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10/03/2026

OVER 64 or know someone who is? If they pay real estate taxes they may be entitled to the SENIOR FREEZE. If there income (including gross Social Security) is less then $75,000 they should make sure they are getting a senior freeze on their property taxes. This is in addition to the Senior Exemption, which is open to all property owners over 64

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09/29/2026

Another great way to support our community.

🎉 BINGO NIGHT FOR A GREAT CAUSE! 🎉
Grab your friends and family and join the Knights of Columbus for a fun night of Bingo benefiting the Midland School Special Education Program! 💚🐺
📅 Wednesday, September 30, 2026
📍 Immaculate Conception Hall — 408 N. Center St., Lacon
🚪 Doors open at 6:00 PM
🍽️ Ballpark Buffet served at 6:30 PM
🎱 Bingo starts at 7:00 PM
💵 $1 per card, per game
💰 50/50 Cash Prizes
Come enjoy some food, try your luck at Bingo, and most importantly, help support an amazing program right here in our community! ❤️
Please share and help spread the word! The more people who come out to play, the more we can help support the Midland Special Education Program! 🙌
🐺 Go Timberwolves! 💚

09/17/2026

FREE MONEY- Children born between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2028, qualify for a one-time $1,000 seed contribution from the U.S. Treasury. Regardless of your political affiliation this is free money to claim for your child, please feel free to share this with family and friends:
Basic steps:
Submit the Election: Fill out and file IRS Form 4547 (either via your tax return, online through the IRS, or at Trump Accounts).
Provide Information: Supply the child's name, date of birth, and Social Security number, along with your guardian details.
Activate and Fund: Once the Treasury processes the election, use the official Trump Accounts app to activate and monitor the account.

Note there are a lot more that can be done via Trump accounts, but wanted to start with this. It is free money and seems like a simple claim. As time permits I'll go into more detail at a future date.

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09/16/2026

Who is going to go up in the tethered hot air balloon on the 26th. My wife and daughter are going? Just reply going up or such.

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09/07/2026

Looks like a lot of fun is coming to Lacon at the end of the month. See you there

08/31/2026

Hope to see everyone there.

🎈 OLD SETTLERS IS A WRAP… NOW IT’S TIME TO LOOK UP! 🎈

What a weekend! We hope everyone had an amazing time celebrating Old Settlers. 💙

But the fun in Lacon isn’t over yet…

🔥 27 DAYS TO GO! 🔥

Our countdown to the Foam & Flight Hot Air Balloon Festival is officially ON! 🎈🫧

📅 Saturday, September 26
📍 Marshall County Airport
🎟️ FREE family event!

Hot air balloons 🎈
Foam 🫧
Food 🍔
Family fun 🎉
…and a night we can’t wait to share with Lacon!

Old Settlers may be over, but we’ve got one more BIG community celebration to look forward to!

👇 Who’s counting down with us?!

Drop a 🎈 in the comments if September 26 is already on your calendar!

05/20/2026

Not sure this has ever happened in our history. Does anyone know of this being done before:
In a one-page document signed by Attorney General Todd Blanche and dated Tuesday, the Justice Department said the defendants in the president's lawsuit — the IRS and the Treasury Department — are "FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED" from "prosecuting or pursuing, any and all claims" that arise out of tax returns filed before the settlement took effect Monday.

Wish I could get that for all my clients (not that any of them need it).

04/27/2026

Spread the word, this isn't from one of my clients, but I did have one call yesterday that might fit this:
Recently, the IRS has had major computer glitches.
Anyone else with clients that owed AND the amount owed was withdrawn from their bank account on or around April 15, 2026, are receiving erroneous IRS CP53E Tax Notices / Letters stating:
“ We couldn’t direct deposit your 2025 Form 1040 refund. ”
I even had one client emailed me that they owed but the IRS deposited rather than withholding the exact amount. This one should be interesting other than I think the IRS will soon be asking for that money back plus the amount that was owned.
In other words, this client owed $2K.
IRS deposited $2K into their bank account in a major computer error.
Soon the IRS will be asking for $4K, the $2K deposited in error and the $2K actually owed.

REVIEWING the comments (this is a tax preparer group posting) it appears this is a rampant problem. Please take a minute to make sure you received both your Federal and State refunds and/or either agency did indeed "take" the amount you owed from your account.

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04/16/2026

From what I can tell this Donald Rumsfeld did send this message with his tax return in 2014. Pretty good summation of the situation.

04/16/2026

Thank you all for your patience as we tackled another challenging tax prep year.

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