While looking for a file from my old ibook, I found an Appleworks presentation I built 5 years ago on blogging. I had just started blogging and following blogs and the presentation was based on what I had learned.
5 years later, Our Taxing Times is still going. It is not the most revolutionary blog and I am not the most constant blogger but hopefully I have added something to the discussion about taxes and small businesses. I have seen lots of blogs fall by the wayside. In that presentation, I highlighted two blogs I enjoyed following; I R US and Cracked Cauldron Spillings. I R US was a tax blog written by a former Tax Delinquent who has seen the light and was an advocate for the IRS. The second, Cracked Cauldron Spillings, documented the attempted start up of a bakery in OKC. Both are gone now which is too bad since both were interesting with unique points of view.
I'm not a natural essayist. I'm better at writing up research from notes. It's also taken me a while to be comfortable with expressing my opinions. The sub title of Our Taxing Times explains that this is a blog about US taxes, tax system and the tax preparation business from my perspective. That is what blogging has been about, giving individuals a voice. My reason for blogging is not to answer tax questions or post reminders. Clients pay me for that and there are a lots of other free info sources. This blog is my way to comment on our tax system. And my opinions are based on years of practical experience dealing with taxpayers, the system and other preparers. That is not going to change. Our Taxing Times will continue to comment on taxes and small business, hopefully, for another 5 years.
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