Deadlines Looming

03.31.05
• California Tax Amnesty ends
04.15.05
• Personal Income Taxes Due (Form 1040)
• Partnership Tax Returns Due (Form 1065)
• Trust Tax Returns Due (Form 1041)
• Or get first extension
• First estimated payment for 2005 due

Remember - you can use EFTPS to make the payments!

Taxmama's Quick Links to Online Filing




Dear Family,

I am working hard to prepare next week's online workshop for you. Please join us as my guest for information on the Tax Aspects of Doing Business Online.

Please see the instructions on how to sign up and download the special meeting room in advance.

We are using a new multimedia conferencing tool that you're really going to enjoy. I was testing out the service earlier this week and visited a meeting room. What a delightful group of people! I had a live, voice conversation with people in France, British Columbia and the US. It was as cozy as having them in my own parlor. Next week, after the event, I'll tell you how you can use this for your own meetings, classes, or just to gather the family together all at one time.

You'll find another complimentary event coming up.

Incidentally, this past month, lots of clients have been talking about the high cost of living here in California. No doubt, you've also been wondering if you could move somewhere less expensive, just what kind of wonderful home you could buy with the proceeds from the sale of the tiny place you have now. That part's usually easy. What's hard is to find work that pays well in areas where housing costs are low.

So, I just took a quick look at the job openings at our CareerBank - and found over 7,000 jobs through Robert Half International. And they're everywhere.

They usually have the jobs with the best companies. They got me the first two accounting jobs I ever held.

And the temp jobs they sent me out on via their Accountemps division were often how I supported myself in college.

Want to know a secret? Doing temp work is the best way to research a company and find out what's really going on inside. And it is THE best way to get hired by great companies without ever going through the humiliation of an interview. After all, you're already there, doing the work, meeting the key decision-makers. I used to keep a notebook with information about each company I worked at, what kind of equipment and programs they used, and the names and contact information of the managers and supervisors - in case I wanted to get a job there someday. Incidentally, each and every company offered me a full-time position - which I didn't take because at the time, I loved the variety of being at a new place every couple of weeks. Temp work is a great way to get experience and never get bored.

I know many of you want to prepare your own tax returns. So I've included the links below. But, before you do that, you may want to read Andrea Coombes'article "Mistakes that could cost you Surveys find common tax questions stump taxpayers"

Andrea provides further evidence the tax code is too complex for mere mortals: More than two-thirds of taxpayers answered basic tax questions wrong or said they were unsure of the right answer.

Whether you prepare your own tax returns or have someone else do them - you'll quickly realize that we haven't come far from the caveman days. We're still a society of hunters and gatherers. These days, it's not for food, but for records.

Well, my mere mortals...it's time to shine!

Best wishes,
Eva Rosenberg, EA
Your TaxMama is watching...out for you.

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President Bush and Social Security
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