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Rodney Williams’ Simple Two-Step Trick for Conquering Procrastination
Apparently, the Republican Congressional leadership understands the impulse of procrastination. Bringing the health care reform bill to an actual vote last week (after months of touting their intentions to repeal the ACA) proved, in fact, to be a difficult task. And...
4 Very Common Mistakes Greater Los Angeles Area Investors Should Avoid When Opening An IRA
There are so many different messages coming out of DC, per the media, that if you try to make sense of it all through the mass media lens, then you're bound to work at cross purposes with yourself. There's the Republican health care bill, and the current version of...
Why You Should Consider Giving Away Your Tax Refund by Rodney Williams
This past Sunday, the NCAA revealed the brackets for March Madness. The country will be inflicted with a particular form of hysteria these next few weeks, but unfortunately, this little national hoops holiday isn't one which my staff and I get much chance to...
Rodney Williams’ Tax Paperwork Checklist
These days, I'm often glad that it's our busy tax filing season, so that I have an easy excuse when political conversations are happening: Oh THAT [crazy new political story]? Huh, didn't see it -- I'm too busy with tax season. With all of the chaos out there, the...
Four Tips On Gently Encouraging Your College Graduate Living At Home To Independence by Rodney Williams
It's a hard world out there, for sure. (You know it's tough when they can't even get the Best Picture award right at the Oscars!) And for our young millennials, it sure seems like things are harder than they were when we were entering the workplace life. If you...
The Top 12 2017 IRS Scams by Rodney Williams
Every year around this time of year, the Treasury Department releases their list of the various shenanigans that criminals and the like try to pull around taxes. Obviously, this activity peaks around now, and so it's a very good idea to be on your guard. Last week,...
Start The Estate Planning Process During Tax Season by Rodney Williams
We are rocking and rolling through tax season these days at Ye Olde Williams Tax Shoppe. But I woke up Monday to the news that the federal government took in a record $1.08 trillion in taxes during the first quarter of their fiscal 2017 (which ran from Oct '16 - Jan...
A Palmdale, Lancaster, Antelope Valley, and Greater Los Angeles Area Tax Professional’s Valentine’s Day Plan
Whatever you might think about the New England Patriots, it's nearly impossible not to respect their prowess on the football field. And there are plenty of storylines we can all take away from that epic game: * Apparently it's a good year to be a man with a...
What To Look For In a Palmdale, Lancaster (Antelope Valley), or Greater Los Angeles Area Tax Professional
The world is awash in shouting these days. Can you feel it? It's tax season, and so I'm not spending much time in Facebook, but I know for a fact that there is a lot of anger, frustration and noise about politics. So much so that it seems everywhere you turn these...