When Bourke Accounting moved to our current and lovely location, changes were made.  Accent walls were painted, pictures were hung and knick knacks were strategically placed around the office.  Management transformed impersonal Suite 102 into the welcoming Home of Bourke Accounting that it is today.  Whether it’s hanging fuzzy dice from the rearview or putting… Read More

For a lot of Americans, that clanging early morning alarm is more threatening than a man in a white van asking for help finding his puppy. Wiping jagged bits of sleep from your eyes, you bribe yourself to get going with the promise that there is light at the end of the tunnel; someday, someday,… Read More

Before Bourke Accounting, I worked with a 70-year old, Vietnam vet, ex-firefighter from Texas. He had tried retirement and found that he hated it. I asked, “Why are you working when you don’t have to?” He gave me a sardonic – oh, you silly, little thing – stare and responded, “What? Ah’m supposed ta sit… Read More

  Announcer: From Generation X, the generation that brought you Grunge, wholesale tattoos, piercings and a cynical world view, let’s all welcome a complete lack of retirement plans! Audience of Gen Xers: Yaa – wait, what’d he say? Bill over here at Bourke Accounting randomly gives me interesting articles. Yesterday, he gave me one that… Read More

The other evening, after a busy Bourke Accounting tax season day, I didn’t feel like cooking (I don’t ever feel like cooking, but now I have a legitimate excuse). I stopped at one of my favorite take-out spots and was surprised to find a child behind the counter. She looked about 11 years old and… Read More

    There are a lot of things to worry about in this world: war, pollution, Social Security sustainability. Even closer to home, you get to worry if your kid is going to get into the school of her dreams, if your son will get his heart broken, even if you be able to retire… Read More

Your Social Security benefits are calculated based on how much you earned during your top 35 working years, but at the age at which you first file for those benefits can impact the amount of money you receive each month. If you wait until your full retirement age (FRA) to take benefits, you’ll get the… Read More