"The Bookkeeper" Blog

Movin’ on Up!

Sonia Rae — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:38:20 +0000

So, I have finally done it. Or…i should say, almost done it. I have found office space! I am a little bit freaking out since I never in my dreams imagined that my business would grow to the capacity that it has. I am even on the verge of my first employee. More later.

Top Ten Facts about Taking Early Distributions from Retirement Plans

Sonia Rae — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:24:20 +0000

Some taxpayers may have needed to take an early distribution from their retirement plan last year. The IRS wants individuals who took an early distribution to know that there can be a tax impact to tapping your retirement fund. Here are ten facts about early distributions. Payments you receive from your Individual Retirement Arrangement before you [...]

Five Ways to Offset Education Costs

Sonia Rae — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:26:05 +0000

College can be very expensive. To help students and their parents, the IRS offers the following five ways to offset education costs. The American Opportunity Credit This credit can help parents and students pay part of the cost of the first four years of college. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act modifies the existing Hope Credit [...]

Is this Income Taxable?

Sonia Rae — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:12:30 +0000

While most income you receive is generally considered taxable, there are some situations when certain types of income are partially taxed or not taxed at all. To ensure taxpayers are familiar with the difference between taxable and non-taxable income, the Internal Revenue Service offers these common examples of items that are not included in your income: Adoption [...]

Ten Facts About Claiming Donations Made to Haiti

Sonia Rae — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:57:47 +0000

If you are donating to charities providing earthquake relief in Haiti, you may be able to claim those donations on your 2009 tax return. Here are 10 important facts the Internal Revenue Service wants you to know about this special provision. A new law allows you to claim donations for Haitian relief on your 2009 tax [...]

Gas Gauge Tip

Sonia Rae — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:02:02 +0000

So it got lost in my inbox (oops!) but here is another tip from my good friend Simone… OK, so I just posted this on a friend’s FB (because there was a post strain about labels on appliances and cars) and no one else seemed to know it. Did you know that on your car’s gas gauge, [...]

Ten Tax Topics for Taxpayers with Tots and Teens

Sonia Rae — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:59:07 +0000

Got Kids? They may have an impact on your tax situation. Listed below are the top 10 things the IRS wants you to consider if you have children. Dependents In most cases, a child can be claimed as a dependent in the year they were born. For more information see IRS Publication 501, Exemptions, Standard Deduction, [...]

2010, Slow as Molasses

Sonia Rae — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:50:27 +0000

So the year has started slower than pouring molasses (and I had my first experience with pouring molasses this holiday season with a new recipe of cookies) – anywho – S-L-O-W. I feel like someone turned the dial on my brain and life is moving faster than I can think. As many of you know, [...]

ummm…yeah, about that…

Sonia Rae — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:45:33 +0000

Okay, so it doesn’t take any special genius to figure out that I have been slacking on the blogging. I would like to blame it on the holidays but let’s face it, my last post was in October (HOLY CRAP!). I am going to try and make a better effort in 2010. So 2009 ended on [...]

Flip your mats people!

Sonia Rae — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:09:58 +0000

Time to Flip Your Mats! Sonia has hinted in the past that I’m welcome to “guest” blog for her, and I haven’t really had anything that I thought would be of interest. Except, what I’m about to share is exactly the interesting kind of tid-bit she thought you’d appreciate. You see, I’m [...]

Cat in a box

Sonia Rae — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:27:04 +0000

Monte did a fantastic job of helping Meghan with my filing projects! You’d think I would have “stuffed” him in there by the looks of some of these photos.

I’m not cut out for exercise

Sonia Rae — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:34:27 +0000

So…last night I am sitting on the couch in the later evening watching my recording of The Biggest Loser. As they pan from the tippy tippy toes to the top of the head of one of the larger guys my six year old looks over at me with some of the biggest eyes I have [...]

Check your website against several browsers

Sonia Rae — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:55:04 +0000

This is a tool I have often used for my own website and for those that I have helped design. I never thought of sharing until a friend of mine, who created a site for her husband who is running for a local school board position (jeffsimon.org), posted a link to her husbands site and [...]

Office Nap Zone

Sonia Rae — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:08:33 +0000

The cat found a place to nap in the new office space after I so “cruelly” changed the CRT monitors to flat panels and removed the cat perch which as you can see in the picture below he had outgrown, and not by just a little.

VersaCheck and G7 Productivity

Sonia Rae — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:36:52 +0000

Had an interesting exchange with the VersaCheck “Customer Service Department” this morning, enjoy and beware if you have contemplated using this software… —–Your Support Request—– Request #: 222483 Name: Sonia Rae Warmack Email:sonia.warmack@comcast.net Phone:763-208-7137 Subject: General Question Issue Description:I wanted to let you know that I was extremely disappointed when I purchased this product and discovered that unless I purchase toner and [...]