Allan Rolnick's (taxcoach) Blog

  Thirty-five years ago, cartoonist Bill Watterson published the very first "Calvin and Hobbes" strip. Calvin, an irrepressible six-year-old who's surely destined for a therapist's couch or an orange jumpsuit (or both), tells his dad he's off to check his tiger trap: "I rigged a tuna fish sandwi...

Even as a  tax professional, when I get a letter from the IRS addressed to my business (or, worse, to my home), I share with you that feeling of initial trepidation: what fresh hell will I now have to deal with? More often than not, it’s something completely innocuous, like an address change, or...

  Sunday night, the New York Times released a bombshell story analyzing 18 years of what they characterized as Donald Trump's "tax return information." We're not going to touch the substance of the article — that's what Twitter and Facebook are for. But one specific deduction stuck out like an u...

 President Trump's war on Tik-Tok, the Chinese video-sharing app that's loaded with more spyware than James Bond's latest car, illustrates just how ubiquitous those programs have become in our lives. Apple offers 2.2 million apps in their iStore. Apps help you do everything, from setting an alarm...

  Tax time will be here (again) before you know it. If your tax return is a simple one, you may be up to filing the return yourself. But if your situation is somewhat complicated, seeking the help of a qualified professional is probably the best move. Our firm specializes in helping people resolv...

  The world of law enforcement lost a pioneer last week with the death of Gerald Shur. As a young prosecutor targeting what one member described as "a certain Italian-American subculture," he realized his informants would be more likely to testify on Monday morning if they weren't afraid of wind...

  Ambitious musicians have always looked for ways to monetize their name and fame. Sometimes the results fall short of a mic drop — usually half-baked restaurant "concepts." (Remember Kenny Rogers Roasters?) But today's artists — especially in the rap community — can be just as talented at entre...

 Living as we doth in this age of Technologie, 'tis easy to believest that many Things we take for granted are new. 1,000 years ago, there was naught Internet. No reality Television. ("Tiger King" meant somethinge quyte different.) And a "Hybrid" was a Cart powered by an Ox and a Mule. But verily...

 Coronavirus has upended nearly every aspect of American life, including of course sports. First was the chaos of interrupting leagues mid-season with no idea when, or if, they would ever return. Next was the oddity of playing games in arenas filled with cardboard cutouts of fans and their dogs. ...

 In 2004, Stephanie Meyer sparked a bona fide cultural phenomenon with her debut novel, Twilight, recounting the romance between 17-year-old schoolgirl Bella Swan and 109-year-old "vegetarian" vampire Edward Cullen. (He only drinks animal blood, not human.) The story spawned four books, five movi...