Just like last week, this week straddles the holidays, and so regular routines are still a little choppy, probably, for you. And here at Team RLH Tax Services, LLC, we’re working HARD on end-of-year moves for various Oklahoma City clients, as I write this, knowing that EVERYTHING changes on Wednesday of this week (which might already be past by the … Read More
How Year-End Giving Changes You by Robin Harris
We’re almost done with 2019, cue the fireworks. It’s been a tough year for many (including some of our clients), and you might be eagerly looking forward to that calendar change. Shoot, we’re about to set forth into an entirely new DECADE. It’s as good a time as any to consider making some serious shifts in your atmosphere. If nonprofit … Read More
Robin Harris’ Guide for Lending Money to Family Members
Family can take so many different forms these days, whether it’s biological or otherwise, but for a certain segment of my Oklahoma City clientele, there is a particular privilege that might kick in this week: The parent tax. If you have children, what better way to teach them about the realities of our taxation system than by skimming 25% of … Read More
Five Productivity Tips for Oklahoma City Busy Bodies
With Labor Day behind us, fall is just around the corner. (And a quick tax note: so are estimated taxes, if that applies to you. Due the 16th of this month. Consider yourself reminded. Though I will probably remind you once more.) Now … fall. This can be a happy transition (as it is for many), though I do know … Read More
A Powerful Example of Tax Planning For Oklahoma City Families And Individuals
It’s wild to think that there are only four more months in 2019. As we get older, time sure does fly. And unfortunately, many get stuck in a rut from year to year. Specifically related to taxes — many do not look at, or even think about, their tax situation until the winter or early spring. But if you can take … Read More
Four Great Summer Tax Moves For Folks in Oklahoma City
Summer is flying by. Do you feel that way? It’s an exciting season with cookouts, vacations and extracurricular activities (my thoughts and sympathies for Oklahoma City parents with multiple kids playing multiple sports among 100 other things). Before you know it and July is almost over. How does it all go by so fast? But if you can find some … Read More
Tax-Smart Ways to Run a Savvy Oklahoma City Side Hustle
I’m so old, I still remember the days when “hashtags” were only about a particular button on your phone. Yep, the world has shifted massively underfoot. You know it; we all know it. And one of the developments we’ve all seen is the proliferation of news feed gurus, ready and willing to help you start your new business — for … Read More
RLH Tax Services, LLC Sheds Light on Some of the Highest State Sales Tax Rates
No, the IRS is not shutting down their operations — there is still (and probably ever will be) a federal income tax. But states are a different story… This being travel season, and the season during which some of our clients turn their eyes towards making a move, I thought I’d give you some info on how state and local … Read More
Robin Harris’ Keys For Negotiating With The IRS
The dog days of summer are here, and things are definitely heating up. 🙂 In particular, our phone lines. Now that the dust has settled since the main personal deadline, IRS notices have been trickling out, and we’ve had an uptick in people who need assistance digging out from a pile of old tax debt, or responding to audit notices. … Read More
New Ideas For Oklahoma City Students To Pay For College
I recently wrote about the cost of raising children, but there was one glaring omission: college. But imagine if you had sent your son to Morehouse College. Here’s what happened there this month… On Sunday, May 19th, investor and philanthropist, Robert F. Smith, shocked 400 graduating students from all-male Morehouse College when, in his commencement speech, he announced he would … Read More