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Topic: 2019 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness

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Re: 2019 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #224 on: February 01, 2019, 04:02:06 PM »
The accountant who does my business does my personal as part of the yearly fee. 
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Re: 2019 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #225 on: February 01, 2019, 04:38:49 PM »
A LOT of folks who itemized last year will not this year.  A simple 1040A filing should suffice for many of them.  You might need Schedule D for stocks etc.

I forget what D is now, and B, one or the other.  

I have most of the wife's financials now, she mostly does her own thing though I manage her IRAs.
There actually isn't a 1040A or 1040EZ anymore. Just a 1040

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Re: 2019 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #226 on: February 01, 2019, 04:55:00 PM »
I'll be itemizing, even with the limits on state and local taxes (which absolutely SUCK for Illinois residents/dipshits).
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Re: 2019 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #227 on: February 01, 2019, 04:58:26 PM »
https://smartasset.com/taxes/all-about-irs-form-1040a

I learned something here, once again.

The new law consolidated the forms 1040, 1040A and 1040EZ into one redesigned Form 1040 that all filers can use. 

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Re: 2019 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #228 on: February 01, 2019, 08:54:31 PM »
simplifying things???

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Re: 2019 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #229 on: February 02, 2019, 11:53:43 AM »
Today here is mostly sunny with a high expected to reach 67°F.  I take a perverse pleasure in checking Cincy weather (34°F and cloudy at the moment).

The wife and I don't mind some winter "chill" at times but really enjoy having days like today interspersed.  We didn't especially want Florida weather though we did check out Jacksonville a bit.

I really suffered in those long, gray, cold winters for 40 years.

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Re: 2019 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #230 on: February 02, 2019, 02:21:37 PM »
The accountant who does my business does my personal as part of the yearly fee.
That is how we roll with my wife's accountant too.  I think I would commit malpractice if I did it myself.

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Re: 2019 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #231 on: February 02, 2019, 03:42:16 PM »
I sat my ex when she did her first round of taxes "on her own" with some accountant.  My notion was that he could only do as good a job as she was able to provide records.  She had no clue about taxes and brought in shoe boxes full of irrelevant receipts.  He remained quite pleasant, which I infer is a big part of his job.  She owned her own business, so schedule C was the main thing.  He asked me quite a few questions about the previous year's return and what was what, she had bought a van for her business for example.  Well, I bought it, but it was for her business.

My GUESS is most folks who go to H&R Block in Walmart bring all sorts of unneeded pieces of paper.  If you don't bring in the right sort of forms obviously your accountant won't be able to do it right.  I try and keep up on the basics of tax law so I can minimize my tax burden.  I usually do the usual tax loss selling in November, for example.

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Re: 2019 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #232 on: February 02, 2019, 04:06:15 PM »
The accountant is great particularly in providing his organizer questionnaire which helps identify all relevant actions, dispositions and relevant deductions. Makes for a pretty efficient process all things considered. Their tax white papers are great too.

Fwiw, plenty of quality open end and managed vehicles out there to get MLP exposure w/o fussing w K-1s.  

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Re: 2019 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #233 on: February 02, 2019, 05:20:25 PM »
Yeah, I just kind of soured on the MLP angle.  They had a nice yield, but they seemed to go down in price all the time for me.

I have the Yogi Berra investment philosophy.

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Re: 2019 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #234 on: February 03, 2019, 03:04:31 PM »
The wife and I went out for brunch, and it being a nice albeit cloudy day, walked through the heart of midtown.  There are police everywhere, as if something big is happening.  (We dined about 2 miles north of the stadium.)  Two guys in the restaurant had SB tickets around their necks.  People are everywhere also, as are limos, black Escalades mostly.  I understand hotel rooms were jacked up, no shock, and are sold out.  We walked by a new place call City Tap Room and took a tour, nice set up, 56 beers on tap, which is adequate, a lot of TVs but classier looking than a typical sports bar.

Patriots jerseys outnumbered Rams jerseys probably 5:1.  I did see a fair number of Gurley jerseys.  I was slightly surprised to see so many football jerseys from a lot of different teams.  There is a large Four Seasons hotel near us that had I'm guessing 10 of the black limos outside and another place that had three spiffy looking large buses, which might be where one of the teams stayed, not sure.  Yesterday I saw 3 planes and a helo dragging advertising banners, today I only saw helos, sounding and looking like security.

We get a lot of folks out when the weather is nice but today it's probably 2x normal.  Peachtree Road was closed below about 8th street, it's kind of the main drag, I didn't get over to see the freeway, it could be packed on a normal Sunday.

I gather they had a rock concert last night not far from us at Atlantic Station, which is about 2 miles NW of us.  There was a small protest in the park we passed yesterday about something, the paper said 150 people were there, it was really about 40.  We saw probably 25 police officers at both ends, one guy with binos was eyeing two white dudes with backpacks wearing camo when we walked by.  Apparently some skinhead types wanted to protest out at Stone Mountain Park so they closed the entire park for the day.  Counterprotesters showed up and marched through the small town nearby but no skinheads showed up.

The bar next door is hopping and packed.  It was LOUD last night until about 10 when they don't close but go quiet somehow.  With the warm weather all the places have opened their outside seating which usually is shrouded so they can heat the space in winter.

I'm somewhat surprised what a Big Deal this is considering they only have about 75,000 seats in the place.  I read a ticket is nearly $3,000 now for nosebleeds.  I paid $280 for a nosebleed seat for the SEC CG.  I was half tempted to walk further down towards the stadium but the wife demurred.  I wonder what MARTA is like right now.


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Re: 2019 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #235 on: February 03, 2019, 03:19:44 PM »
I'd like to attend a SB some day, but $3 large for a ticket is silly

$600 for a round of golf at Pebble is silly, but I could stomach that
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Re: 2019 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #236 on: February 04, 2019, 08:03:48 AM »
I watched the SB, mostly, I dozed off a bit for some reason. I almost never watch it.

1.  Had I not watched it, I would be fine.  There was some good defense of course and that Edleman guy for Boston was good at getting open.
2.  I had some notion Todd Gurley played for the Rams but they must have traded him or something.
3.  If the halftime music is indicative of popular music today, I am not missing anything.  It was jazzed up music, very predictable and noncreative.
4.  The outside shots were kind of neat at times how they had certain buildings lit up, good idea really, cheap advertising.
5.  I feel no particular or unusual inclination to go buy a Mercedes, or Bud Light.
6.  I didn't notice a single commercial that I thought was radical or innovative.
7.  The wife watched a bit with me and was asking about the positions of some of the players.  We talked about whether they could watch it in France or not.  Answer is maybe.
8.  If you are used to soccer and rugby, this is going to look very odd as a sport.  I'd hate to try and explain it to someone of that ilk.
9.  It's sunny here and supposed to be pretty nice today.  I assume most are "getting out of town" today.
10.  There is no ten, but I have ten fingers.

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Re: 2019 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #237 on: February 04, 2019, 08:36:43 AM »
I was at a party and didn't watch a minute. How did James White do?
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