Your Redding Tax Friend’s Thoughts on Navigating a Banking Crisis
Crisis is a word that gets used a lot these days. Especially in headlines. It’s loaded with meaning… and feelings. These days you might find yourself spinning out with something like panic, dread, fear, anxiety, and any variety of mental/emotional...
Bank Failure Lessons Redding People Should Learn
Urgency is a tyrant. Especially when things go awry related to your money. You’re motivated to defend it with an iron grip … even at the expense of your overall state of mind.That’s how the banking “crisis” has a lot of people feeling right now. If you’re...
Dennis Fritz CPA’s Guide for How Long to Keep Tax Documents
Things are pretty interesting over at Twitter right now. The removal of blue ticks from the accounts of well-known public figures and companies has some scrambling to prove authenticity (including the New York City government – yikes!). Not to mention all...
Easy Ways to Manage Money, Redding Strugglers
Did you travel for spring break? I know it’s come and gone for most Redding families and college students. Maybe you traveled, maybe you didn’t, or maybe the nice weather has you planning for summer.You know when you’re returning home from a road trip and you...
Do All Redding People Pay Taxes on Social Security Benefits?
We’re in the last leg of the regular tax season here. My office has been working overtime (often literally) cranking out returns for our Redding clients. If you haven’t touched base with us yet, and still need to process and file your paperwork, things will be a...
Need Extra Time to File Your Taxes?
Spring has truly sprung in Redding, and also did you know that we’re two weeks away from the tax deadline?Here at Dennis Fritz CPA, the home stretch means our heads are all wrapped up in paperwork, but we’re still able to notice that lawn mowers have accelerated their...
Understanding the Gift Tax and Estate Tax
Reading emails sent by the IRS isn’t exactly keep-you-up-at-night fare.But there’s something about reading about scammers that I find oddly satisfying.And they (the IRS) has continued to send out mass warnings in their “Dirty Dozen” series, shedding light on the shady...
Crowdfunding Campaigns: Fritz’s Tax Thoughts
Spring is officially here — hello daylight past 7 pm and enjoying the sun a little bit after work, too. And that makes everyone happier.And as tax season rolls along here, we’ve been meeting with a bunch of Redding clients, submitting returns, and helping many people...
Considerations for Choosing a Redding Tax Advocate
There has been a lot of market noise about Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). When a huge bank (#16 in the country) is taken over by the feds, it’s worth at least a mention.But here’s my quick take:Unless you are a CFO of a startup or you actually live in the Silicon Valley...
Audit-Ready Basics for Redding Filers
About 43 days left in “tax season.”That’s right. Only 43(ish) days to fill out those tax forms and submit them to the IRS so you can close the cover on the book of 2022.My team and I have obviously been taking care of this for our Redding clients, marking hundreds of...
Protecting Redding People from IRS Scams
Here we are ... already February is in the rearview. And while this is certainly a less hectic tax season than the past three, it doesn’t mean things are easy. Taxes have traps for the unwary all over the place. A 400-page tax code ensures that. More...
Should Redding Filers Use DIY Tax Filing Software?
Let’s dial in right away to an important question: Are you ready to knock out your 2022 tax filing? There are now less than 2 months left to do it. And while that seems like a lot of time, you and I both know, it’s really not. Here’s why: My calendar is chock...