Wbt - World Of Business And Taxes

It is political Tuesday and time to talk about Congress doing nothing, Corker tweeting very badly, and Harvey Weinstin and the corruption of Hollywood.

It is now October and it is time to prepare your 2018 budget, it is vital for you to look at your risks, sales cycles, and other issues that may come in 2018. Be prepared and be ready for a great 2018. If you need someone to prepare your budget for 2018 send Michael Lodge and E-Mail at: mlodge@lodge-co.com

Here is my scary story that really happened to me in France. A battle between good and evil. Evil did not win but it made it's presence known. Happy Halloween.

Natural disasters have really been plentiful this year. So after the disaster you may have to reconstruct your records for tax purposes or insurance. In this podcast we go over the stepts. You can read the blog on this subject by going to: www.wbtpod.com

California has become a risk and is no longer a viable state to start a business or live in. High taxes, social politics, liberal political agendas are chasing out the middle class and businesses.

We are surrounded by hate, everywhere we go we seee or hear hate. It's time we stop hating and start getting more involved in our communities. Put hate to the side and start spreading love instead of hate.

With so many events happening in this world, you never know when evil will strike. Put in place a crisis plan so you are prepared and protect your company.

Nothing is getting done in Congress. Tax reform is needed and the members of Congress play politics. We have three types of members of Contress - The Hater of Trump - The Ones Tied To Lobbiest Groups- and The Member of A Party Faction. The role of Congress has been corrupted and nothing will get done on real tax reform. Reducing tax rates is not tax reform.

I love living in South Carolina. You will have people come and just visit with you. Doug Deforest has a great song that we share with you today - "I Guess I'm Living Right". Go out, talk to people, put your political hate to the side, lock it in a closet, and start getting to know people.

You need to focus on several things when doing a side hobby apart from your real job. Is it a business or a hobby? You need to ask that question because the IRS will ask that question if you have a history of losses.

Political agendas do nothing to tragedy. But prayer, helping those in pain on a day of trageday, to heal. Politicans that turn tragedy into a political event are worthless. Pray today.

We need to do better about our personal finances. This is a story of a 27 year old kid who saved up to $200,000 and gives some sound advice on how he did it.

When you start a new business you have done some strange things. Taking phone calls in the strange places, have done almost everything. It is a walk of life that you will always remember.

When did Dr. Seuss become racist? Just remember if you believe in good, being independent, being your own person, it becomes racist with Liberals. How corrupt was this Libraian to take a childs book and turn it political. Enough, let kids be kids and let them live a political free childhood.

There are several unusual deductions that people do not know is available to you. www.wbtpod.com

Vacation homes are popular in various parts of the country. But there are tax issues on how you use that vacation home. www.wbtpod.com

Tax cuts is not tax reform. We have over 74,000 pages in the IRS tax code and no one is addressing the complecated mess of taxation. It is too complecated and Americans do not know what they are signing - under penalty and purjury.

The Equifax credit data breach may affect your tax return. You have to be proactive in protecting your tax data.

Nothing is getting done in Congress. We have no leadership in the Senate and the Congress to get things done that we put them there to do. Congress has become a failure and it has to change.

When you get to the time to retire there may be reasons why you can't stop working. Let's talk about it.