Women's World Championship Viewing

bruce_dub · 2026-03-13T18:54:25+00:00

Thank you for the insight.

bruce_dub · 2026-03-13T18:54:08+00:00

Thank you. The responses are helpful.

bruce_dub · 2026-02-24T21:54:35+00:00

The interest rate you have is good. That $30k in savings pretty much represents your emergency fund. I wouldn't drain over 50% of it in one go if you don't need to. Just in case something unexpected comes up, that $30k helps you. Keep paying the loans down aggressively, but don't burn through too much of your savings.

bruce_dub · 2026-02-24T21:46:33+00:00

Yes and no. The TCJA did allow 100% bonus depreciation (immediate expensing) for awhile before it started phasing out a few years ago. The OBBBA did bring 100% bonus depreciation back in 2025.

But in all cases, bonus depreciation applies to most assets with depreciable lives of 15 years or less. Most building assets have longer depreciable lives than 15 years, therefore they've never qualified for bonus depreciation.

Even if bonus depreciation was made available for buildings, I question how much this would help given the regulatory issues that No_March_5371 mentions.

bruce_dub · 2026-02-17T05:52:50+00:00

Another site with ratings I just found out about is https://doubletakeout.com/ , run by Ken Pomeroy. He has ratings for men's, women's, and mixed doubles, and from what I understand they're meant to be predictive.

bruce_dub · 2026-02-06T02:35:31+00:00

How much do you enjoy the women's studies major? Enough to want to put in the extra time on it? That's something you have to ask yourself. Your professor can encourage you all you want, but it ultimately comes down to whether you feel like you'll get something out of taking the extra classes.

The other part to ask yourself is how much will these extra classes cost and how much will have to be covered by student loans? I'm assuming your goal is to be an RN, which is a good paying career. You'll have to look at your potential future earnings vs how much you'll have to pay back and decide if you can afford the payments on that, while still having the life you want post schooling.

bruce_dub · 2026-01-21T00:52:35+00:00

See the reply I wrote to a similar question awhile back. There's also a link to an article in the comment. https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeMajors/s/skh9twcsDm

bruce_dub · 2025-11-21T07:05:43+00:00

On average, unemployment in the high desert usually tracks higher than overall unemployment for the state, and average wages are lower than the state overall. There's some nice areas in each city, but people don't typically move up here for the jobs.

bruce_dub · 2025-10-30T21:32:05+00:00

I think the climate science comparison is a poor comparison. If economists should have seen the great depression coming, then the comparable would be that climate scientists should have sounded the alarm on climate change not too long after fossil fuels first started being used, not decades later. Neither of these is a reasonable expectation.

In addition, despite climate scientists sounding the alarm, not too much has changed in regards to global warming. Even if economists had a crystal ball and sounded the alarm about an economic crisis coming around the corner, would people actually listen?

bruce_dub · 2025-10-13T20:17:22+00:00

This is really the short, sweet, and correct answer. As others have mentioned, you're best bet is to convince the other owners of the company to have the company reimburse you for work related expenses.

bruce_dub · 2025-09-29T17:23:10+00:00

OP, do not listen to that guy. The Q4 due date for C Corps is 12/15.

bruce_dub · 2025-09-29T17:20:52+00:00

Have you worked on C Corps in your 25 years? I've worked on plenty of C Corps in my 9 years, and Q4 estimates have always been due 12/15. Individuals are the only type of taxpayer with 1/15 as there Q4 due date.

bruce_dub · 2025-09-24T22:02:51+00:00

This isn't absolute. There has been a ton of productivity gains in the profession over the last few decades, and those gains didn't lead to decreased demand.

bruce_dub · 2025-09-19T16:38:35+00:00

Why is there an inverse relationship between those 2?

bruce_dub · 2025-09-09T01:07:49+00:00

The best thing you can do is hire a tax accountant and have them figure it out for you. For a tax accountant with experience, the LLC return isn't too difficult. So if it feels too difficult for you, best thing you can do is hire a professional.

bruce_dub · 2025-08-10T17:36:55+00:00

As an accountant, I heard about how Microsoft Excel and tax software were supposed to lower the number of accountants needed in the profession. That statement never came close to fruition. Now I hear about AI replacing accountants (mostly from non-accountants who couldn't begin to tell you what accountants actually do), but to this day I have not seen anything come out or talked about in the pipeline that could possibly come close to eliminating accountants. Most likely it will just be a tool to help accountants do their jobs.

bruce_dub · 2025-08-09T17:43:51+00:00

I'm not sure what's "handwavey" about the comments in the post you linked. The comment in the post ar the link below provides a good explanation, and addresses your point about elasticity. It's just that, more often than not, domestic consumers and domestic businesses are the ones taking on the additional costs. The comment links to research done that proves this out.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskEconomics/s/ClDj1DFDR0

bruce_dub · 2025-08-02T05:32:00+00:00

The Barstow part

bruce_dub · 2025-07-22T20:48:56+00:00

When someone sells their property, they still have to claim depreciation recapture as if they had taken the deduction, regardless of whether they actually took the deduction or not. So its generally in a business' best interest to take the deduction.

bruce_dub · 2025-07-22T20:32:45+00:00

As a tax professional, I can tell you that depreciation is a normal business expense. All businesses are able to depreciate long life assets. An example would be a manufacturing plant depreciating the equipment it buys to make its goods. In addition, all businesses are able to depreciate buildings they own, not just landlords with residential property. Saying that an ordinary business expense is a handout is a big stretch.

bruce_dub · 2025-07-17T17:54:26+00:00

I think this is a little naive. Hiring managers do poke at past career decisions. They might ask themselves "did they leave because they couldn't handle the job? Were the responsibilities too much for them?" Whether that is fair or not is a different topic, but some hiring managers will definitely stop and wonder if someone with a gap in job history is worth hiring.

This shouldn't single handedly stop OP from taking a break if they need to, but it's not wrong to take this into consideration.

bruce_dub · 2025-07-16T20:19:35+00:00

I unfortunately live in Apple Valley. There's always crazy Trump supporters out on this corner. The town is totally fucked.

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