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Filing Late On Taxes? You Might Actually Be Among Northern Virginia’s Smartest

There are less than two weeks remaining before the tax deadline of April 17th.  Does that startle you? If you're filing late on taxes this year, let's talk. We can easily file an extension on your behalf, and make sure  that your return is handled as advantageously as...

Effective Meetings Guidelines For Northern Virginia Companies Looking For Efficiency

Well, I don't want to alarm you but the chances are good that we DON'T have to meet anytime in the next couple weeks, as we move towards tax season.(That is, unless something has changed with your Northern Virginia business, and you need our help. Give us a call:...

Four Tips For Northern Virginia Couples To Make Money and Marriage Work Together

It seems like crooks these days keep finding new ways to trick people here in Northern Virginia into giving them more money. And no, I'm not talking about Congress. Last week, for those of us in the tax professional world in Northern Virginia who are paying attention...

Shabbir Hussain’s Updated Tax Preparation Checklist for 2019

Tax season 2019 is inexorably moving forward. We now have less than two months before personal federal taxes are due. Which, of course, means that it's time to get started if you haven't yet done so already.I'm here today with a large checklist that you can work from,...

Shabbir Hussain’s Three Simple Steps Towards a Better Business Budget

It's amazing -- and scary -- how many Northern Virginia businesses operate without a true budget. Cash flow becomes their only barometer, and that often doesn't include an accurate picture of ongoing growth, or the health of a business.Look -- in addition to handling...

A Northern Virginia Business Owner’s Holiday Prayer

Here we are, smack in the middle of the Northern Virginia holiday season, and not only is the federal government shut down for the foreseeable future, but the political and cultural logjams are becoming ever more entrenched.At least we have these holidays.But then I...

The Pareto Principle And Your Company’s Work Cycle

Slogging through the summer, and with the weather still hot, it can be really tempting to sort of press cruise control for the month of August until Labor Day hits us, and *then* really put that nose to the grindstone. But could it be that a rhythm of working a little...

How To Manage Money For Northern Virginia Millennials

I'll tell you what... The month of May is beginning to look a lot like December. Definitely not because it's cold out there, but with so much "end of school year" stuff happening these days, from graduation parties (ranging from pre-k "graduations" all the way up...

The Simple ‘Why’ For Northern Virginia Businesses To Consider Professional Mentoring

Whether or not the federal government's continued (as of this writing) partial shutdown affects you, the IRS did manage to pull in about half of its workforce, despite not offering them a paycheck -- which would be a pretty great deal for an organizational leader,...

Shabbir Hussain’s Three Tips For Resisting Financial Process Automation

Did you see Google's demonstration of their new virtual assistant technology, Duplex, last week? If you did, like me, probably you were both amazed ... and a little bit terrified of the implications. Essentially, Google is close to figuring out how to make it so that...

How You’re Missing Legal Tax Deductions

Here’s a certain truth: the State and Federal Government would love to have more of your hard-earned money in their accounts. Sure, even though it’s painful, none of us begrudge paying our legal and fair share of taxes.

But the problem is that regular taxpayers, like you, are missing out on legal and safe deductions, to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars in unclaimed refunds every year!