Kerry M. Kerstetter, CPA (referred to as The Tax Guru by other CPAs around the country) helps capitalists, investors & small business owners win the tax game. See www.TaxGuru.org for much more detailed info.
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Tax Guru-Ker$tetter Letter
Monday, August 10, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Too big to file?
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 7/23/2009 10:23:00 PM Send this post:
Monday, March 23, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Recession-proof professions...
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 3/17/2009 10:02:00 AM Send this post:
Friday, March 13, 2009
Mandatory repeat business...
This reminds me of a conversation several years ago with a client who was an attorney. He told me how much he envied my profession because the clients are forced by law to use our services every year, while his clients only need his services on rare occasions.
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 3/13/2009 10:30:00 PM Send this post:
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Labels: comix, taxes, TaxHikes
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 3/05/2009 09:18:00 PM Send this post:
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
2009 Tax Rates
As has been the case for the past several years, CCH has been the quickest to use the August 31, 2008 CPI figures to calculate the Federal tax brackets that will be in use for 2009 1040s.
As I had been predicting, the cumulative increase in the CPI since the last bump in the annual gift tax exclusion was enough to increase it to $13,000 for 2009.Hurricane Ike clobbered our area; so I’m running further behind than normal; but will try to set up my own page with the 2009 schedules as soon as I can.
Update: The new 2009 figures have been posted on my main website.
Labels: taxes
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 9/17/2008 05:36:00 PM Send this post:
Monday, September 15, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Comparing Tax Proposals
As I have constantly said, trusting anything a politician promises during a campaign is insane. However, for the sake of discussion, I wanted to pass along this side by side comparison of how the two main candidates stand on many of the tax issues that was created by the fine folks at TaxCoach Software:
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Labels: taxes
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 6/12/2008 07:08:00 PM Send this post:
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Labels: comix, politics, taxes
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 5/07/2008 11:29:00 AM Send this post:
Friday, April 25, 2008
Deciphering The Code...
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 4/25/2008 10:11:00 AM Send this post:
Saturday, April 19, 2008
The time to be bitter...
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- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 4/19/2008 11:35:00 AM Send this post:
Friday, April 18, 2008
Our rulers love April 15
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 4/18/2008 11:58:00 AM Send this post:
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tax Calendar...
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 4/16/2008 12:46:00 PM Send this post:
Tax Dummies...
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- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 4/16/2008 11:57:00 AM Send this post:
Tax return hangover?
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 4/16/2008 11:11:00 AM Send this post:
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Tax Comics
Daryl Cagle's annual collection of tax related comics is
now online.
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 4/15/2008 08:43:00 PM Send this post:
Monday, April 14, 2008
Not only people hate taxes...
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Labels: comix, computers, taxes
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 4/14/2008 04:37:00 PM Send this post:
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- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 4/14/2008 02:46:00 PM Send this post:
Tax torture...
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 4/14/2008 01:18:00 PM Send this post:
Friday, April 11, 2008
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Thursday, April 03, 2008
The dilemma with Sin Taxes...
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- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 4/03/2008 10:43:00 PM Send this post:
Who makes the most profit from high gas prices?
When are the congressional hearings going to be scheduled on price gouging by our bozo rulers in DC?
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 4/03/2008 12:50:00 PM Send this post:
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
'Tis The Season
Those of us in this business, along with our families, have always understood that the year has five seasons; the normal ones plus Tax Season.
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 3/23/2008 08:03:00 PM Send this post:
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Labels: comix, politics, taxes
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 3/13/2008 11:00:00 PM Send this post:
Monday, March 10, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Turbo vs. Slo-Mo
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 2/26/2008 12:11:00 PM Send this post:
Monday, February 18, 2008
Becoming a target for taxes?
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 2/18/2008 09:12:00 PM Send this post:
Monday, January 28, 2008
Thursday, November 01, 2007
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- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 11/01/2007 10:58:00 PM Send this post:
Saturday, October 20, 2007
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- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 10/20/2007 10:10:00 PM Send this post:
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Basic taxation philosophy...
as explained by Dogbert
Labels: comix, politics, taxes
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 8/11/2007 08:12:00 PM Send this post:
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
From a recent Photoshop contest at Worth1000.com:
- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 7/31/2007 07:30:00 PM Send this post:
