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The 2024 federal tax season has reached its end…  well, unless you joined the other 19 million taxpayers and filed for an extension. That’s something we anticipate every year here at EMJ Financial Services Inc. And we’ll be working away the next few...

Well, the U.S. government has decided it can go on spending money – 1.2 trillion dollars to be exact. That means the departments of State, Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security are funded, through next September anyway. So the shutdown...

Double-checking is a motto we live by here at EMJ Financial Services Inc. It’s just good sense when you’re dealing with complicated tax code and people’s returns. No one situation is quite the same with our clients. And you can be sure we’re giving your tax...

Well, since we’re in full deja vu mode right now with the presidential election bid and this year’s Super Bowl outcome… let’s talk about the Employee Retention Credit… again.Because this week is the deadline for withdrawing ineligible claims — March 22. That’s...

No business management technique is sacred anymore. And rightly so.In my world, there’s been a trend in recent years with businesses moving away from traditional, fixed budgets towards more flexible approaches. I think that could be said for most tasks within business...

When I see relevant stats that my Norfolk County business owner friends should know about, I’m going to share them with you. (You already know I’m a numbers person, after all.)But first, a quick note about the business filing deadline.Namely, that it’s a week and a...

Firstly — a quick reminder for those of you working under a corporate status: we gotta file those returns for you by March 15th — so help us help you. Send us anything we've been asking for ... today? :)Second — there are less than 30 days before the ERC withdrawal...

We’re less than a month away from March Madness. The NCAA recently released the tournament schedule with locations, if you’re wanting to see your favorite team play in person. Or you just want to mark it on your home calendar so your family knows you’ll be...

For a long time, the NFL was hands-off when it came to Las Vegas. They were unwilling to get anywhere close because of the long-time commissioner’s caution about the connections some big NFL names had with well-known mob connections. Commissioner Pete...

This weekend we got a chance to see what’s trending in the world of music via the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. But something that wasn’t talked about on stage was the struggles of the music industry right now. A lot of artists are facing difficulties with promoting...

The crescendo of the entire football season is coming up in two weeks, aka the Super Bowl (Sunday, February 11). It’s probably one of the most watched events in America. This year will be no exception… and not just because Taylor Swift will be there cheering on...

It seems business leaders aren’t worried about recession anymore. At least that’s what the annual World Economic Forum decided last week.  Economic experts and business leaders are saying that we're not likely to see a U.S. recession in 2024. The Federal Reserve might...