What Happens If You Ignore an IRS Notice?
It’s tempting to set an unopened IRS letter aside and deal with it later. Later gets busy. Later turns into next month. And before you…
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Financial Independence and Early Retirement: What the FIRE Movement Gets Right (and Wrong)
If you’ve ever looked at a 40-year career horizon and thought, “There has to be a better way to live,” you are far from alone….
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250 Years of Taxes: A Brief, Occasionally Painful History of How America Funds Itself
This July 4th, the United States turns 250. A quarter millennium of independence, democracy, barbecue, and… taxes. It turns out the two have always gone…
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Put a Plan in Place: How to Protect Your Records Before Disaster Strikes
Taxpayers don’t usually think about their financial records until something forces them to do so. A storm, a fire, a flood… no matter what kind…
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Accounting | Consulting | Tax
Working Remotely from Abroad: What Your US Tax Return Actually Looks Like
Logging into a corporate network from a beach in Portugal or a coffee shop in Medellin is no longer just a fantasy for tech startup…
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Got a Letter from the IRS? Here’s the Do’s and Don’ts
Opening your mailbox to find an envelope from the IRS can make your stomach drop. But before you file it away in the “deal with…
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Home Sale Tax Rules: What to Know Before You Close
Selling your home can be both exciting and daunting, especially when you start thinking about taxes. With summer being prime time for moving, let’s dive…
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Sun, Splash, and Savings: How Day Camp Could Trim Your Tax Bill
The sunscreen is out, the schedules are filling up, and parents everywhere are doing the math on summer childcare. Day camps are a lifeline—but they’re…
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Tax Alert: Medical Cannabis Moves to Schedule III While Adult-Use Waits
Here’s What It Means for 280E and Your Tax Bill On April 23, the Department of Justice reclassified state-licensed medical marijuana and FDA-approved cannabis products…
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Business Travel Deductions: What You Can and Can’t Write Off
Traveling for business? Don’t leave money on the table. Understanding the current rules for deducting out-of-town business expenses is key to making the most of…
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Navigating Tax Benefits for Your Family
Parents and guardians, are you maximizing the benefits provided by recent legislative updates? Whether you are welcoming a new addition through adoption or supporting growing…
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Savvy Savings: Essential Tax-Saving Strategies for this Filing Season
If tax law had seasons, 2025 would be the calm stretch before the forecast changes. But several of the rules that have shaped returns for…
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Greenway Podcast Recap: Sarah Bantz Discusses Cannabis Taxation and the Road Ahead
In the ever-evolving landscape of the Missouri cannabis industry, staying ahead of tax regulations is as vital as the harvest itself. Sarah Bantz, CPA, head…
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Don’t Get Fooled: How to Confirm Real IRS Communication and Avoid Costly Scams
Receiving unexpected contact about your taxes can feel unsettling, especially when scammers are becoming more convincing every year. Emails, texts, and phone calls claiming to…
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A Smooth Start to 2026: Tax Planning Without the Panic
Welcome to 2026: the year you finally organize your tax documents before the last week of March. Every January brings a fresh chance to reset…
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International Business Travel in 2026: Deduct It (Without Drama)
Planning a business trip abroad in 2026? Great news: you can explore new markets, meet global partners, and deduct a good chunk of your travel…
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Dec. 31 Checklist: What Missourians Should Wrap Up Before Year-End
Before you sign off and get ready to party, take a quick look to make sure the important year-end items are checked off before 2026…
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The “New Client” Tax Scam That Puts Your Data at Risk
Some tax scams skip the taxpayer entirely and go straight for the preparer. The “new client” scam uses friendly, believable emails to bait professionals into…
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Smart Tax Moves for Homeowners: Deductions to Know Before the Year Ends
Buying a home comes with plenty of decisions: paint colors, repairs, figuring out where the mysteriously slow Wi-Fi signal disappears. But as 2025 wraps up…
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Taking Clients to Lunch? Here’s What Still Counts as a Business Meal Deduction
With the new year around the corner, it is a good time to revisit the rules around business meals. You cannot claim every sandwich or…
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Ghost Tax Preparers: When Your Preparer Pulls a Disappearing Act
As we spotlight to top tax scams making the rounds this year, here’s a sneaky scam that disappears just when you need answers: the ghost…
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The Back Taxes Scam Hiding Behind “Pennies on the Dollar” Promises
If you owe back taxes, the idea of wiping your slate clean for a fraction of what you owe sounds appealing. But behind many of…
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Too Good to Be True: The Overstated Withholding Scam
When Too Much Withholding Becomes Too Much Trouble Taxpayers chasing big refunds are being misled by a growing scam that’s landed on the IRS’s 2025…
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The Myth of the “Self Employment Tax Credit”
In this article we’re focusing on another top tax scam on the IRS’s 2025 Dirty Dozen: the so-called Self Employment Tax Credit, which is a…
