TAX SOLUTIONS: Paying Enough Taxes in 2015

 The hardest part of my job is explaining to a client why they have a large tax bill.  This is a difficult discussion because nobody wants to pay more taxes to the IRS.  Here are some tips on paying sufficient taxes throughout the year so you don’t get a surprising tax bill at the end of the year.

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Crown Boxing Club of Lansing Offers Youngsters a Way Out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back row (Adults): Bill Demmer, Moses Manuel, Kevin Shacks, Olga Barabanova, Aaron Easley and Bob Every

Front row: Tyree Vick, Kenyatta Gee, Tommy Vick, Rashawn Vick
This photo is courtesy of the Lansing/Dewitt Sunrise Rotary Club

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Excuse me, are you listening? 14-6

 Dear Readers,

 
I absolutely love the library.  Every chance I get I visit one.  I love picking up the papers that tell me about what it going on, the various newspapers and watching people read.  I find it most interesting to watch the differences between the magazine readers and the book readers. 

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Movie: Get Hard

  Studio:  Warner Bros. Pictures (1 hr. 40 min.)

Plot:  When a millionaire is nailed for fraud and bound for San Quentin, he turns to his car detailer to help him prepare for the jail stint.
Cast: Kevin Hart, Will Ferrell, T.I.  “Tip” Harris, Alison Brie, Craig T. Nelson and Edwina Findley
Rating:     R
Bottom Line:     ***
 

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TAX SOLUTIONS: Tips for Newlyweds

 

By  A.J. Gross, C.P.A., E.A.

Wedding season is upon us all.  Most newly married couples do think about changes in their tax status.  Here are a few tax tips to consider.

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Jill on Money: Spring cleaning for your money

 

 
By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Content Agency
 
The much-anticipated beginning of spring comes amid the heart of tax season, which makes now a great time to conduct spring cleaning for your money.

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Moving Forward: “Why we Still need to talk about Race” 

  Health and Human Services Building, Rooms 024-025 at 515 N. Washington Square, Lansing, MI 48933

 
St. Paul’s Joins with LCC to Discuss Why We Still Need to Talk about Race
 
Tuesday, March 31st:   6:30pm to 8:30pm 
“Racialized Structures”
This segment looks at how institutional inequities in the education and criminal justice systems lead to inequities in the lives and opportunities of people of color.  
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Tuesday, April 7th:   6:30pm to 8:30pm  
“Toward Equity”
This final segment of the series continues the look at education as a central, structural issue that leads to inequitable outcomes for communities of color and is intended to serve as both a conclusion and a call to action.  

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