Happy Thanksgiving 2019 from RKB Accounting & Tax Service, LLC to your family
Imagine ...You are ripped from your childhood home while young and trafficked across the ocean to a country where you don't speak the language. You are sold to practitioners of a religion that you don't understand, and there is no apparent possibility of...
read moreHow La Crosse, WI Taxpayers Can Avoid Fake Charities
Is the holiday season indeed "the most wonderful time of the year"? One could make a strong argument.However, for every gift we receive there are 10 or so emails asking us to give to a cause. Whether online or via snail mail, charitable organizations capitalize on the...
read moreA Trusted La Crosse, WI Professional’s Thoughts For Your 2019 Taxes
November is a wonderful start for holiday season with several traditions to match: pumpkin-spiced everything, no-shave November (apologies to those spouses affected), watching football and of course ... Thanksgiving.Sorry to poke my accountant's green shades into all...
read moreEstate Planning For La Crosse, WI Singles
Many of our La Crosse, WI clients are married. What I have to say today is still relevant, conceptually (and even in some of the details).So don't skip on by.As I have talked about before, estate planning is something that many families continue to neglect.I'm not...
read moreThree New Tax Implications for Buying or Selling a House in the La Crosse, WI Area
Sometimes real estate is more art than science.Because every homebuyer's situation is nuanced from home to realtor to geographic location, there's no cut-and-dried way to go about it, and that's whether you're investing, moving or selling.But there are a few things...
read moreA Powerful Example of Tax Planning For La Crosse, WI Families And Individuals
It's wild to think that there are only four more months in 2019.As we get older, time sure does fly. And unfortunately, many get stuck in a rut from year to year. Specifically related to taxes -- many do not look at, or even think about, their tax situation until...
read moreTwo Ways Towards Making Money In Marriage Harmonious For La Crosse, WI Couples
Summer is nearing an end. Which also means, well, wedding season is slowing down.If you've been married, you know that there is a big difference between the "wedding show", and the real work of being married. One of the best pieces of advice I've seen for newlyweds is...
read moreFour Great Summer Tax Moves For Folks in La Crosse, WI
Summer is flying by. Do you feel that way?It's an exciting season with cookouts, vacations and extracurricular activities (my thoughts and sympathies for La Crosse, WI parents with multiple kids playing multiple sports among 100 other things). Before you know it and...
read moreReginald Kim Boldon’s Parents’ Guide For Telling Their Family’s Financial Story
How we are raised around financial matters can impact us for a lifetime.When a close friend or family member loses their home, or their job (or both), it can be frightening on several levels. You begin to wonder if the same could happen to you. And, as you're probably...
read moreReginald Kim Boldon’s Five Principles For Spending That Actually Produces Satisfaction
We're all still basking in the World Champion US Women's Soccer Team over here in the RKB Accounting & Tax Service, LLC offices. Pretty amazing to see so much excellence, and on behalf of our country. Here's to hoping for continued unification within our culture...
read moreThree FAFSA Tips to Help La Crosse, WI Taxpayers Get Their High School Grads Ready for College
Independence Day is this week. Bombs. Patriotism. Picnics. Barbecue. All those things.I often write about "financial independence" this time of year (yes, I like the puns) ... and when I do, invariably I get contacted by a few clients (or former clients), who...
read moreFour Ways the IRS Reform Bill Helps La Crosse, WI Taxpayers Like You (and Me)
Believe it or not, 2019 is almost halfway over (!). We're through the summer solstice, the days get shorter from here on out, and here at Team RKB Accounting & Tax Service, LLC we begin to turn our eyes more directly at 2020.We're pretty thrilled by the...
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