer is here! But it feels like much of our country is still mired in winter. And that feels like it is still the case, no matter the hints of progress against this virus, and no matter the steps taken towards reopening you might be … Read More