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Andrews Night at the Theatre!
L to R: Mike, his significant other Gwen, Taryn, Diedra, her significant other Will, Janna, Les, Jeri and Jessica The Andrews Team Met for a Night at the Theatre Nearly the entire Andrews team had a night at the theatre Saturday! We went to the Bellingham Theatre...
Certified Puppy Accountant!
A Puppy Always Makes an Accountant Visit Better – for Everyone You know there will always be a puppy or two when you visit your accountant. At least if your accountant is at Andrews Accounting. Permanent Puppy Accountants If you’ve dropped by before, you know we...
Little-Known Tax Deductions
You Might Not Be Aware of These Money-Saving Tax Deductions Tax deductions – they’re great, aren’t they? You feel like a 1-percenter, avoiding unnecessary taxes and keeping more of what you earn. Except without the giant yacht. But you don’t have to be a billionaire...
Paying Your Nanny and “Nanny Taxes”
Hiring a Nanny Means Paying Payroll Taxes If you hire a nanny, you’ll be paying payroll taxes for them, also known as “nanny taxes.” Those can include Social Security and Medicare taxes, unemployment and more. And unlike Mary Poppins, all those bothersome details...
Celebrity Accountant
Your Favorite Celebrity Could Almost Have Been an Accountant Celebrity accountant? Well, not us, unfortunately. We can’t remember the last time we were invited to walk the red carpet. Or given a Prada bag, or other fabulous freebies. But there are celebrities who...
Not an Accountant – Should You Take His Advice?
Who’s Not an Accountant? Your Well-Meaning Friend Who’s not an accountant? Your bartender is not an accountant. He may be a master of mojitos, a wizard of whiskeys, a full-on sipping savant. What’s more, he overhears all sorts of things from people while he tends bar....
Mixing Business and Personal Funds – Don’t!
Mixing Business and Personal Funds for Expenses Is Asking for Disaster Mixing business and personal funds is not uncommon – especially when you’re first starting your business – but it’s asking for trouble. At best you’re giving yourself more work to do. At worst, you...
Happy Birthday Julia!
We Celebrate Julia As Another Member of the August Happy Birthday Club Another exciting Friday, another exciting party! We sang Happy Birthday Julia at the Black Cat in Fairhaven last Friday. Unfortunately we couldn't sing in French; we used up our entire French...
Frustration Grows with IRS Delays
IRS Delays Causing Headaches for Millions IRS delays are stretching out longer and longer as millions wait for tax refunds, according to a recent article in Accounting Today. Some frustrated taxpayers are still waiting for the tax agency to even process their tax...
Happy Birthday and Merry Jeri Day!
Photos & a Special Q&A with the Birthday Girl! We celebrated Jeri's birthday last week with a delicious Thai food lunch! The whole gang (except, unfortunately, the dogs) was there, singing and presenting Jeri with a gift certificate for a full-blown spa day....
Company Picnic: Fun and Deductible!
Write Off Your Company Picnic and Treat Your Employees The company picnic is a great way to show employees you appreciate them. It builds team spirit for your staff. And another recommendation for a company picnic is that the food and entertainment costs are...
National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Day Celebrates Accountant Fuel National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day arrives every year on August 4th. If you’ve visited our office, you’ve seen the bottomless candy basket. But when we need an extra sumpen-sumpen, we turn to chocolate chip cookies....
Hiring in a Tight Labor Market
Tips On Attracting Top Talent When You’re Hiring in a Tight Labor Market Hiring in a tight labor market was difficult enough during the last couple of years. Then the pandemic hit. That life-altering event has made many people reconsider the direction they want to...
Celebrating Taryn’s Birthday!
We Ate, Drank and Made Merry Celebrating Taryn’s Birthday Tuesday, July 20 was a special day – and mark it on your calendar for next year! For that’s the day for celebrating Taryn’s birthday. Which we did, gathering at Black Sheep in beautiful downtown Bellingham. The...
Where’s My Refund & More Tax News
More Tax News: Huge IRS Backlog, Child Tax Credit Opt-Out More tax news? Let’s start with this: The Internal Revenue Service has a backlog of 35 million returns. Those 35 million returns, which include some from the 2019 tax year, are still waiting to be processed. A...
New Small Business Flex Fund Loans
Washington Small Business Flex Fund Offers Loans Up to $150K Washington state has a new Small Business Flex Fund loans to help small businesses recover and flourish as we emerge from the pandemic. The public/private partnership is making low-interest loans up to...
Happy Birthday Mike!
Everyone Enjoyed a Birthday Feast at El Gitano The entire office (see the dog's back being petted) went out to lunch to say Happy Birthday Mike! Mike is the latest member of our team, and a valuable part of it, too! There was plenty to celebrate, too - the good health...
Take Your Dog to Work Day
Every Day is Take Your Dog to Work Day Here Every year, the Friday following Father’s Day is Take Your Dog to Work Day. In 2021 it falls on June 25, and we’re ready. If you come to our office, you’ll see we have dogs here every day! They put in a hard day’s work, too....