#company auditing

[eduberg]

Smart Strategies for Tax Planning: Maximizing Returns and Minimizing Liabilities

Tax planning is a crucial aspect of financial management that often gets overlooked until the tax season is upon us. However, proactive tax planning throughout the year can make a significant difference in your financial well-being. By implementing smart strategies, you can maximize your returns and minimize your tax liabilities.

Here are some key considerations for effective tax planning:

1. Understand Your Tax Bracket:

Knowing your tax bracket is essential for making informed financial decisions. Tax rates vary based on income, and understanding where you fall can help you optimize your financial moves. Consider strategies such as income splitting, where you allocate income to family members in lower tax brackets.

2. Take Advantage of Tax-Advantaged Accounts:

Contributing to tax-advantaged accounts is a smart way to reduce your taxable income. Maximize contributions to retirement accounts like 401(k)s or IRAs, which offer tax deductions. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) are also valuable tools for saving on taxes while covering medical expenses.

3. Capitalize on Tax Credits:

Explore available tax credits that can directly reduce your tax liability. Common credits include the Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit, and education-related credits. Research eligibility criteria and ensure you claim all the credits you qualify for.

4. Invest Wisely:

Make strategic investment decisions that align with your tax goals. Consider tax-efficient investment options like index funds or tax-managed funds. Understand the tax implications of different investment vehicles, such as long-term capital gains, which are typically taxed at a lower rate than short-term gains.

5. Keep Detailed Records:

Maintain thorough records of your financial transactions throughout the year. Accurate record-keeping not only simplifies the tax filing process but also provides documentation for potential deductions. This includes receipts for charitable contributions, business expenses, and any other deductible items.

6. Explore Tax-Loss Harvesting:

If you have investments that are currently at a loss, consider tax-loss harvesting. This involves selling investments at a loss to offset gains in other investments. Be mindful of tax rules related to wash sales, which restrict repurchasing the same or a substantially identical security within 30 days.

7. Stay Informed About Tax Law Changes:

Tax laws are subject to change, and staying informed about updates is crucial. Follow reputable financial news sources and consider consulting with a tax professional to understand the potential impact of any changes on your financial situation.

8. Plan for the Future:

Create a comprehensive financial plan that includes long-term tax strategies. This may involve estate planning, gifting strategies, and other methods to transfer wealth efficiently to the next generation.

In conclusion, proactive tax planning is a key element of sound financial management. By understanding your tax situation, taking advantage of available benefits, and staying informed about changes in tax laws, you can optimize your financial outcomes and build a more secure future.

[ponytailzuko]

"you ever read fanfiction and there's something so absurdly specific that it must come from the author's real life experience." me when i write one of those fire lord zuko fics but instead of just saying "paperwork" i write full financial statements for different departments and act like thats normal to write in a fanfiction.

[momhwa117]

I love info dumping about how Ateez was formed cz of actual destiny...on all my friends....

the fact that all of them are connected to each other in some way or the other and the fact that NASA discovered a protostar on November 17th (the day when the fandom name Atiny was announced)whose surrounding space forms an hourglass shape...sounds like FATE to me

[thelaurenshippen]

I just think that if you pay a subscription for a service it should be illegal to then have pop-ups asking you to pay for more stuff. I want to kill intuit with hammers

[sunshineandlyrics]

Tell me you're a Nepo baby without telling me you're a Nepo baby.

North West was chosen over other kids who auditioned to play young Simba at The Lion King's 30th Anniversary at the Hollywood Bowl (25 May 2024) x

[just-another-obsessed-fangirl]

mainly incoherent thoughts from watching that clip of angela in that true crime show that was going around but one thought that i can structure is. you're telling me that grace chasity is not the first role where angela giarratana played a horny 18 year old girl who convinced her peers to lure a guy out to get revenge on him, the end result being that guy is killed

[wizardiest-wizard-of-oz]

help I have an audition in 19 days and my song is ready and I'm working on my monologue (I've barely looked at it it's getting there) but I just found out there's a dance call and I'm freaking out my dance abilities are... questionable (I've been doing it on and off since I was 3 I can dance well if I know the choreography but I'm really bad at picking up choreography quickly) please help I need it my plan is to start learning a lot of choreography the week before my audition but I genuinely don't know how difficult it'll be in the audition (I should be fine I know there are other people in the company with little to no dance experience and I have a lot but I'm freaking out)

[monsterfuckermilligan]

love is blind midam au….

[pynkhues]

I'm REALLY curious who else read those parts and made it to the final rounds. We know the actor who played Jonah was a Louis finalist, but we don't know any other Lestats, right? It does sound from what Rolin has said like both Jacob and Sam were the frontrunners from their first auditions, and if that's true, he must have been so relieved when they had amazing chemistry with each other lol. It's just interesting b/c they clearly looked at a wide range of known and much lesser known actors.

Interesting too to think about who else read for Armand and Claudia (both times).

Oh! I don't think I even knew Thomas Antony Olajide was a finalist for Louis! That's so interesting and its awesome that they still managed to pull him in for a role - he was really good as Jonah! It's such a record scratch though to even consider him as Louis, because I honestly can't imagine anyone but Jacob in the role now, haha.

And yeah! Rolin says on the IWTV podcast that they got it down to about ten actors for both Louis and Lestat, but it does sound like Jacob and Sam were both frontrunners from the start. Mark even says in that same ep that he remembers Rolin saying Sam would be hard to beat after seeing his first audition and that no one ever did.

I'd love to know who was up for Armand and Claudia too. At least for s2 Claudia, I'm lowkey inclined to think the shortlist was entirely or predominantly British given the four auditions sound like they were on the same day, in-person in London and it was such a quick turn around for casting, but who knows with Bailey.

Armand I am soooo curious about, because I can't tell how broad they went for that role? Louis and Claudia were obviously very deliberately written as Black, but I don't know if Armand was (at least in s1) written as South Asian? They've definitely made that more central to his character in s2 as we've gotten to know him better in the context of the show, but with how he's written in s1, it'd be interesting to know if they were thinking as specifically about race for his character as they were for the others (and also who Assad [who's also literally perfect in the role] was up against).

[meddling-in-horror]

I Changed My Thesis

Originally, my history BA thesis was going to be deconstructing the Starz/Sky TV collaboration Penny Dreadful. 

I changed it.

I had been forcing my way through the show to make notes for my work, but then one day I started thinking about Bill Gunn’s ‘Ganja and Hess’ way too much and it changed my whole concept.

Now, I’ll be writing my thesis on linguistic violence against women and the monstrous feminine in horror, examining terminology used against women and how those words are contextualized historically within horror as a genre. 

There’s a lot of material to cover in this paper, as I already have over 50 sources, but to give an idea of what I’m looking at, the following are the movies I’ll be using for the paper:

Am I Quiet Enough For You Yet? Audition (1999) Last Night in Soho (2021)

...Will Still Become a Wolf When the Autumn Moon is Bright Ginger Snaps (2000) The Company of Wolves (1984)

I Drank All the Blood That I Could Ganja and Hess (1973) A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

Holy Water Cannot Help You Now Def By Temptation (1990) Possession (1981)

They Come to Drink, They Come to Dance, to Sacrifice a Human Heart The Lure (2015) She-Creature (2001)

Burned But Not Buried This Time The Craft (1996) The VVitch (2015)

So stay tuned for ‘At Least You’ll Sanctify Me When I’m Dead: A History of Linguistic Violence Against Women and the Monstrous Feminine Within Horror’.

This is gonna be fun.

[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

please do gebura from project moon 🙏 please and thank you

Can Gebura perform a…

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

someone stop me pls

[ilhoonftw]

kpop auditions age brackets:

(all info sourced from official pages (ig, audition page on company website))

starship: born 2004-2011 (2022 audition)

cube: born 2006 onwards (2023 audition)

sm: born 2004-2012 (2023 global audition)

wake one: no restrictions (2023 online audition)

yg: born 2004-2012 (2023 global audition in malaysia)

jyp: no restrictions (2023 online audition)

hybe:

- hybe x geffen: only girls ages 15~19, eu residents 16~19 (2023 global girl group audition)

- bighit music: only boys born after 2005 (2023 online audition)

- ador: only boys born 2004-2012 (2023 audition)

- source music: only girls born after 2006 (2023 daily audition)

- pledis: only boys born after 2001 (2022 last member audition)

c9: no restrictions (2023 online audition)

fnc: (singers) born after 2004 (2023 open auditon)

yuehua: no restrictions (2023 online audition)

ist: born 2004-2011 (2023 global audition)

woollim: born before 2012 (woollim x play with me club 2023 new member audition)

mystic: born 2004-2011 (2023 online audition)

p nation: born 2004-2013 (2023 center audition)

black label: minimum 13 years old (2023 the first thailand audition)

top media: born 2006-2012 (2023 audition face to face)

maroo: only boys born 2001-2009 (2022 story audition)

fantagio: born 2002-2012 (2023 fantagio audition)

konnect: boys under 18 (2023 audition)

[heejinkwan]

୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆ ⠀⠀⠀ ASTELLA’S AUDITION  :  2016 !

In 2016, Heejin was under the Entertainment company “Bubble Entertainment” she was scouted and chosen to be a trainee under the company.

She wanted to be a vocalist, that being her strong suit and so she covered the song “One Way Love” by Hyolyn, and was immediately accepted. The directors at the time loved her and her youthfulness look but she held a strong voice that they were looking for for quite a while.

Heejin did not know if she would debut as a soloist or under a group or as a soloist, she didn’t care as long as she got to debut. Every trainee knew that Heejin was the favorite, she got a lot of special treatment from the higher ups at the time. She ended up debuting a year later with the group Promise, known as Paradise now.

She left the group abruptly in 2021, also severing her contract with Bubble, making her a free agent for any company.

୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆ ⠀⠀⠀ ASTELLA’S AUDITION :  2021 !

After leaving Bubble Entertainment and Promise, Starship Entertainment set their eyes on her, thus causing her to audition once more, this time for the first time in 5 years she was doing that.

She didn’t think she would go back to the industry after her fiasco with her former company. But she went with it and did a cover of “Blueming” by IU, and just like the first time, she was accepted.

Now that she’s apart of Starship, she’s had a comeback with the song “Nobody Knows” and is set to do another comeback in the 4th quarter of 2024.

[shredsandpatches]

I'm going in for my Les Mis costume fitting after work and on the one hand, I'm really excited because it's another moment of OMG I'M REALLY GONNA BE IN LES MIS. IN A PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION. AT THE LOCAL BELOVED OUTDOOR SUMMER MUSICAL THEATER VENUE.

On the other hand, I'm half expecting that they'll take one look at me and go "Well, of course we can't use you after all, you're too fat."

[masllp]

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