2021: The Hunger Games Continue

As 2020, the first year of the pandemic came to a close, our neighbor invited us to close out the year on his nicely-heated back porch. As we watched New Year’s Rockin’ Eve on the TV he had over the…
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by Carolyn Bickford
As 2020, the first year of the pandemic came to a close, our neighbor invited us to close out the year on his nicely-heated back porch. As we watched New Year’s Rockin’ Eve on the TV he had over the…
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about how the City of San Jose went after my son for a business license because he’d reported his modest non-employee income to the IRS and the State. Despite multiple protestations from me and…
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Our 15-year-old son, Neil, works once a week at the family business, and earns about $1500 each year. For this we issue him a 1099 form every year reporting his income to himself, the IRS, and the State of California,…
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