THE FATHER BLOG

The answer is always yes to this question. Here we are in the middle of July and the thought of having taxes done, speaking to your accountant, or that April tax deadline is barely a thought in your head. But they should be….

There is nothing worse than owing the government a pile of cash come tax time because you didn’t properly withhold enough during the year. Or you made some extra money in the stock market, side business, etc and underestimated the taxes. The second worse thing would be getting a huge return at the end of the year because that just means the government was holding all that money (of yours!) that you should have had in your pocket throughout the year.

So what should you do? These are the talks you need to have with your accountant or get yourself an accurate online tool to estimate what is that “breakeven point” which is the goal. Come tax time, you want to either pay or receive as little money as possible. Do you need to adjust your W-4? Do you need to start putting money aside during the year and pay estimated taxes? Whatever it is, start thinking about it right now because waiting until January when your tax forms start arriving in the mail….it’s too late. Plan ahead friends!

Here is NJ….they certainly are. The air quality here is terrible and over the last several days there has been this yellow/orange haze just lingering in the air. When I look at this map all I can think is: Is the entire country of Canada on fire?!

Here is a great website: AirNow Fire and Smoke Map

It can geolocate your position and tell you the air quality forecast for your area. Basically in the South Jersey/Philadelphia area it’s telling us to stay indoors because the air quality is “very unhealthy”.

So it’s Friday at least. Start the weekend early…it’s o’clock somewhere! Have a great weekend!

So I can admit two things here. 1. I know absolutely nothing about soccer. 2. I was wrong.

I figured I would just go with the favorite and said France would win. I was completely wrong but it didn’t make me lose any sleep. I have a friend who told me he was glad to see them lose because he said “I didn’t know France was a country in Africa”. I saw that 23 of the 26 players were born in France so I was wondering what the issue was until he sent me the roster. Then I understood.

So being a baseball guy, I said which is worst? Having the French World Cup team be comprised of mostly all French born players who are obviously not French heritage or the Italian World Baseball Classic roster which comprised an entire roster of men with Italian heritage but only 4 of them actually born in Italy?

Any thoughts? Please share