Tag: hurricane sandy

10/28/2022 | Bizink | fall foliage, hurricane sandy, IR-2022-188, IRS Notice 2022-44, Micron, Student Loan Forgiveness, tax minimization planning, Weekly Take-Away

Weekly Update – October 28, 2022

I have been hearing “10 year Hurricane Sandy Survivor Stories” on the radio these last few days. As one myself I have many memories of the how hard it was to literally dig out from the sand deposited by the ocean while emptying rooms of furniture, clothing, sheetrock, etc., destroyed by salt water. I know people love hearing the stories of how communities came together to work with neighbors, friends,… Read more

05/05/2020 | Bizink | business improvement, cloud based accounting, covid-19, cpa, hurricane sandy

How Hurricane Sandy Prepared us to Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This video is a portion of a recent panel discussion with Andrea and other tax professionals on how they set up their offices and were able to support their clients during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Andrea also discusses how cloud software, payroll portals, and document portals enabled her team to support their clients’ grant applications. We are not sure what the new normal will look like once we “open our doors”… Read more

11/10/2017 | Andrea Parness | accounting, business improvement, business tips, casualty loss, disaster victims, florida, hurricane harvey, hurricane irma, hurricane maria, hurricane sandy, hurricane victims, office, Small Business Administration, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, tax law, tax proposals, Taxes, tech forward, texas, virtual

5 Tax Highlights: Hurricane Harvey, Irma & Maria Victims

It’s been 2 months since Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria hit, changing lives forever. The Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway extension Act of 2017 signed into law on September 29th offers specific disaster victims alternative methods of reporting eligible Hurricane Harvey, Irma and Maria disaster losses on their 2017 tax returns. Remember these are temporary and limited to specifically identified areas and victims. Please visit our… Read more

11/06/2017 | Andrea Parness | 9 tips, casualty loss, Disaster, Disaster relief, Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2017, disaster victims, distributions, hurricane harvey, hurricane irma, hurricane maria, hurricane sandy, Loans, Retirement, sba, Small Business Administration

Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria: 9 Financial Options

9 Financial Opportunities for Disaster Victims of Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma & Hurricane Maria: Small Business Administration (SBA) loans, grant money, employer credits, charitable contributions and relaxed restrictions on accessing your retirement funds for assistance with building back your life. I am a Hurricane Sandy victim and survivor. My home and office are located on a beach block in Rockaway Queens, New York. Our street became a river and I… Read more

10/31/2017 | Andrea Parness | casualty loss, disaster victims, florida, hurricane harvey, hurricane irma, hurricane maria, hurricane sandy, hurricane victims, puerto rico, sba, texas

Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy

I too am a disaster victim and survivor. I woke up on the morning of October 29th, 2012 to clear skies and stepped out of my house, walked down my front stairs onto the 3 feet of sand that had washed up from the beach during the storm. As I started walking towards the beach (at the end of my block) I thought to myself “I don’t remember Kathy’s house having a… Read more