Anyone who knows me knows that I’ve been doing taxes for the last 4 years and started my own practice a year ago. I know this sounds insane but read the story below to find out how this came about.
Anyhow I have great clients and am always looking for new ones!
I specialize in folks with Schedule C and Schedule E income, 1065 Partnerships, 1120 Corporations, 1120s Small Corp, and of course normal 1040EZ’s and 1040A’s.
I also provide payroll and bookkeeping services as well.
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Midnight Release !
Has it been a year already?
Aside from the fact that I’m lazy, there were many reasons why I was out of the public view for the last year and did not post a single entry to my blog in 2009.
I will spend the next few moments giving the past the respect it deserves and giving my rundown of 2009 and everything that has happened since my last post in November 2008.
2008 was an aggravating year with the country on the crossroads spiritually, politically, and economically. The elections were fierce and at the end history was made and it seemed that change and hope was to come. For me change came first.
On December 30th 2008, my personal life was put on standstill as my mother suddenly fell ill and went to the hospital for emergency surgery. She did not survive recovery and passed away on January 10th, 2009. God rest her soul.
My father had been diagnosed with cancer earlier in 2008 and was going through chemotherapy treatment. Shortly after hearing of my mothers passing his condition worsened and he passed away exactly one month later on February 10th 2009.
They both had been separated for years. His illness and prognosis stressed my mother. She still cared after all these years. She stressed over it to the point of sickness and death. She still cared. I took it upon myself to tell my dad personally about what happened to mom. The news broke him. He still cared. He instantly knew that his illness stressed her and he was not the kindest person when she would call and ask him if he was taking his meds, etc. This broke him. He still loved her. He still cared.
He died.
His funeral was on Valentines Day 2009. He was with my mother again. God rest his soul.
This was a painful lesson on how we as humans allow pain and pride to leave things unresolved. unreconciled. It hurt me to bare witness to this. Me and my family are no different than any other family and so I thought this must happen alot. That hurts even more.
2009 was also the first year “officially” on my own in the world of bookkeeping and accounting.
For anyone who didn’t know, I worked for a marvelous man the last few years who taught me a lot about humility and life. Dan Murphy was a CPA who operated his own practice from his home and I was his bookkeeper and assistant. He had cancer and as his condition deepened over the last 2 years so did my professional and personal friendship with him.
He passed away on June 13th, 2008. He left me his contact list of clients and his best wishes for me to pursue working for them. The fact that there was a ton of unfinished work helped me create working relationships with most of his former clients and on September 19th, 2008 I created Murphy, Pena and Fish to serve these former clients of Dan.
I will be eternally grateful to you for what you did for me.Thank you Dan.
Dan Murphy and Co. was a small company that consisted of me, Dan and some fish we had to break the dullness of office life counting numbers. This was the inspiration behind me choosing the name Murphy, Pena and Fish as the company name in honor of my late friend and benefactor.
more to come…. this article is incomplete.
New Mexico Governor, superdelegate, and highest ranking Latino politican Bill Richardson may have made the riskiest political gamble of his life on Friday by officially announcing his endorsement for Barack Obama with a major speech at the height of the campaign controversy on race.
Richardson, who was appointed as Ambassador to the United Nations, and Secretary of Energy during the 8 years Bill Clinton was president, had been a long-time ally of the Clintons, but as the demand for a new kind of politics is sweeping America, Richardson too is caught up in the fever making sure he is part of the sweeping, and not one of the swept.
Hillary Clinton up to now had been able to keep her campaign alive with the support of the Latino community who were very loyal because of the prosperity Americans experienced during the Clinton years of old, and in large part because they did not know much about the junior Senator from Illinos. Increasingly though, it’s becoming evident that it is the newer, younger, generations of Latino Americans who are politically aware, involved, and in many cases influencing the decisons of their parents to vote for “change,” and a new era in politics.
Portland, OR.
March 21, 2008
Ok everyone, turn off the televisons, turn up the speakers, gather your family, children and loved ones around the computer. Dedicate a half hour out of your time to your country by watching what almost every news channel covering it calls the most potent political speech concerning race since Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech, by leading Democratic candidate for President, and quite possibly the next President of the United States, Barack Obama.
In light of the statements of Barack Obama’s former pastor Jeremiah Wright and the public uproar afterwards, Barack Obama decided to confront the issue of Jeremiah Wrights preaching, with a broader discussion on race, and the progress of race relations since the start of our union. This speech carried a serious delicate tone unlike his energetically inspirational speeches he gives on the stump, but it may in fact be the most important speech he has given in his life. A remarkable speech for a remarkable time.
March 18, 2008
Here is a video excerpt of ABC News’ coverage of Barack Obamas former preacher at Trinity United Church of Christ, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. These remarks by Jeremiah Wright and the news coverage that followed have blown open the door to new conversations on race and how each race views its patriotism, dissent, and its possible effect on society and America.
For many years it has been quietly acceptable for ethnic minorities like blacks and latinos who have white friends to presume that these white friends of theirs may have other white friends or white relatives who may have been known to say racist or bias comments from time to time and even others who are flat out bias. This was always quietly accepted by blacks and latinos and considered a cultural “turning the other cheek” to reality with respect to race relations. This long accepted presumption by minorities may be news to some white people but anyone who wants to contest the theory only needs to ask their black or latino co-worker during a water cooler conversation at work.
For many years, white Evangelical preachers openly preached against gays, openly preached intolerance to other religions, with some churches calling for the destruction of Islam, and these comments were always considered minor distactions in American culture. Black preacher, Jeremiah Wright says “God Damn America”, and all of a sudden the sky has cracked and all hell has broken out in America. Wrights most insulting statement is considered to be his comments on how he thought the United States government created AIDS to perform genocide on the black population. This statement by far has blown away mainstram American sentiment the most and now has put into question not only the pastors patriotism, but also the patriotism of the man whom he preached to for 20 years, Barack Obama.
Jeremiah Wrights theory about AIDS and genocide on black America may seem completely outlandish and down right psychotic to most Americans and especially white Americans but may not be so unthinkable when seen through the lense of black America. In 1932 The United States Government under the direction of the United States Public Health Service subjected black sharecroppers to a long-term study on the effects of Syphilis on the black population. The Tuskegee Experiments went on uninterupted until someone within the program leaked information to the press in 1972, and the program was terminated shortly thereafter. Yes! 1972. Only 36 years ago. Considering these facts, it is not illogical at all to think that black Americans might voice their opinion in churches or community groups on theories like the government possibly creating AIDS to be used for genocide against black Americans. Who wouldn’t?
What was Obamas response to all this?
He not only admited his black pastor had racist tendencies, he also admited his white grandmother was racist as well.
Masterful! Only in America.
Isn’t it strange how ever since 9/11, a million new conspiracies have arisen to be added to the million already existing conspiracy theories that at the end of the day may just all be small pieces of one big mega conspiracy? Did all that just confuse you? Well this won’t. Here is a recent video clip (2007) of Republican United States Congressman from Texas, and Presidential candidate Ron Paul saying more than a few words on the concept of a new world order during one of his stops on the campaign stump. This is a newsworthy article in that its rare to find a mainstream politician willing to answer a question on such a controversial topic then talk at length about his opinion on the subject. Ron Paul, you the man!
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