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The Short-Term Rental Loophole: What’s Real vs. Misunderstood

And you want to confirm with your tax professional that you do not follow the advice that’s in this video. The thing about the short term rental rule is you have to be what’s called a real estate professional. You can’t just deduct, you know, the depreciation or the cost of the property on your Read More

Brett shares his story

I’m one of the original partners of Palamo, Landsman & Ross. Been a partner at the firm since 2014. I got my degree at the University of Florida, go Gators, and I got a Master’s in taxation at Florida Atlantic University. My favorite part of being an accountant is, you know, I like helping people Read More

Deducting your state tax is not as simple as it sounds

So, you know, California is a high income tax state as far as deducting state taxes is a big, big, big no-no. As far as what he’s mentioning about, you know, the whole tax system being a gray area. I mean, there’s rules and practitioners gonna either follow the rules or not. And there was Read More

Is there really a secret billionaires use to save money?

This video here, I mean, you know, couple true points. What this video is talking about here is selling stock on a margin. I mean, you can do that, just is the interest deductible? It depends on a lot of different factors. I think the strategies played out. I don’t know, it’s definitely a strategy Read More

Accounting is not just numbers.

Accounting is a numbers business, but I think people forget that it’s a people business. You’re not just dealing with the people you’re dealing with their businesses, and then the people in those businesses. And there’s a lot of decisions that need to be made. And, you know, taxes is a big part of that Read More

Succession Planning isn’t just for big corporations.

Succession planning is planning in advance. What is going to happen in your business if you retire or there’s an unlikely or bad scenario where someone passes away unexpectedly. So every single business needs it, even if you’re a sole practitioner or you’re one person, and some of it’s simple to do, like getting a Read More

Starting a business? Here’s where to start

In regards to, you know, business formations and in regards to when someone wants to set up a business in Florida, normally people will come in and we have to like a full discussion on what they’re trying to accomplish. We look at all the other ramifications of their tax return or any other companies Read More