We’re all still basking in the World Champion US Women’s Soccer Team over here in the Barnes Accountancy Corporation offices. Pretty amazing to see so much excellence, and on behalf of our country. Here’s to hoping for continued unification within our culture in the…

Believe it or not, we’re very busy around here. While the nation’s eyes are fixated on political things, we’re spending our days working hard on behalf of our clients right here in Southern California (and beyond, of course), talking through…

Here we are, a week past the election, and it’s looking like the year 2000 all over again, with a long, drawn-out process until there is final certification of this election. Back then, it took a full five weeks for all of the legal process to play out….

Recently, I saw some data on the US Census Bureau website that was both encouraging and troubling at the same time. I would imagine Southern California business owners who might face tax problems would be interested in seeing this: (Here is the page from which this is…

With a third round of “stimmy” (as the kids say) hitting bank accounts for the past week, 90MM+ Americans (including some of us in Southern California) are once again flush with cash. It remains to be seen what this will do for the economy, but combined…

I’m going to stick with last week’s theme on being financially independent because I got some nice feedback. Before I get there, a quick word about the IRS for our friends in Southern California… Per Kiplinger, as of June 25, the IRS had a backlog of…

Every year, the IRS releases their list of what they call “the dirty dozen”. (Apparently, the marketing gurus who work at the IRS think that if they give it a catchy name, maybe even a pop-culturey one, the people will pay more attention.) But aside from…

Sometimes real estate is more art than science. Because every homebuyer’s situation is nuanced from home to realtor to geographic location, there’s no cut-and-dried way to go about it, and that’s whether you’re investing, moving or selling. But…

Last week I wrote about worry, and this week … well, the summer is fully upon us, and as things get hotter, some days I come into the office and with the intensity of the heat causing sleepiness, I occasionally find myself a little stuck. Can you relate? You…

Can you believe it? Three weeks until the May 17th deadline! You’ll forgive me if visions of vacation and beaches are dancing through my daydreams. For many in Southern California, daydreams like these become more frequent while contemplating retirement (not…