When I was a kid, I always enjoyed earning a few dollars doing chores and mowing lawns. My sister and I would work hard to earn $5 picking up pine needles for our dad but had very different ideas on how to spend it. I got a kick out of watching my savings grow in my...
There is often a misconception that bookkeeping and accounting are the same thing. While bookkeeping and accounting are both essential functions, there are some important distinctions between the tasks of a bookkeeper and an accountant. Accounting is the process by...
Welcome to Questioning Your Cents where you can get real-world, pragmatic tax & financial advice for business owners, entrepreneurs and independent contractors. We are your hosts, Kevin Molen and Charles Steinmetz. Our job is to help educate you on how to...
What is retirement? The definition of retirement is “the action or fact of leaving one’s job and ceasing to work.” While most of us intend to stop working entirely by age 65, many Americans must continue working in some capacity for the rest of their lives. The...
Is the Child Tax Credit Increasing Due To the American Recovery Act? Hey, folks, just want to take a quick minute or two to talk about the changes to the child tax credit. So the American rescue plan was just signed into law just recently by President Joe Biden....
