I’ve told you how much your Bourke Accounting professional likes you. And, at Bourke Accounting, we hope you like us, too. I hate to bring up a sore subject, but if you think about it, the relationship you have with your bookkeeper or tax preparer can be compared to social distancing – you keep me… Read More

I’ve mentioned before that some of us don’t have retirement plans. Because of this, a few members of our elite demographic may not be aware of the difference between a Traditional IRA and a Roth IRA (I’m not even getting into backdoor, SEP or SIMPLE IRAs here). In case you don’t know (and this will… 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

In 2018, Gerald Cotten, the founder of QuadrigaCX, “Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchange” (Washingtonpost.com) died from Crohn’s disease. He was on his honeymoon in India. I didn’t know that Crohn’s disease could kill you; I thought that you just used the bathroom a lot. Authorities are kind of wondering about this Death by Crohn’s, too, and… Read More

I have never been to prison (Tim and Bill were shocked, too!), but from what I’ve read, it’s not a very nice place. All the documentaries on TV really paint prison as the ultimate uncomfortable living situation: one must constantly meet new people, there is no autonomy regarding bedroom décor and, you know, sometimes one… Read More

My pal used to run a construction business.  As it turned out, it wasn’t as lucrative as he would have hoped and he closed it down.  Hey, what can you do?  It was worth a shot, better luck next time, no harm, no foul, right?  He filled out paperwork to dissolve the business, got a… Read More