Part 1 of 2 What the heck is an employee stock option? Publicly traded companies may offer employees stock options as a form of incentive compensation. These options give you the right to purchase company stock at a specific price. There’s a lot of jargon to share when it comes to employee stock options. The …
Tax Planning
Winning the Lottery!
What to do After Winning the Lottery July 17th was National Lottery Day. So, did you play? Let’s imagine you winning the lottery! Congratulations! What’s the first thing you should do? If your answer was, post it on Facebook, you would be wrong. The best thing to do is to remain anonymous, if possible. Currently …
Standard deduction or itemize?
It is tax time, should we take a standard deduction or itemize? Normally, we would have our taxes filed by now, but this year we have an extension. But I am not thinking about taxes, I am thinking about summer, which I am going to tie into taxes on today’s blog. We typically rent a …