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Shakopee, MN Tax Preparer Explains Why You Need An Estate Plan NOW
I'm once again spending my morning scattershooting around news in the tax industry, while simultaneously preparing for a sure-to-be-busier tax season here in the Shakopee, MN area (thanks for all the recent referrals -- keep 'em coming!) AND navigating the perils of...
Roger Menden’s Tax Moves for December 2013
I make it my practice here at Shakopee, MN Tax Preparation Central to put this weekly blogpost together on a Monday -- and today, of course, happens to be "Cyber Monday". Remember those days when we all had dial-up modems at home and it actually made sense to do your...
Roger Menden’s 9 Reasons to Create an Estate Plan RIGHT NOW
From tragedy, to tragedy -- this one closer to Shakopee, MN than the Philippines (by which I don't intend to deprecate the horror of the typhoon's aftermath -- please do donate, as I suggested last week) -- we now have had some terrible tornadoes through our Midwest...
Shakopee, MN Tax Professional Warns of 2013 Tax Changes and Expiring Tax Breaks
I've been very affected by what happened in the Philippines last week, even safely ensconced in our Shakopee, MN tax preparation office. It's shocking, painful, and the devastation wrought by "the worst storm of all time" is only barely being uncovered. One report I...
Shakopee, MN Tax Preparer Speaks Out About Avoiding An Audit On Your Taxes (Part 2 of 2)
Well, file this one under "Offbeat News" (or not). Filling out a tax return in Shakopee, MN (or elsewhere) is complicated, apparently. And this is true even for many Shakopee, MN accountants, at least from what we sometimes see when people bring in returns to our Team...
Roger Menden On: Avoiding An Audit On Your Taxes (Part 1 of 2)
Sometimes I see a story which reminds me of the very reasons why I started doing what I do, here at this Shakopee, MN tax preparation business. Not every Shakopee, MN tax professional is the same -- some of us got into this business simply because we were pretty darn...
Shakopee, MN Tax Preparation Business Busts The Big Lie Told To College Grads (And Others)
Another summer is in the books here in the Shakopee, MN area, with Labor Day now officially behind us. Around here at Team Menden, we're starting to prepare in earnest for Tax Season 2014, watching the IRS like a hawk (a couple of big moves last week -- about which...
Estate Planning “Lessons” from Tony Soprano and From Your Friendly Shakopee, MN Tax Service
The world certainly doesn't seem to slow down -- both here in the Shakopee, MN area, and beyond -- does it? And now that the whole world doesn't get to distract itself with the Trayvon Martin / George Zimmerman murder trial, there will certainly be a new thing to...
2013 Mid-Year Tax Moves For Shakopee, MN Families
I hope your Independence weekend was glorious -- whether you're here in the Shakopee, MN area, or outside. From the fireworks, to the extra-long weekend for many (even your trusty Shakopee, MN tax business), this was a great little interregnum from "regular" life,...
Menden’s Tax and Financial Recordkeeping Rules of Thumb
One of the secondary problems with this whole IRS scandal has been that it's seeping my job as a Shakopee, MN tax preparer even more into personal life: * "Hey Roger -- call the IRS for me? I have some political enemies to persecute." * "Roger, what are my chances for...
What To Do When The Taxes Are Done, Per Your Favorite Shakopee, MN Tax Office
What a terrible week we suffered through as a nation last week. I'm still trying to process all of it, honestly, here in my Shakopee, MN tax office. Life does continue, however, and as such we're starting to catch our breath around here, after a busier-than-normal tax...
THANK YOU
Wow, are we here at Team Menden ever tired! Thanks to you, our Shakopee, MN tax preparation business has been hopping this year. Because of the delays in the IRS system this year, we have many clients going on extension (about which I wrote last week), and we will...