by Michele Cagan | Aug 1, 2025 | Owning Your Own Business, Small Business
This blog post was originally published in 2019. It has recently been updated to include new information to help you avoid common accounting mistakes. Do you hate dealing with accounting? If you’re like most small business owners, your answer is yes. So when it comes...
by Michele Cagan | Jul 24, 2025 | Do Your Own Taxes, Get Help When You Need It, Protect Your Financial Future, You Need to Know This
As a CPA, I help a lot of people with their taxes. A lot of times, they’re pretty unhappy with their tax situations. Truthfully, most of us only think about taxes at tax time. But by then, it’s too late to do any planning. It’s too late to minimize your tax bill....
by Michele Cagan | Jul 17, 2025 | Get Help When You Need It, Making Ends Meet, Personal Finance, Protect Your Financial Future, Retirement Planning, You Need to Know This
When you’re dealing with financial struggles, you might need to tap into all of your resources. It can feel really uncomfortable to drain your emergency savings, max out your credit cards, and… finally… start pulling money out of your retirement accounts. That’s the...
by Michele Cagan | Jul 11, 2025 | Do Your Own Taxes, Get Help When You Need It, Making Ends Meet, Personal Finance, Protect Your Financial Future, You Need to Know This
I would never (as a CPA) recommend that you stop paying taxes as a form of protest. Federal income taxes are the U.S. government’s largest source of revenue. So far in 2025, income taxes brought in $1.82 trillion. That’s 52% of total federal revenues! In...
by Michele Cagan | Jun 26, 2025 | Owning Your Own Business, Small Business, You Need to Know This
When you’re just starting a business, your to-do list feels miles long. You need to create products or services to sell, set prices, advertise, attract customers, and actually do the work. So opening a separate business bank account, especially in the very early days,...
