Author Archives: littleadvisor

It’s that time of the year again!

Posted on December 19, 2017

As usual during the last weeks of the year, I’m reminding everyone to consider contributing to charity. This year, this is especially so since you may not be able to get any tax benefit from charitable contributions next year, making … Continue reading →

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Analyses of the New Tax Reform Coming Out

Posted on November 4, 2017

The new Republican tax reform proposal has finally been published this week, and analyses of it are now coming out on various sites. Here’s my take on what I’ve learned. Continue reading →

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The Sham of the Estate Tax Repeal

Posted on September 30, 2017

The new tax plan recently announced by the politicians has caught my eye with one thing in particular – the repeal of the estate tax. Most people think that the estate tax doesn’t affect them. With the $5.49M exemption per … Continue reading →

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Trump had almost $1B losses – how does that work?

Posted on October 9, 2016

The Republican Presidential nominee is apparently not as shrewd a businessman as he wants everyone to believe. It has been published that on his 1995 tax return he reported total accumulated losses of almost $1B! I’ll leave it to the … Continue reading →

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So Facebook decided to force spam on its users….

Posted on August 11, 2016

It’s been a while since I saw advertisements on Facebook that were not in form of click-baits or Takei’s promoted posts. And Facebook didn’t like that. So they decided to circumvent ad filters and force the spam on me even … Continue reading →

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Online banking deteriorating! Or, so I got the Citi’s Costco card.

Posted on July 23, 2016

I mentioned the new Chase online banking website and I wasn’t happy about it. Little did I know… Just a few days later I had to sign up to the Citi online banking system, with my brand new Citi Costco … Continue reading →

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It’s the Prime day at Amazon!

Posted on July 12, 2016

Today is the Amazon traditional “Prime day” sale. Tons of promotions are going on, and if you look carefully enough you may catch a glimpse of that rare beast called “a real deal!”. If you don’t yet have a Prime … Continue reading →

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So Chase updated their web site. To the AdBlock!

Posted on June 6, 2016

Chase Bank, of which I’m a happy customer, has recently updated their website for online banking. There was nothing (much) wrong with the old one, IMHO, but it seems to be a trend for online service providers to move to … Continue reading →

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The IRS On-line Transcripts Service is No Longer Available

Posted on April 9, 2016

I wrote a while ago about the new IRS service allowing to download your tax return transcripts online. Unfortunately, this service is no longer available. The IRS took the online service down due to the compromised security, after a large … Continue reading →

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Happy Holidays, and Remember to Donate!

Posted on December 24, 2015

My yearly donation shortlist: Wikimedia, Planned Parenthood, The Red Cross and Wikimedia Continue reading →

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