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With the events of the past week and whispers of world war, it’s pretty easy to get caught up in the non-stop fear cycle. Watching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, anxiously waiting to see if China will invade Taiwan, hearing Turkey issue threats to Russia if they...

Congratulations, you’ve won the lottery!The IRS audit lottery, that is.If you’re being audited by the IRS, you’re in a very select group. Since the IRS audits less than one-quarter of one percent of all income tax returns – that’s less than 1 out of 400 – it’s a very...

Did you know that about 20% of small businesses fail in their first year? That’s a daunting statistic for anyone starting a new Charlotte business. And, even scarier, is the reality that companies with owners younger than 30 are even more likely to...

Whether you’re partial to the Olympics or American football, this past week has brought some great athletic entertainment to many Charlotte homes and businesses. As we speak, the U.S. has managed to grab 16 medals – 7 of them gold. Among those gold medal winners...

Office space can be a big part of owning your own business. It can be a pretty big expense, too… And of course, the past two years might have changed how you do business in that Charlotte office – a lot. Maybe you have more people working from home. Maybe you’ve...

Because taxes are one of those sure things in life for every Charlotte resident, it’s pretty normal (rightfully so) to fear the IRS especially if you don’t know about the Practitioner Priority Service. The arm of this particular government agency has a pretty far...

With all of the extra year-end bookkeeping and tax matters your business is trying to tackle right now, a social media storm is the last thing you need/want to deal with. But it's sadly the sort of thing that will not go away by itself. And how to deal with...

Imagine, for a moment, that you owed the IRS $5,000 on your tax return last year. You filed your return and sent a check a few weeks later via USPS.Then, 3 months later, they hadn’t cashed the check and were sending you new collection notices. Plus, they started...

This past weekend’s NFL playoff games were maybe some of the best post-season games to watch in a long, long time… with some of the most unexpected outcomes. Who would have believed that all but one of the top teams from the regular season would be unseated from a...