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April 2020 Newsletter

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Hot Topic

Make Tax Season a Little Easier

Tax season is many things to many people — particularly their accounts. But one thing you rarely hear tax season called is “easy.”

A recent article is hoping to make the season a little easier.¹ Here are a few of the things that you can draw inspiration from.


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The Original One Liner²

Before Ma Bell came to town, and long before DSL, it was barbed wire, of all things, that brought rural communities together. A Sears telephone hooked up to barbed wire—miles of which were already conveniently strung along fences—connected far-flung ranches in the recently settled American west.

Without switchboards, without individual lines, and without telephone fees, the barbed wire telephone system became its own social network. Every telephone along the fences would ring at the same time. Each house had its own distinctive ring—two short, one long, for example—and it was considered impolite to listen in on another’s call. Of course, when things got lonely out there on the ranch, there was no guarantee of privacy.

By the 1920s, most of these fence line phones were replaced by formal company systems. Barbed wire fences are still abound today at borders keeping people either in or out. For few decades barbed wired brought people not apart, but together.
 

 

 

Tips & Tricks

How to Use Your Tax Refund for Good

It can be fun to get money back with your tax refund. But that fun can turn into something a little more valuable, and a little more long-lasting, if you use your refund strategically.

Take, for instance, a Roth IRA contribution. If you aren’t maxing out your Roth IRA contribution each year, using your tax refund to do so is a great idea.

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April Fools’ Cake

A fun and delicious cake to fool your friends!


Get Baking!

 
¹https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/27/tax-season-is-here-what-you-need-to-make-it-easy.html
²https://gizmodo.com/barbed-wire-fences-were-an-early-diy-telephone-network-1493157700

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