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A document that has not arrived by the filing deadline has three possible answers, and the one most people pick is usually the most expensive of the three.
Continue reading Extension, rush the deadline, or amend later. Three ways to handle a missing form
The first two hours decide most of what this costs. The order matters more than the effort, and two of the ten steps take under a minute each.
Continue reading Water is coming in right now. Ten things to do, in the order they matter
A claim is not free even when it is paid. The question is whether the payment exceeds what filing costs you across the next several renewals.
Continue reading Should you file this claim? The arithmetic that decides it before you call
Several different deadlines run at once in any dispute, set by different people, and the earliest one is usually the one nobody mentions.
Continue reading The clock on a dispute starts before you know you have one. Deadlines that matter
The first meeting with a preparer is a two way interview and most people treat it as an application. The questions below take twenty minutes and settle it.
Continue reading Interviewing an accountant, and the six answers that tell you whether to hire them
Retention spending is usually decided by whichever lever is easiest to pull. The four options differ enormously in how long the effect lasts.