"Describe your perfect day." Such a simple interview directive rarely fails to provide the most telling of replies. Responses are almost never scripted in advance and usually provide productive insight into what motivates the interviewee, what passions she has, her creativity, or how she organizes her day. Responses from previous experience posing this question (even [...]
Prior to 2018, the financial benefit for Georgia taxpayers to utilize the Rural Hospital Tax Credit and the Qualified Education Expense Tax Credit accrued only to those who faced alternative minimum tax (AMT). Georgia taxpayers who were not subject to AMT had the opportunity to direct the application of their state taxes to a specific [...]
The first sentence of our early November 2017 Astute Angle post read "It is November 8th, 2017 as this is written and there is no doubt that a lot will happen with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act before the end of the year." As expected, a lot did happen to the initial Tax Cuts [...]
If you have ever run a businesses or worked in corporate finance, you are likely familiar with the concept of zero-based budgeting (ZBB) as an alternative to traditional budgeting. The traditional form of budgeting - and the one most commonly used in corporate America - uses the amount spent last year in each category (or [...]
Parents generally believe that the longer they can claim their children as dependents, the more tax savings they will accrue. This is a misleading fallacy for most high-income families. The reality is that most parents with more than $200,000 of annual income get zero tax benefit from their children and may continue to get limited [...]
Like it or not, the Affordable Care Act will again rule the health insurance marketplace in 2018 regardless of what happens in Congress with tax legislation or whether the individual mandate holds up over the coming weeks. Also like it or not, there has been a dramatic increase in insurance premiums from the onset of [...]
It is November 8th, 2017 as this is written and there is no doubt that a lot will happen with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act before the end of the year. The current bill is being marked up by the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate is due to release its own [...]
It is again that time of year.... NO, not pumpkin spice lattes - it's time to review health insurance coverage options for the year ahead! To be sure, the choices are confusing and contemplating health insurance plans is NOT how most of us enjoy spending our fall days, evenings or weekends. As a result, we [...]
I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings I recently spoke with a pilot about how he obtains and handles the forecasts for in-flight turbulence in advance of a flight. Before each flight, he gets a fairly precise report of weather along the route and something called a turbulence plot, which is based on [...]
You should assume that criminals have your private information – credit card numbers, date of birth, Social Security number, etc. If they did not already have this data from hacks at Target, Home Depot, Yahoo, and other institutions, they almost assuredly have some of your private information following the Equifax breach. “But wait,” you say, [...]
