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Perhaps it's because of the craziness of the past year and a half, maybe it’s the local the weather ... but for some reason, the holiday season has caught us off guard over here at Ratio CPA, LLC. Wasn’t it just the end of summer the other day?This year particularly,...

“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” I think we can agree that Charles Dickens’s famous lines ring true when looking back at 2020 and 2021 (though “best” might seem like a stretch).With employees shifting their worlds to make room for new priorities,...

If your business sells online, then we’re coming into the most wonderful time of the year.And this year, your customers will probably shop your website (and elsewhere online) EARLY in order to bypass all those supply-chain snafus. Cha-ching for you.Just don’t forget...

Before I discuss the real estate BRRRR strategy, let’s talk about a current pressing topic that’s going to fuel investment talk. With numbers released last week, one thing is very obvious: inflation is here, and it is a problem for most taxpayers.At least for now.I...

November has officially begun.Decisions are upon us. All of the normal holiday decisions, like which Lego set to buy the little one, what to eat, or which relatives to invite (or not invite) for Thanksgiving dinner, are dancing through our heads as the seasons...

The shape of your business affects your future and when I'm talking about the "shape," I of course am referring to your Birmingham business entity type.Did you know that you CAN change that after the fact? Depending on which entity you are switching to, the process...

We are for sure seeing a "turn signal" of sorts around here as 2022 barrels its way onto the horizon.How about you? Are you beginning to start thinking about next year? The turn of the seasons means a lot of different things to many people, but it seems just yesterday...

How’s your client/customer list faring these days?If you’re like every other business around you, you’ve got some churn happening. People move, change jobs, experience a shift in financial circumstances … the list goes on. Even in predictable economic times (remember...

Your employees are happy, right? They’re never going to leave you... right?They’re not looking for another job, right?You know what the answers are: Maybe and I sure hope not.Sooner or later, the advantage will swing back to you, the boss who does the hiring. But...

Just less than five years ago, certain sports figures were being threatened with suspension for even APPEARING at collectibles events in which a sports betting company was a sponsor.Now there is an NFL-endorsed provider of sports betting (for those states in which it...