We are for sure seeing a “turn signal” of sorts around here as 2022 barrels its way onto the horizon. How about you? Are you beginning to start thinking about next year? The turn of the seasons means a lot of different things to many people, but it seems just…

When it comes to your money, you’re either spending, saving, giving or investing. I know that many of my Southern California clients are doing all four, which is always wonderful to see. The last one, investing, is the one I want to focus on today. I talk a…

To be clear, children are costly in the best way possible. Once the dust settles from changing diapers, sweeping floors, slapping bandaids on booboos, driving to sports practice, attending back-to-school meetings, saving for college, and buying countless goldfish…

Have you met with us yet? The Super Bowl and the Oscars are over. The IRS has been accepting electronically filed returns for a couple weeks now. Which means, well … it’s about to get real. We are getting busy around here at Team Barnes Accountancy…

November has officially begun. Decisions are upon us. All of the normal holiday decisions, like which Lego set to buy the little one or which relatives to invite (or not invite) for Thanksgiving dinner, are dancing through our heads as the seasons change. But not only…

An identity is stolen every two seconds in this country. Yeap, you read that right. Every TWO seconds. Yeah… that’s a lot. That means that either you or people you know in Southern California have fallen victim to identity theft. It’s the #1 type of complaint received…

With all of the chaos out there right now, the division and shouting, it’s helpful to try to tune out the shouting and focus on what is actually in our sphere of productivity. One way that the IRS has decided it can be more productive is by outsourcing their…

Congress has been busy. They’re home for the holidays, but before they left, they passed a flurry of bills that you might be interested in. Oh, and yes … the House impeached the President. There is also that. I make no comment about that, but I DID want…

Independence Day is this week. Bombs. Patriotism. Picnics. Barbecue. All those things. I often write about “financial independence” this time of year (yes, I like the puns) … and when I do, invariably I get contacted by a few clients (or former…

To be fair, the new $600 reporting requirement for digital payment apps isn’t a Venmo thing … it’s an IRS thing. (Personally, I’m still amazed by how people share their transactions so publicly on these kinds of platforms. But that’s a…