PopAlongKid

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by PopAlongKid 11mo ago
>The company’s [Additive] technology automates complex tasks such as extracting footnotes from K-1s, K-3s, and related forms, so every staff member can become a reviewer and complete work that used to take weeks in a matter of hours. Any
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by PopAlongKid 11mo ago
>To Perl connoisseurs, this feature may be known as Autovivification. In general, AWK is quite unequivocally a prototype of Perl. You can even say that Perl is a kind of AWK overgrowth on steroids… Before I learned Perl, I used to write
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by PopAlongKid 11mo ago
You're right about non-cash additions. I was confusing this with an enterprise showing a loss (especially for tax purposes) despite a positive cash flow. The classic example would be residential real estate, where depreciation can
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by PopAlongKid 11mo ago
Some terms as defined in an accounting course I took once (U.S. based). Revenue = The total value of goods or services a company sells during a particular accounting period. Gross Margin = The difference between revenue and the cost of good
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by PopAlongKid 11mo ago
The comment you are responding to was "profitable but no cash flow" (due to non-cash deductions). I'm not clear what you mean by "the other way".
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by PopAlongKid 11mo ago
> a corporation can not (e.g.) commit murder or theft because that usually requires some physical action. Not true. Consider investor-owned utility PG&E in northern California. " While on probation [for previous felonies], PG&am
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by PopAlongKid 11mo ago
>if you are not currently eligible to create a solo 401k, it is very easy to become eligible with a single dollar of 1099 or schedule C income the year you make it, and then it can exist in perpetuity No, your scenario is not "very
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by PopAlongKid 11mo ago
>the only option I have for contributing to a Roth IRA is via backdoor contributions Here's a simple idea: roll over your 401k, and then take the $7K (or whatever) you were going to put into the Roth and instead use it to pay the ta
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by PopAlongKid 11mo ago
>The pro rata rule would make your backdoor contribution 90+% taxed so it would be pointless All contributions or conversions to Roth IRAs are after-tax dollars.
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by PopAlongKid 11mo ago
>grab a slice of processed cheese (looked like a standard individual plastic packaged slice to me) Kraft makes a plastic wrapped slice that is "cheese food", however they also make an American cheese slice that is actual cheese
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by PopAlongKid 11mo ago
You are looking at the wrong product. This one[0] does say "American cheese" as a single phrase. And the slices are not individually wrapped, as they don't need to be. [0] https://www.kraftheinz.com/kraft-de
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by PopAlongKid 11mo ago
>Oath of Fealty by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven!
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by PopAlongKid 1y ago
For context, three of the tallest skyscrapers at the time were constructed in Chicago during roughly this same period.[0] (Originally known as the Hancock, Standard Oil, and Sears buildings, since renamed). Chicago was also the second larg
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by PopAlongKid 1y ago
One would expect transfer tax fraud/evasion to be an order of magnitude different from improper homestead exemptions.
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by PopAlongKid 1y ago
My point is that it is far from a "rare triple unicorn" or whatever overhyped language they use. You can put money in an IRA, get a tax deduction, and then not pay tax on the money and the earnings if you take it out via a QCD (qu
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by PopAlongKid 1y ago
You only get a single tax deduction, not a double deduction. If you put in $1K and also get $0.1K gains in your HSA, for example, you only get a total of $1.1K tax deduction. There is no "triple tax benefit".
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by PopAlongKid 1y ago
1. The IRS web page is not authority. See the Internal revenue code §6654. Failure by individual to pay estimated income tax (a) Addition to the tax. Like I said, it is officially (by law) called an addition to tax, not a penalty.[0]
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by PopAlongKid 1y ago
The great thing is, no gloves required--just a ball, a bat, a vacant lot, and a handful of players of almost any age.
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16-inch softball(en.wikipedia.org)
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by PopAlongKid 1y ago
>you could have a large tax bill when you file your taxes the following year. And if it’s too large, the IRS will even impose a penalty It is actually called an "addition to tax", not a penalty, and in fact it is merely an inte
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by PopAlongKid 1y ago
I much prefer POP, as I only send and receive emails on my desktop computer and I want to decide when I fetch new emails. Is there any way to make IMAP work more like POP?
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by PopAlongKid 1y ago
This railfan web site occasionally includes sighting reports, sometimes with photos, of trains that include private railcars. https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/list.php?4
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by PopAlongKid 1y ago
>Cheryl Tunt, the company secretary, The independently wealthy company secretary, whose family owned the railroad, as I recall.
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by PopAlongKid 1y ago
What does this calculator provide that I can't get from just examining my most recent paystub, which is also one page or less, no inputs, and instant breakdown? Also, federal and state income tax withholding is just an estimate, not yo
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by PopAlongKid 1y ago
This reminds me of the Sonic fast food chain. The first (and so far only) time I've visited Sonic was some years ago, I was staying at a motel across the street, walked over there to order, and was surprised there was no place to sit
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by PopAlongKid 1y ago
>whereas landlords usually can't deduct interest on their mortgages and so those taxes are passed on to renters This is incorrect - landlords of course can usually deduct mortgage interest from their taxable income.
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by PopAlongKid 1y ago
Yes, paying out the unused vacation time upon leaving the job is what I meant. It is especially pernicious in the case of public employees (police, fire) who spike their pension payments by adding all that unplanned paid time to their fina
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by PopAlongKid 1y ago
This is why I had to footnote what I (didn't) mean by "overtime". The overtime I'm referring to does not meet any of your 3 implications -- it is entirely voluntary and self-administered by the employee. If there is a b
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by PopAlongKid 1y ago
> I almost never take the full 5 weeks and end up accumulating it over the years. Companies should have a policy to limit accumulation of unused vacation, such as 3 weeks maximum. The problem with unlimited accumulation is that it essen
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by PopAlongKid 1y ago
>Opportunity Zones have shown a lot of promise at helping to direct capital to under-developed regions, Not really. All of downtown Portland, OR has been designated an Opportunity Zone[0]. "the Ritz Carlton Hotel that’s going up in

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