Richard Streitfeld – Buddhist Mensch

Zen and Now
A Few Best Practices for 2016

The beginning of the year is a good time to check your withholding allowances. Are you perpetually behind, or need more money in your paycheck? Remember that you can claim any filing status and number of exemptions on the W-4 for your regular withholding during the year. Read my article. Don’t rely on 1099’s to tabulate your income,
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Richard Streitfeld – Buddhist Mensch

Unintended Consequences
Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act

While Obamacare has expanded healthcare coverage dramatically, it has also created some new difficulties. Consider:  “June Cleaver” is a single parent of two boys- Wally and Theodore (“Beaver”).  She just became a real estate broker and made $25,000 in 2015. JUNE’S HEALTHCARE OPTIONS FOR 2016 Medicaid.  The family’s projected income  for 2016 (based on 2015)
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Zen Mensch Accounting

Benefits With Friends
Some Good News In Paying For Health And Disability

This issue brings together recent developments and strategies about paying for health care and disability. It’s a complicated — but important — subject. I hope there is something useful for everyone. (And if not, there is a little family anecdote.) Q: Is there anything GOOD that came out of the last budget bill? –M. McConnell,
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Zen Mensch Accounting

Excuse Me? Your Hand Is In My Pocket
Embezzlement Made Easy

  You are a busy dentist and your bookkeeper signs the checks. You are president of a non-profit; the treasurer is supposed to co-sign large checks with the ED. But the treasurer  is out of town, and you trust the ED. Your Quickbooks password hasn’t been changed in seven years (Oh, you don’t have one.) The cash part of the business? It’s
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