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Building a Consulting Business
Karen Carpenter: The Story of Success Gone Wrong
John B. Calhoun and the Future of Wealth
Hiring Your Children and Taxes
Gas Station Scam: Kwik Trip
Congress Keeps Passing Stealth Tax Increases: Secure Act
The LLC and S-Corporation: Differences and Benefits
The Cold Equations of Personal Finance
7 Jobs for Accountants Suffering Burnout
10 Things You Can’t Write Off on Your Taxes, Maybe
Infinite Banking Concept Without Life Insurance
Cruise Ships and Other Travel Scams to Avoid
Should I Find a New Accountant?
Be True to Yourself
Worthless Crypto Tax Deduction
Is Ryan Holiday the Real Deal?
2 Ways to Fail in Business and the 1 Way to Grow a Business
Why You Don’t Want to Go Back in Time and Do It Over Again
Idolizing People We Admire
What is Wealth?
Take Back Your Life By Closing the Door
How to Write Off a Vacation as a Business Expense
What Ryan Holiday Taught Me When I Visited Him
Road Trip 22: Backbone of America
Intelligent Tax-Loss Harvesting
Wasting Your Most Valuable Asset: Time
GruntWorx Review
The Art of a Meaningful Life
Beating Inflation in Retirement
Health Sharing Review
Health is Wealth: Maintaining an Ideal Weight
Beat Index Funds Every Year
When to and Not to Do a Roth Conversion
Fermi Paradox and the Risk to Wealth
Get Rich Doing Anything
Profit from Inflation
Art vs Science in Personal Finances and Taxes
Outsourcing vs Technology in the Tax Industry
Christmas Every Day of the Year
Recovering from Identity Theft
The Way to Wealth
18 Tax-Free Sources of Income
10-Step Map for an Early Retirement Plan
Form 3115: Applying a Cost Segregation Study on a Tax Return
Good Insurance vs Bad Insurance
Winning With Benjamin Franklin’s Virtues
The Goal is to Pay No Income Taxes, Legally
Identify Your Ideal Client
Self-Sabotage: The Biggest Risk Once You Have Money
7 Tools to Build Wealth After 50
US Savings Bonds and Taxes
Minimize Taxes on Day Trading Profits
10 Early Retirement Considerations
The Two Biggest Risks of Owning Cryptocurrencies
The Power of a Vacation
31 Frugal Tips and Tricks
Why Cheating on Your Taxes Costs More
What should Tax Preparation Cost?
When Should I Retire
Money Lesson You Forgot to Teach Your Children
Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Books for Success
Deduct Work Expenses When Working From Home
5 Things Millionaires Spend On
The Financial Agony of COVID-19: Part II
The Financial Benefits of Cats
Finding Celebrity Clients
Beating the SALT Deduction Limit
Charitable Giving for Businesses
10 Ways to Earn an Extra $10,000 This Year
The CARES Act: Maximizing the Employee Retention Credit (ERC)
This is Not the Next Great Depression
Now is the Time to Retire
Why the Economy Will Struggle to Restart
Maximizing Benefits Under the CARES Act
How Much Money Should You Keep in Cash?
Financial Crisis Planning from The Wealthy Accountant
The Fuzzy Math Behind COVID-19: Part I
Security Recovery Plan for Businesses
How to Protect Yourself From the Coming Tax Increase
Earn Money Reading Financial Statements
How the IRS Chooses You for an Audit
Hidden Treasure in Altria*
Should You Have a Financial Planner?
High Interest Savings Account for Rednecks
(Give Yourself) The Gift of Good Business for the Next Decade
The 3 Best Books The Wealthy Accountant Read this Year
How to Pay Another’s Debt
What the Bible Teaches Us About Money and Success
Ethical Criminal Behavior
When Should You Kick Your Kids Out of the House?
Get $100,000 Tax-Free Annually in Retirement
It Might be Time to Give up on the S Corporation
Redefining Frugality
Cashing in at Camp Accountant
Financial Horror Stories II
Should We Soak the Rich Into Oblivion?
Finding Solitude in a Life of Success
Reading Financial Statements for Profit
Health Update and Camp Accountant
How We Are Addressing Climate Change All Wrong
$20 Million “Change the World” Giveaway
Frugal Exotic Dining
Financial Horror Stories
Your New Mission: Plan For the Future
How to Analyse a Stock
Commingling is Killing Your Wealth
Unique High Interest Savings Accounts Few Know About
Motivational Goals
The Wealthy Accountant World Headquarters and Camp Accountant
Finding a Good Accountant for Your Income Properties
Recovering from Burnout
Investing in a Retirement Account is Like Taking Out a Loan
Profiting From Climate Change
I’m 19 and Bought My First Car, Cash
Solutions to an Accounting Industry in Crisis
Why You Should Rent to Your Business
3 Steps I Took to Reach Financial Independence by Age 32
The Best Rental Property You Can Buy
Hiring a World Class Tax Professional
10 Places to Keep Your Emergency Fund
The Once-in-a-Lifetime IRA Transfer to an HSA
High Interest Savings Account Few Use
Finding Under-Valued Stocks
How to Use this Blog to Earn a Quick $1 Million
5 Ways to Fix an Overfunded Retirement Plan
Recovering From Financial Mistakes Like the Wealthy
One Insane Way to Eliminate Your Debt Fast
Medicare for All and a Tax Cut Too
A Non-Political Look at Income Inequality and the Wealth Gap
The Coming Collapse of China
Final 199A Regulations
Challenges of Running a Successful Blog
Pricing Your Product in Your New Business or Side Hustle
The Anatomy of Wealth
The Best Books I Read This Year
4 Financial Planning Steps Every New Parent Needs to Take
Deducting Gambling Losses with the New Tax Bill
Do You Need an Investment Adviser/Financial Planner?
Is Staying Fully Invested in the Market the Right Move?
Regaining Motivation When You Have No Debt
The Benefits of Having a Mortgage
How to Retire Happy with Lots of Money
Micro Business and Side Gig Tax Guide
Reduce Your Taxes to Zero!
Opportunity Funds: Deferred and Tax-Free Gains
The History of Polarized Politics in the U.S. and Money
The Best Conference on Money
The One Place World Travelers Forget to Visit
Paying Off the Mortgage vs Investing the Difference
Where to Invest Your Money When the Stock Market is Overpriced
My Tax Plan If I Were President
Why I’m Getting Rid of My Mad Money Investment Account
Free Tickets to Any NFL Game for You!
How to be Admired and Have the Wealth You Want
Marriage and Money: Finding the Perfect Mate
Beat Procrastination and Get Rich by Taking a Break
If You Love Spending Money This Will Make You Rich
The IRS Issues Proposed Regulations on the Qualified Business Income (QBI) Deduction
How Debt Spurs Economic Growth
Does the Minimum Wage Cause Inflation or Unemployment
How To Help A Senior Loved One With Financial And Legal Decisions
Planning a Spending Fast
Easy is the Hardest Thing in the World if You Want to Be Rich
Stalking the Accountant: Housecleaning
Are You Mentally Ready for Retirement?
How Small Amounts of Money Grow Very Large
Winning the Game of Life
Jordan Peterson, Identity Politics, MGTOWs and the Rising Hate of Women
Should We Run Our Marriage Like a Business?
Stalking the Accountant: Vote Early, Vote Often
Raising FI Children in a Media Insane World
Profiting From the Next Recession
Perceptions of the Wealthy: Learning to Think Like the Rich
Unlimited High Speed Internet You Can Take Anywhere for $10 (or Free)
Hacking Itemized Deductions
CAMP ACCOUNTANT HAS ARRIVED!!!
Our Heroes Have Failed Us
How Much You Need to Retire is a Lot Less Than You Think
Teach Children to Follow Their Dreams
Stalking the Accountant: Tax Plan Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
The Best Speech Ever Given
Create Your Own Basic Income
Financial Independence is Getting Easier Every Year
Increasing Profits and Efficiency in a Tax Office
Price’s Law and Why the Early Retirement Community Will Not Harm the Economy
Investing Alternatives When Index Funds are Unavailable
Taking the Lottery Out of Scholarship Applications
A Frugal Funeral that Shows Respect
A Free College Education Made Easy
Depression and Personal Finance
The #MeToo Movement and the Loss of Intimacy
Stalking the Future of The Wealthy Accountant
How to Develop Your Occupational Living Will
Dealing with Clients Who Want to Take Illegal Deductions
The Greatest Secret Between Debt and Wealth
Filing Status When You Can’t Find Your Spouse
Are Penny Stocks a Serious Investment?
10 Ridiculous Ways to Save Money I’ll Never Mention
Peer Street Review
Attributes of a Wealthy Individual or The Smartest Guy in the Room Isn’t the Richest
Stalking the Recreational Accountant
Countdown Clocks
Dealing with Resentment
Stalking the Accountant at the Finish Line
The Bittersweet Joy of Raising Children
Why I’m Retiring the Day I Graduate from High School
The Power to Do Evil: The Ethical Dilemma
Stalking the Sleeping Accountant
It Never Pays to be a Bear
I Hate My Job!
Tariffs, Stagflation and Stock Market Risks
Stalking the Camp Accountant Update
Fixing an Incorrect or Erroneous Refund
Church of FI
Problem Discovered in Tax Bill Will Leave Many Owing the IRS Big Next Year
Stalking the Accountant: Groundhog Day
I Received a $1,980 Check on My First Secret Shopper Assignment
How and When to File a Superseding Tax Return
Saving the World (and Yourself) One Frugal Act at a Time
#MeToo
How to Write Engaging Blog Posts
Could We Get a Single Digit P/E Ratio?
Stalking the Accountant for Sport
Preliminary Report on Estimated Tax Savings with the New Tax Law
Dealing with the Emotions of a Volatile Stock Market
The Wealthy Accountant is Selling a Limited Number of Anti-Drone Guns
Stalking the Accountant: Into the Abyss
The Real Reason the Stock Market is Going Up
The Lost Art of Small Talk or Dealing with Fair Weather Friends
How to Deduct Unreimbursed Business Expenses Without Itemizing
Stalking the Accountant: Tax Planner for the New Tax Laws
Crying Over Spilled Milk or What to Do if You Missed the Stock Market Rally
Tax Cuts Don’t Create Value, This Does
How Recent Tax Law Changes Will Destroy Your Wealth (Unless You’re Already Rich)
Stalking the Accountant 20 Jan 2018
If You Don’t Like What You See in the Mirror . . .
Should I Prepare My Own Taxes?
Blogging and Taxes with the New Tax Bill
Stalking the Accountant 13 Jan 2018
The Genius of Never Giving Up
The Cost of Yes
When Claiming Fake Deductions is Legal
Stalking the Accountant 6 Jan-2018
Tax Law Changes You Haven’t Heard
A Recap of 2017 and a Few Resolutions
Where I Want to Be
The Pay It Forward Revolution
Special Report: Beat the Tax Law Change by Prepaying State Taxes
The Sound of Christmas
2017 Tax Bill: Small Business is Punished for Raising Wages
Finding Focus in Chaos
The Slow DRIP to Massive Wealth
Prioritizing Tax Benefits
Personal Solutions to the Healthcare Crisis
Travel the World from Your Doorstep
Tax Preparation
2017 Tax Bill Review, Part 1
Walking the Less Traveled Road
Bitcoin’s Achilles Heel
5 Things Wealthy People Demand of Their Investment Advisor
Don’t Read This Blog!
A Lifetime of Thanks
Buying Stock at a Discount
How to Buy an Individual Stock (If You Must)
The Approach of Buy Nothing Day and the Reasonable Way to Buy Gifts
Your Share of Passive Income
Camp Accountant
Reading Vacation
Real Estate Investment Vs. Index Funds – Which Is Better?
The Happiest Place on Earth
Tradelines, Part 2: Helping the People You Care About
A Life of Failure
When Maximizing Gains are a Stupid Idea
10 Things My Dad Says . . .
Respite
This Is All an Illusion
Class Action Lawsuit Database
How a Broke Farmer Became a Millionaire
Tradelines: The $1,000 an Hour Side Gig
Dangerous Bloggers
The Indispensable Man
7 Questions Rich People Ask Their Accountant
A Simple Man
Choose Your Friends Carefully
Higher Interest Rates Will Cause Inflation
Too Frugal
All the New Stuff at The Wealthy Accountant
How to Complain To Your Credit Card Company
If You Haven’t Retired by 30 You’re a F—— Failure
How Rich Am I? How Rich Are You?
How to Lose a Million Dollars in a Day
Problems with Owning Individual Stocks and Index Funds at the Same Time
Debt Collector’s Suicide Bomb
Nuclear War and Money
Fear and Doubt
This is What Happens When You Start a Business After a Career Setback
Better than Raising the Minimum Wage
Your Financial Thermometer
Why Banning Gays and Transgenders from the Military is Bad for Your Wallet
I Won the Powerball Lottery!
Friends All Over the World
How to Save Money with a Do-It-Yourself Home Energy Audit
Inflection Point
Forensic Accounting: The High Paying Part-Time Business
The Hidden Tax: Transaction Costs
Meet Mister Cohan: The Client Who Never Keeps Tax Records
You Still Get Paid
Intermittent Fasting Versus Long-term Fasting
You Can Do Anything . . . Just Not Everything
The Mistake Obama and Trump Both Made
Intelligentsia: The Other 1%
Optimism and the Fountain of Youth
Steal My Stuff, Please, Part 2
Perennial Seller, Part 1
Quotes for Lost Friends
How Milking Cows Taught Me to Respect Women
I Preempt Our Regular Programming (Can We Talk?)
Living with a NIMCRUT
How Long Should You Keep Your Records and Tax Return
Change Nothing
How Actively Managed Funds Legally Lie about Performance
Laziness Made Me Rich
The Fastest Way to Grow Your Net Worth
Why You Need a Home Office
You, Inc.
Recommended Reading
Crowdsourcing Experience
Investment Commercial Real Estate Profits and Pitfalls
The $10 Million Net Worth Lifestyle
Buy A Car at an Awesome Price (From the Dealer)!
Manufactured Spending Without the Factory
Get There Before You Arrive
Maximizing Retirement Investments with Multiple Plans
New Tax Law Changes Dangerous to Your Wealth
Embrace Failure
You’re Using the Wrong Definition for Retirement
Camp Mustache IV Roundup (Seattle)
Word is Out
Losing Touch with Reality
Small Business Payroll Services
Smarticus
The Sweet Spot of Non-Cash Deductions
Increase Your Success at Anything with Warren Buffett’s “20-Slot” Rule
The Knuckle Dragging Neanderthal Meets Uber and Airbnb
Fighting the Profit Train
Your Money or Your Wife
Tough Times Make You Rich
The Ultimate Credit Card Rewards Hack
Your Garbage is Killing Me
Conclave
Thinking Like an Accountant
Why Saving Half Your Gross Income is Better and Easier Than Saving Half Your Net Income
Sleep Yourself Rich
Avoid the Pitfalls of Early Retirement
The Dangers of a Side Gig
Secret Messages
Crime and Punishment
It Pays to Have a Hobby
The One Guaranteed High-Return Investment You Don’t Own
Spending versus Cash Flow Meets the Debt Bomb
Frugality the Right Way
A Year of Frugality — How It Changed Me and My Views about Money
The Government Paid Me a Visit
Never Miss a Charitable Deduction Again
How I Get Everything from Amazon for Free
Applying Cost Segregation on a Tax Return
Tax Deductible, Low Cost, High Speed Internet You Can Take Anywhere
Everybody is Talking about the New Forum on The Wealthy Accountant
Stop Paying Your Quarterly Estimated Taxes!
It’s a Small World
Why Trade Wars Never Work
Thriving on Minimum Wage
What the Wealthy Accountant Owns and Why
They Said It First . . . and Better
Stop Working for Money
Preparing for Growth at The Wealthy Accountant
Here is How You Can Piss Off Donald Trump
Get a $100,000 Gift from the IRS Using Cost Segregation
An Open Letter to My Children
The Easy Way to Wealth: Deferred Gratification
Starting a Successful Seasonal Tax Preparation Business
Leaving a Legacy Without Destroying Your Children
The Clock is Ticking
Medical Tourism: Save 90% on Healthcare and Get a Free Vacation
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Living Between Mr Money Mustache and Tim Ferriss
Finding a Good Accountant
Deal Breakers for Investors and Business Owners
Tax-Loss Harvesting is Killing Your Nest Egg
The Right Way to Own Investment Properties
Tax-Advantaged versus Regular Accounts
Watch the News Right or Turn it Off
Prepare Your Own Taxes the Right Way
Avoiding the Gold Diggers
Kill the Economy and You Will Not Even Notice
Recap of Camp Mustache SE
Organize Your Life to Maximize Net Worth and Minimize Taxes
The Worldview of the Financially Independent
If I Were an IRS Auditor
Financial Independence for Normal People
Dealing with Jealous People
Take a Selective Vacation to Maximize Productivity
2016 Review; 2017 Plans for The Wealthy Accountant
The Tax Loophole You Never Thought Of
The Gift of Karma and the Art of Pay It Forward
Making the List
Silent Night: A Christmas Story of Love and Hope
Tricks to Beat Procrastination
The Very Best Books I Read in 2016
20% is Enough Effort
Rapid Profit Machine: Make Money While on Vacation
Black Pride Meets White Privilege
Increase Blog Traffic Faster Than Naked Kim Kardashian Pictures
Lowest Tax States for Income, Sales and Property Taxes
Gaming the Earned Income Credit
I’ll Tell You Why You’re a Failure
Treat Taxes Like a Game
Celebrate ‘Buy Nothing Day’
So Much to be Thankful For
Year-End Tax Planning 2016
Wants Become Obligations
Stay the Course with Your Investments
Expand Your Business and Increase Margins with Outsourcing
Overreacting Solves Nothing
Reality Check: Calm in the Face of Panic
Credit Card Secrets
Permanent Interest Free Loans
Why Keep Working?
Entertainment Overload
Hidden Value in Homeowners Insurance
Supercharge Your Net Worth
Workflow in a Tax Office
Learning to Think: The Art of Critical Thinking
Lessons Learned: Raising Children with Disabilities
My Daughter Retired at 22 — Here is How She Did It
A Walk Around the Farm
The Book of Gratitude
Early Retirement versus Laziness
Obituary: Keith Schroeder Passed Away Saturday Night
Create a Low Spending Environment for Raising Frugal Kids
Plate Lickers Unite: Leave Your Money at Home
Is a College Education Worth It?
Mister Indispensable: Everybody’s Go-to Guy
Dealing with Groupies
The Acid of Arrogance
A Day in the Life of the Wealthy Accountant
American Dream: Interviews with Industry-Leading Professionals
Donald Trump is an Idiot
Enjoying Life Versus a Happy Life
Renting a Car is Cheaper
Screw the Rich
Priming the Pump
Why I Like Credit Card Debt in a Small S Corporation
Wake Up and Die Right
Destroying Fear with Stoicism
Get Ready for Suicide Season
Reader Case Study: Deciding When to Start Your Own Business
Library Millionaire
Taxes and the Sharing Economy
New Publishing Schedule at The Wealthy Accountant
The Friends You Keep
In Support of Law Enforcement
Save 98% on Laundry Costs
Don’t Leave the Lights On For Me
Rotating Frugality
Everything Is a Crisis
Do As I Say, Not As I Do
Reduce Your State Tax to Zero with an Inversion
Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half
The Cost of Coupons
How I Find Time to Read So Much
Structured Giving
Low Income, High Net Worth: The Best of Both Worlds
The Awful Truth about Personal Finance Bloggers
The Path to Reaching Your Financial Goals
Tax-Free Cash Rewards From Credit Cards
One More Year Syndrome
The Dark Side of the Accountant
Cut Your Clothing Costs 98%
Budgeting Without a Budget
Special Report: Why Mylan CEO Heather Bresch is full of BS
People I Would Like to Meet
Dealing with Mistakes
Free College Education and a Free Car Too
Signs It Is Time to Sell an Investment: The Unfolding Lending Club Fiasco
Leadership
Should I Pay My Mortgage Off Early?
Avoid an IRS Letter by Audit Proofing Your Tax Return
Small Business Owners: Delegating for Massive Profits
Learning to Delegate
10 Ways to Legally Stop Paying Taxes
The Joy of Minimalism
It Is Harder to Keep It than To Get It
Decluttering
The Value of Time
Ego is the Enemy Review
My Physical Fitness Plan
The County of ‘Making a Murderer’ Strikes Again
How Fast Does Inflation Rise?
Charities I Support and Why