Tax and Financial Consultant for individuals, corporations, LLC's, partnerships and estates & trusts. I also offer financial consulting for all areas of finance such as; retirement planning, debt consulting, and business consulting.
Here is a link for an online application for a Federal Employer Identification Number. Its easy, just follow the IRS site step by step instructions. Click Here If you need assistance in filling out the form and the questions it asks, please contact me at (805) 264-3305. Thank you, Bob
Got an email from Perry Marshall (the Google Adwords marketing guru) today: (note: I’ve added my own comments in italics) Yesterday I heard from a very reliable source that Facebook has triggered a sea change in the nursing home industry. This comes from a client of one of my business mentors. The #1 reason people
The estate tax, that tax on the fair market value of a decedents assets, kind of “expired” in 2010. That is, if one passes away in 2010, there is no estate tax. I read that George Steinbrenner’s estate was worth something like $1.1 billion which means his estate gets a pass on $500 million to
CLICK HERE to download an Excel file for a Home Budget Worksheet. It will take you to a Box.net site. Enter email/username and password as follows: Email/Username: CustomerService@SolvangTax.com Password: client When you get there, click the DOWNLOAD button and save it to your computer. Be careful not to alter cells in the Excel spreadsheet that
Hello Clients, Friends and Family, Finally back in the Newsletter business. We had some issues with the old format but got them worked out in a new format that is much easier for me to work with on a consistent basis. I am using a new website for this at www.BobCraig.biz. I still have www.SolvangTax.com but with BobCraig.biz,
July Newsletter for Robert W Craig, E.A. Tax Services Read More »
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I’ve gotten 5 calls this week asking essentially the same question…”do I still need a living trust since there is no more estate tax?” First of all let me clarify that the “estate tax” is gone only for 2010. It, unless there is some new legislation, scheduled to revert back to 2002 law. It would
Did you know that you may be able to deduct some of your job search expenses on your tax return? You must be able to itemize deductions, usually made possible by owning a home and paying mortgage interest and property taxes, etc. Also, these job search expenses along with other miscellaneous itemized deductions must exceed
I’ve been getting a lot of emails and phone calls about the new IRS requirement to report health benefits on your W-2 form that you use to prepare your income taxes. There apparently are some emails out there saying that, because of this, you will have to pay tax on your ‘pre-tax’ benefits. This is
Health Insurance Benefits on Form W-2…Taxable To Me? Read More »
Do you know what the major reason for failure is? Many people answer with things like, I don’t have the right education, I don’t have enough money, I don’t know the right people, I don’t have enough time or energy. While these are definitely things that need to be addressed, they are NOT the major