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Ngeeb Alderwish’s Tips on Getting Help with Medical Debt
Before I get into my tips for getting help with medical debt, let me start out by saying… we’re less than ONE WEEK away from the IRS beginning to receive electronically-filed returns.That means different things to different people in our Dearborn and Detroit client...
Alderwish CPA, PLLC on the New $600 Reporting Requirement for Digital Payment Apps
To be fair, the new $600 reporting requirement for digital payment apps isn't a Venmo thing ... it's an IRS thing.(Personally, I'm still amazed by how people share their transactions so publicly on these kinds of platforms. But that's a topic for another day.)And I...
Alderwish CPA, PLLC on Last-Minute Tax Moves for 2021
I remember reaching the end of 2020 ... it seemed as if all of us were breathing a huge collective sigh of relief.And then ... more chaos.Is it wrong to hope that 2022 will turn out better? Hard to say ... but I do know that what I DON'T want to do is retreat into...
Dearborn and Detroit Taxpayers, How to Get 2021 Tax Filing Documents in Order
Before I jump into discussing tax filing documents, I hope it's okay that I spare you all of the "new year, new you" stuff.If you're anything like me, you’re being inundated with rehashed well-wishes and generic, happy-clappy "time to set some goals!!!" talk.And I...
Ngeeb Alderwish’s “Help Me Remember” Holiday Prayer
These last couple weeks of 2021 are already a little unusual.Current events are swirling around virus policy, the big Biden "Build Back Better" Act seems to have hit a Joe-Manchin-sized brick wall, sports leagues are in an uproar around rising case numbers, and...
Year-End Business Tax Strategy for Dearborn and Detroit SMB Owners
There are many of our clients for whom this time of year is like their version of the Super Bowl. Some Dearborn and Detroit businesses are earning 30-50% (or more) of their yearly revenue in this one month.Others ... well, this is a normal month -- except of course...
How Your Dearborn and Detroit Business Can Fight Inflation
Whether you like it or not, you’ve most likely found yourself in a fight against inflation. Somebody hikes prices on your supplier and suddenly your supplier has no choice but to increase the price on you. Then you have no choice but to raise the price on your...
The Infrastructure Act and Your Dearborn and Detroit Business
Blink, and we're already into December.Which also means… 2022 is right around the corner.Are you ready?The reason I put this so starkly is that you and I have less than 30 days left to make a tangible difference on your taxes (business or personal).For your business...
Ngeeb Alderwish’s Thoughts on Being Thankful in Difficulty
“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” I think we can agree that Charles Dickens’s famous lines ring true when looking back at 2020 and 2021 (though “best” might seem like a stretch).With employees shifting their worlds to make room for new priorities,...
Dearborn and Detroit Business Owners: Beware the Sales Tax Nexus
If your Dearborn and Detroit business sells a lot online, then we’re coming into the most wonderful time of the year.And this year, your customers will probably shop your website (and elsewhere online) EARLY in order to bypass all those supply-chain snafus. Cha-ching...
Alderwish CPA, PLLC’s Rundown of the 5 Basic Business Entity Types
The shape of your business affects your future and when I'm talking about the "shape," I of course am referring to your Dearborn and Detroit business entity type.Did you know that you CAN change that after the fact? Depending on which entity you are switching to, the...
How Dearborn and Detroit Businesses Can Build a Quality Prospect List
How’s your client/customer list faring these days?If you’re like every other business around you, you’ve got some churn happening. People move, change jobs, experience a shift in financial circumstances … the list goes on. Even in predictable economic times (remember...