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Benjamin Franklin said that two things were inevitable in life: death and taxes. And the nice thing about death is that you don’t need bipartisan cooperation.

2010. The year began with people singing the old depression hit “Brother Can You Spare a Dime?” and it ended with the country still out of tune.

The year started out with Sarah Palin abandoning her Alaska governorship. She thought lame duck were two four letter words. It ended with her living the American Dream… having her own reality show.

Liberals started their own Green Tea Party.

Mark Twain just had his autobiography published. One hundred years after his death. Jon Stewart has been compared to Twain. Of course, Mark Twain didn’t have a stable of comedy writers. Unless you want to count Samuel Clemens.

Once leader of the committee that writes tax law, Representative Charlie Rangel, learned how long it takes to fully depreciate a political career.

Bristol Palin proved the old political adage. Republicans can’t dance but they can sure vote. As a counter political move, Michelle Obama tried out for American Idol.

Scream 5 came out before Scream 4. Scream 4 actors David Arquette and Courtney Cox are separating.

Benjamin Franklin said that two things were inevitable in life: death and taxes. And the nice thing about death is that the Congress doesn’t debate it.
2009.A year so tough that many people wish that the Mayan calendar ended three years earlier.
Those of you using the Mayan calendar as an appointment book be sure [...]

Benjamin Franklin said that there are two things inevitable in life: death and taxes. But the nice thing about death is there are no picket lines.

2008. A leap year. The only leaping we seemed to be doing is back to 1929.Things are so tough that the old sixty is today’s sixty-five.

Madonna’s getting divorced. Guy Ritchie found out that she was cheating on him. Because in her new act, she started singing,’Like a Yankeee. For the very first time.’ When Alex Rodriguez’ cap fell off in a game, he was wearing a yamakah.

The election lines were so long that some people swear by the time they got to vote, Sarah Palin was running for president.
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LEAVING THE COUNTRY TO WORK? The foreign-earned income exclusion is $87,600 in 2008 and $91,400 in 2009. You have to stay out of the U.S. for 330 out of 365 days. Those of you who want to escape global warming and work at the South Pole are out of luck. It’s considered part of this country.

TEACHABLE MOMENT. Educators can still take $250 of unreimbursed expenses as a deduction off the top of their income. Now, no more teachers’ dirty looks.

STANDARD DEDUCTION FOR PROPERTY TAXES. If you own property but don’t itemize, you can take $500 of your property taxes if you’re single and $1,000 if you married off the top of your income. Perfect for older people and people who buy their home at the end of a tax year.

IT PAYS TO BE SICK. Medical mileage rates are 19 cents a mile for the first six months of 2008 and 27 cents for the last six months. It’s the same for moving. You can not take a double deduction if you moved because you’re sick of L.A…(read more)

2007 – The Iron Age was during the 12th century B.C.We seemed to be entering the Irony Age.

England has banned fat Santa Clauses.The government feels that fat Santa Clauses promote childhood obesity. California has gone a few steps further.They have stopped Santa Clauses from saying Ho. Ho.This, they say, has been promoting a childhood dessert.Those of you who don’t know what a HoHo is, it’s not the same as a Ho which is an adult dessert.But I digress.Santa Clauses can now say ‘Broccoli.Broccoli.’Next year they will probably be banning fake Santa fur.Stuffed animals have feelings, too.

007.This is definitely a year we could have used James Bond. Unfortunately, he too was outed by Scooter Libby….(read more)

2006. -The year started out with a couple of Republicans outing CIA agent Valerie Plame. And the year ended with the Republicans outing themselves.

Scientists have decided that Pluto wasn’t a planet anymore. Too small. I wish they would have decided that thirty-five years ago when I answered on my test: eight planets in our solar system. I guess I was ahead of my time.

Richard Hatch will be using all of his survivor skills while serving time for tax evasion. Alleged tax evader, Wesley Snipes may be following with his own sequel. Blade: San Quentin.

Speaking of taxes. Hollywood started the year with the Da Vinci Code based on the original novel of the same name. What isn’t known is that the book was originally going to be called the Da Vinci Tax Code. And the secret to be revealed was Jesus? filing status: married filing jointly.

Speaking of filing status. Alleged bigamist leader Warren Jeffries found himself on trial when one of his arranged marriages was discovered. The much older man involved filed, married filing jointly, and claimed the child credit because his wife was also a child.

Another reason to have your taxes done in Los Angeles: Scientists now say that pollution may be beneficial to provide shade when we are about to succumb to global warming. As Raymond Chandler should have written: L.A., 95 in the shade and what looks like shade turns out to be smog…(read more)

2005. It started with President Bush announcing that he had a pocketful of political currency and he pledged to spend it. Fortunately, he ended the year with a pocket full of lint.

This was the year of two Paris(es). Paris Hilton met Paris Latsis in Paris France and then they broke up in Paris, Texas. No wonder there was rioting in France.

It was a year full of earthquakes, tsunamis and hurricanes. It was like someone was standing on a roof looking heavenward and shouting, “bring it on.”

Dateline Hollywood; The Republicans started the year trying to “WALK THE LINE” and ended up like the movie “CRASH.”

The Democrats tried to be the “WEDDING CRASHERS” and ended up being “CHICKEN LITTLE.”

In New Orleans, Noah was seen weighing whether he should take two Democrats or two Republicans. He ended up kicking Ralph Nader overboard.

The “intelligent designers” have a point. Judging from our history, it’s hard to believe in evolution…(read more)

2004. The election campaign was the movie “The Never Ending Story” with no hope for a sequel.

It was the “Burning Bush” against the “Petrified Forrest.”

Lincoln and Douglas turned over in their respective graves during the debates.

At the end, the Republicans were playing “Dixie” while the Democrats were playing “Taps.”

Kerry was victorious. He goes home to a billionairess who can do “things” in 57 varieties. And they save millions of dollars because of Bush’s tax cuts with more to follow.

Bush has an interesting interpretation of the term “mandate.” He nominates Alberto Gonzales who believes in that a little bit of torture can be a good thing and that the Geneva Convention is like Santa Claus. It’s something for children and not to be taken seriously.

Merck and Company with Vioxx found a permanent cure for Arthritis. By the time the lawsuits are finished it will probably be called …And Company. They say John Edwards is available for litigation.

J. Lo broke up with Ben Affleck and married Marc Anthony. She is contemplating divorcing him and marrying herself. This could cause a constitutional crisis. From a tax standpoint, her status would be married filing double jointly.

The United States has rejected Ukraine’s poll results and Putkin turned around and rejected our 2000 election results. Their history books now have Gore as our president…(read more)

The year started out with America going to war because of “weapons of mass destruction” only to discover that Sadaam Hussein was hiding them in North Korea.

California started out the year with a wishy-washy Governor Davis relieved to have won his election. Wishy-washy? Shouldn’t the people have realized this before? His name is “Gray” for God’s sake. And then ended up with a governor who when he speaks there are subtitles underneath. At least we can now say that our governor can beat up your governor.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has given new meaning to the political expression “hands on” executive.

Scientists have somehow calculated that the sound of a black hole in outer space is 25,000 octaves below that of a piano. I prefer to think that it’s just Johnny Cash singing in heaven.

Capital gains is no longer an endangered species.

Hollywood is choosing sides in the upcoming presidential election. Republicans flock to “Master and Commander:Far Side of the World” while Democrats refer to the president as “Looney Tunes:Back in Action.” …(read more)

2002. A year filled with too much T&A: terrorists and accountants. Terrorists accounted for 3 billion dollars in damages and accountants helped account for 1.7 trillion. Whatever was left, Americans spent on gasoline.

Winona Ryder was finally convicted of shoplifting. She was sentenced to 480 hours of community service in working with children with Aids, the sick and the blind. When told that Mother Teresa spent her whole life with these people, Winona replied ‘what was she sentenced for?’
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CALIFORNIA CITIES HAVE DECLARED WAR ON SMALL AND EVEN SMALLER BUSINESSES. As many of you know Los Angeles has sent out letters to anyone who has a schedule C (your own business, even if it’s making no money), as well as partnerships, LLC’s, LLP’s and corporations. The letters are requesting financial information so that you can be assessed for a business license tax. All California cities are doing the same. You can call your Council members and protest if you like. But you should respond. The State insisted on the tax being related to Gross Receipts and not profitability. Ironically, state tax revenues will go down because the license is deductible…(read more)