Tag Archives: San Diego

Lubricating Outside the Box

A man doing market research for the Vaseline Company knocked at the door and was greeted by a young woman with three small children running around at her feet. “I’m doing some research for Vaseline. Have you ever used the product?” She said, “Yes. My husband and I use it all the time.” “If you […]

Quiz For People Who are smart

This is a quiz for people who know everything! I found out in a hurry that I didn’t. These are not trick questions. They are straight questions with straight answers. Good Luck! 1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. […]

Cool Negotiation Skills

On July 17th, 1946, the temperature in Detroit was 97. The 3 brothers walked into old man Henry Ford’s office and sweet-talked his secretary into telling him that 3 gentlemen were there with the most exciting innovation in the auto industry since the electric starter. Henry was curious and invited them into his office. They […]

Career Counseling

A new priest, born and raised in Texas, is nervous about hearing confessions, so he asks the older priest to sit in on his first sessions. The new priest hears a couple of confessions, and then the old priest asks him to step out of the confessional for a few suggestions. The old priest suggests, […]

Tax Bankruptcy That Wasn’t

Today TaxMama hears from Gina in San Diego who tells us. “I filed bankruptcy in 2005, hoping to clear back taxes. All taxes had been filed and assessed. However, my back taxes went untouched by the bankruptcy. Had I known that would occur, I would not have filed. What went wrong?”

Test for Dementia

Below are four (4) questions and a bonus question. You have to answer them instantly. You can’t take your time, answer all of them immediately . OK? Let’s find out just how clever you really are… First Question: You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in? Answer: […]

Divorce Payments

Today TaxMama hears from Gary in Missouri, who tells us “I am a retired military man and the judge gave my ex-wife one half of my retirement check…actually, I lose 55%, including child support. Is any of that deductible from my taxes?”

Those Mysterious 1099s

Today TaxMama hears from Lisa in San Diego, CA who’s perplexed. “I work for a small financial service company as an accountant. Where can I get ‘easy to understand’ rules or criteria for which vendors I need to generate 1099 forms. Any help would be appreciated.”