The
Wall Street Journal’s editorial staff (WSJ) disparages the Dodd-Frank Act
and the leaders of the financial regulatory bureaus. I agree with many of
those criticisms; but I distance myself from them on their horrified stance
against the Act, saying that: “The regulation micromanages bank decisions down
to the type and nature of loan.” The Dodd-Frank Act prohibits a “type” of loan
according to the innately deceptive “nature of [the] loan.” The Act disallows
liar’s loans. The WSJ believes this ban so atrocious, so evidently an
infringement...
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Find an Apartment with Bad Credits
There is one more painful than the ability to get a loan it is
having bad credits. As a consequence the ability to get a good job and
ultimately, the ability to rent a
decent apartment is affected.
Here are ways how, so don’t give up just yet.
Month
to Month- this style permits the landlord and the tenant much more leniency,
which is why many apartment owners have gone to this month to month style. As
compared to those who signed for a year lease month to month as landlords are
not so concerned with poor credits. And to tenants with...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
What is a structured settlement?
A structured settlement is defined as an agreement by which an insurance company makes payments to an injured person as the result of a bodily injury claim settlement. The money then will be awarded to their surviving family if in the case that the injured individual is deceased.
For about 30 years, structured settlements have been around aiding injured person. For the insurance companies, rather than paying all at once, it is easier to pay over a period of time that is why structured settlements were established. Payouts must follow...
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Will paying my utility bills on time improve my credit score?
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Hass Associates Accounting, Will paying my utility bills on time improve my credit score?
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No, it doesn’t factor into the credit score. Paying your utility bills such as electric company, the gas company, and your television and phone service, it also includes cellular phone providers, on time would not reflect and it doesn’t make it to your credit score.
Your utility companies has nothing to gain if they report you timely paymentsthat is why most utility companies don’t go to the effort and expense of reporting your timely payments to the credit bureaus.
But the thing is some utilities will make a report if you...
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
CONTACT
Our qualified, professional tax consultants can save you time and money, we are living to that promise and we will never disappoint you. With years of experience we have earned satisfied and happy clients. The generations of satisfied customers will still continue because we are here to provide quick, reliable, and professional service that you are looking for from yesterday, today and many tomorrows.
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
Miscellaneous
If still doubtful and you have a lot of questions to ask feel free to bring any other official tax documents you received not mentioned above.
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Foreign Nationals on a F-1 or J-1 Visas
Please bring your Visa and passport and summarize the following information:
Your permanent address where you are a citizen.
Your F-1 / J-1 VISA number.
The actual dates entered / left the United States in 2011.
The number of days you were in the United States for the previous three tax years
Source S...
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Residential Energy Efficient Improvements
Please make the cost of the following applicable items available: high-efficiency heating & cooling systems, water heaters, windows, doors, insulation, qualified solar electric property, solar water heating property, fuel cell property, small wind energy property and geothermal heat pump property.
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Business Use of Home
If your business uses a portion of your home, please provide a square footage calculation of the area used for business. You also need to provide the date you began using the space for business, how much you originally paid for the property and a summary of your utility expenses (gas, electric, oil, condo fees, landscaping, snowplowing, maintenance, etc), major home improvements and direct office expenses (repairs, business phone, etc).
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Higher Education Expenses
In the condition that you are qualified to deduct your higher education expenses, please summarize how much you paid in tuition and books during the applicable tax year. You might also need to bring in all actual tuition billing statements as well. Amounts paid for tuition may include loans credited to the University. If valid, please have on hand how much you received in scholarships or fellowships and also bring in receipts for computers and peripherals you purchased for school. Note: Form 1098T (Tuition Statement) represents tuition billed...
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Rental Property
Prepare a simple 1 page income statement showing the gross rental income you received during the tax year and your applicable expenses categorized and summarized by the type of expense (i.e. advertising, mortgage interest, real estate taxes, repairs, maintenance, condo fees, etc) if you received income from rental property (Schedule E). Also provide details like when you started renting the property and how much you originally paid for the property.
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
Self-Employment
Get ready with a simple 1 page income statement which summarizes your gross self employment income for the tax year and your applicable expenses categorized and summarized by the type of expense (i.e. advertising, equipment, supplies, etc).
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Dependent Care Expense
Please present the names of each care provider, their address, federal identification number or social security number, and the amount paid to each provider. Names of each child that was cared for and the total amount paid in child care expenses for each child are also needed. If you have a nanny and use a nanny tax service to handle the employment taxes, please bring in a completed Schedule H.
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Monday, April 1, 2013
Moving Expenses
Please summarize your moving expenses if move is employment related. The only items you can deduct are the following: the cost to move your household goods, storage and the one time trip to make the final move to your new location.
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Business Rents Paid
Provide your landlord’s name and address. Please summarize the rent you paid for business purposes during the tax year.
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Sunday, March 24, 2013
Estimated Tax Payments
We might need to know details of your transactions like if you made any estimated tax payments this tax year, we will need to know the dates and amounts paid of all federal and state estimated tax payments.
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Friday, March 22, 2013
Stocks & Mutual Funds
Please be very wary of this one. Do not assume your cost information is provided on Form 1099. Please provide a spreadsheet showing the date you bought each item that was sold along with the total purchase price of each item sold, if you sold stocks or mutual funds.
Please carefully review all your stock sales to ensure you have the purchase date and cost information for each stock or mutual fund sold during the year.
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
IRAs
The amount you contributed to a traditional IRA (Form 4598). If you converted a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA, please supply the amount of any applicable after-tax Traditional IRA contributions you made over the years.
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Sunday, March 17, 2013
Dependents
If you desire to claim dependents, provide all dependent’s full names (as they appear on their social security card), dates of birth, & social security numbers.
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Saturday, March 16, 2013
Itemized Deductions
Compose a spreadsheet/list summarizing your deductions (Schedule A) if you are planning on itemizing them. Itemized deductions include: medical expenses, personal property tax, state and local sales taxes, tax preparation fees, custodial fees, financial planning fees, interest on mortgages and home equity loans (bring Form 1098), mortgage insurance premiums, real estate taxes, casualty and theft losses, investment related subscriptions, uniforms, cash and non-cash charitable donations, safe deposit box fees, unreimbursed job related...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Income Statements
Carry with you all applicable W-2 forms, 1099 forms, interest income, dividend income, K-1 forms, pension or IRA distributions forms, brokerage account forms, social security, and student loan interest forms.
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Monday, March 11, 2013
Prior Year Tax Return Copies
A new client may bring copies of your last 3 years federal and state income tax returns. The best part is HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING will review the for FREE, yes for free. You may think that you don’t have any problem with your tax returns but we may be able to amend mistakes/omissions getting you back additional refunds.
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Saturday, March 9, 2013
WHAT TO BRING TO YOUR TAX APPOINTMENT
Every problem is unique and so thus every taxpayer’s situation. We cannot list all the items one must bring in for a tax appointment for every type of tax situation so we recommend to rather bring the item in question to your tax appointment. The following is a good general list of the items to bring in with you for your scheduled tax appointment:
Prior Year Tax Return Copies
Income Statements
Itemized Deductions
Dependents
IRAs
Stocks & Mutual Funds
Estimated Tax Payments
Business Rents Paid
Moving Expenses
Dependent Care Expense
Self-Employment
Rental...
Monday, March 4, 2013
B2B: SPECIAL PROMOTION FOR BUSINESS OWNERS AND MANAGERS
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B2B: SPECIAL PROMOTION FOR BUSINESS OWNERS AND MANAGERS, Hass Associates Accounting
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Would like to provide their employees with a valuable service while saving money? Who doesn’t, right? That is why HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING offers income tax preparation services to business owners and managers.
Money Saving Options:
Group Discount – Offer HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING tax preparation services to your employees for a discounted rate*.
Flat Rate Promotion – Cover the cost of tax preparation services for your employees and HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING will charge a flat rate per employee*.
Saving you time and money is what we are...
Thursday, February 28, 2013
NEED EXPERT ADVICE ON YOUR FINANCES?
They say there is no such thing as free lunch but come and visit any HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING office, you can schedule an appointment with an Experienced Financial Advisor for a free financial review. Not only you can ask advice from experts but they will review your finances, assess your goals, and give professional advice based on years of experience.
Whatever your financial needs are HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING is here to meet all of them. We look forward to advising you. You will be a great addition to our family of satisfied...
Thursday, February 21, 2013
HAVE YOU PAID TOO MUCH?
If you are thinking that your income tax returns are doing good and you do not need a professional help you can think again because it is better to be sure than sorry when after all HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING can do it for FREE. Come into any HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING and we will review your last three years of income tax returns, yes you heard it right, for FREE. We look for any errors or missing deductions & credits. Many times we can amend your returns to get you additional refund money. When you thought you have no more issues and additional...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
FREE 1040EZ
We all realize how life can get rough these days and at HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING we are aware that the economy at times is getting tougher as well and it is not likely to get better.
HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING is full sentient of your hardships and in order to provide a little financial relief to those that need it, we are offering free federal 1040EZ tax preparation for all new clients during the 2012 tax season. No need for many hassle to make advantage of the offer, just come to any HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING locations with the “Free 1040EZ”...
Thursday, February 14, 2013
PROMOTIONS
“Believing in yourself” they say is the secret of success but there is more to that. Making other people believe in you is the way to success. We believe in our services and so as our
clients. Time and money are two of the necessities in life and HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING can save them for you. HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING saved time and money of many
satisfied clients, we are sure you will be too.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
HOW WE CAN HELP YOU
Your money should be inside your pockets and not in Taxes. HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING Income Tax can help ensure that your well-deserved money stays in your pocket.
HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING philosophy offer professional & affordable services. Many who tried to self-prepare their returns or got to under-qualified tax preparers often caught themselves overpaying their taxes. HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING would not just cover a quality service but would also include a FREE review of your last three years tax returns. This would...
Friday, February 1, 2013
ABOUT US
HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING was at first doing business as the Tax Center and was then evolved to an accounting industry concerning about income tax preparation.
Years thought us many things, introduced us many people and their walks of life. We have worked on many types and diverse range of clients, each client was never disappointed because we have prepared millions of personal and business tax returns. We deal in volumes but we never take superior quality or personalized attention for granted. Our core principles have always...
