Taxation

By Steve Barlotta, CPA Back in 2008, one could hardly argue with then presidential candidate Barrack Obama that our country’s health care costs were too high and our current system was not [...]

Few words in the English language set off alarm bells like the word “audit.” The good news is there are ways to reduce the likelihood the Internal Revenue Service will select you for an audit. [...]

By Steve Barlotta, CPA In my last blog I detailed the                                                                                                    bill in Congress that was signed by the [...]

By Steve Barlotta, CPA Well, our lawmakers finally passed a budget agreement that partially resolves the “fiscal cliff” impasse. The act addresses some of the tax issues that were [...]

By Steve Barlotta, CPA Once again things didn’t work out as planned. As of today, we still have no clear picture as to what tax rates will look like for many Americans in 2013. There has [...]

’Tis the season of goodwill to all, a time when people take time to think of others. In addition to giving gifts and planning holiday get-togethers, that means many people are also dipping into [...]

Now is the time of year when people begin                                                                            to think about peace, generosity — and taxes? While it may seem to be much too [...]

By Steve Barlotta, CPA Last week the media focused on the Labor Department’s latest unemployment figures which showed that our country’s jobless rate fell from 7.9 percent to 7.7. [...]

By Steve Barlotta, CPA There seems to be a lot of confusion and misinformation about the Obamacare tax increase as it relates to the sale of primary residences. On several occasions over the past [...]

After the results of the 2012 Presidential Election we can say definitively that taxes will go up in 2013; it’s just a question of how much. It appears that President Obama will seek to the [...]