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Randall Hancock’s Annual Holiday Prayer
Congress has been busy.They're home for the holidays, but before they left, they passed a flurry of bills that you might be interested in.Oh, and yes ... the House impeached the President. There is also that. I make no comment about that, but I DID want you to see...
Randall Hancock’s Guidelines for Setting Financial Goals You Can Keep
Just like last week, this week straddles the holidays, and so regular routines are still a little choppy, probably, for you.And here at our office, myself and Debra are working HARD on end-of-year moves for various Birmingham clients, as I write this, knowing that...
How Year-End Giving Changes You by Randall Hancock
We're almost done with 2019, cue the fireworks. It's been a tough year for many (including some of our clients), and you might be eagerly looking forward to that calendar change.Shoot, we're about to set forth into an entirely new DECADE. It's as good a time as any to...
Randall Hancock’s Year-End Moves To Save on Your 2019 Taxes
Only THREE weeks left in 2019, my friend.What will you do to finish strong?One good idea (if you haven't yet done so), is to send me the answers to these questions by shooting us an email through the button at the top of the page.Your answers will help us to know...
Randall Hancock’s Nine Key Questions That Could Affect Your 2019 Tax Bill
Well, here we are into December, the final month of 2019 -- and the final month of this DECADE. A lot sure has changed, for you, for me, and for the world. But before we wax too retrospective, let's sit where we are for a bit.The December holidays are upon us.And it's...
Happy Thanksgiving 2019 from Randall M. Hancock CPA, PC to your family
Imagine ...You are ripped from your childhood home while young and trafficked across the ocean to a country where you don't speak the language. You are sold to practitioners of a religion that you don't understand, and there is no apparent possibility of...
How Birmingham Taxpayers Can Avoid Fake Charities
Is the holiday season indeed "the most wonderful time of the year"? One could make a strong argument.However, for every gift we receive there are 10 or so emails asking us to give to a cause. Whether online or via snail mail, charitable organizations capitalize on the...
A Trusted Birmingham Professional’s Thoughts For Your 2019 Taxes
November is a wonderful start for holiday season with several traditions to match: pumpkin-spiced everything, no-shave November (apologies to those spouses affected), watching football and of course ... Thanksgiving.Sorry to poke my accountant's green shades into all...
Randall Hancock’s Tips For Using Credit Cards And Avoiding Credit Card Debt
Do you remember that old Visa commercial? It had quite a run during sporting events about a decade ago ... everything in the restaurant/market is running smoothly -- chefs are shipping up meals, customers are moving in an orderly fashion, credit card payments are...
Randall Hancock’s Guide for Lending Money to Family Members
Family can take so many different forms these days, whether it's biological or otherwise, but for a certain segment of my Birmingham clientele, there is a particular privilege that might kick in this week:The parent tax.If you have children, what better way to teach...
Hancock’s Rules of Thumb for Life Insurance
Autumn is here, and in some parts of the country, apparently that already means snow...Weather is a close second to "life" in terms of unpredictability.So I think that means two things:You should always carry an umbrella.Your life insurance policy should be clear and...
Total Cost of College for Birmingham Folks
Yes, there is chaos in the political world. Since it's not related to our vocation around here, I'll withhold comment, and let's move on to a happier conversation.Paying for college.(Yes, that was sarcasm.)So much ink (and an abundance of pixels) has been spilled over...