Since I fill in for Phil as Phil Jr. at Bourke Accounting, I’ve been fielding a couple of calls here and there. Naturally, the most common caller right now has questions about their Coronavirus Stimulus check. First, there’s the inquiry regarding when it will come. I hip everyone to the IRS’ website – coming in… Read More
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold. – W.B. Yeats, “The Second Coming” I used to cough to hide a fart. Now I fart to hide a cough. – Internet Meme, 2020 Last night was one of the first times that my neighbors didn’t throw a party that ended with shattered glass and people fighting… Read More
The management of Bourke Accounting is very generous. Case in point: for a co-worker’s birthday, there was specialty pizza, Bill-bought gifts and a Phil-baked cake. The birthday girl hadn’t asked for any of this; Bourke management simply took it upon themselves to make the lady feel special. That being said, one thing the management of… 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
You ordered a cheeseburger, fries and a Coke. What you received was 4 large milks, a ketchup packet and a blank stare when you complained. And these guys want more pay? Well, yeah, kinda. Minimum wage jobs usually aren’t very fun. In the minimum wage world, a worker can look forward to hard work, rude… Read More