Money. It’s a topic that is often difficult to discuss because we tend not to want to talk about our income and expenses with people. Of course, children are people too, but this is not an area where you want to open the household books to them right away. With the...
It’s tax time and we all know how daunting it is to put together the package of documents for your accountant or other tax preparer. The document that seems to scare us the most is the tax organizer, the document your accountant sends you to help you collect your tax...
Last year Rhonda had a problem. Her father, Steve, who moved to Florida three years earlier, seemed to be deteriorating rapidly. She especially noticed a change in his executive functioning. These are the “mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention,...
This is the time of year when we dream about sailing through the Caribbean or island hopping on a cruise ship. So, what’s stopping us? The tax filing deadline for one. Now that 2021 is over we are faced with the overwhelming task of gathering information needed for...
“Hello Heather, this is Dave Stieglitz with Oasis. I have an unusual case and was wondering if you could call me back.” The Two Professionals Heather Jackson is a Certified Daily Money Manager® (DMM) with Jackson Personal Financial Services and Dave Stieglitz is a...
Daily money managers frequently work collaboratively with other professionals to help their clients obtain the services they need. Here is a recent example of a DMM-CPA collaboration to help. The Scenario An elder law attorney referred us to her client, a man with a...