Sean Drakes, CPA

10/02/2024

Hi Family and Friends!

Bellamy is gathering donations for her school’s annual READATHON Fundraiser. We would love your support by making a donation. Click here to help: https://app.pledge-drive.net/Participant/S91D11133

Thank you!!!

Hello friends and family! BELLAMY A. is participating in the PHYLLIS E. WILLIAMS SPANISH IMMERSION SCHOOL READ-A-THON to raise money for Phyllis E. Williams Spanish Immersion and would love your support!

02/06/2023

in 1897, Alfred L. Cralle patented the ice cream scoop. 🍨

Cralle noticed the difficulty ice cream servers were having scooping ice cream with one hand and holding the cone in the other while working in a Pittsburgh hotel. The newly patented design kept the ice cream from sticking and is still widely used today.

📸 Courtesy of Hulton Archive / Getty Images

01/26/2023

Happy 4th Birthday Bellamy!!! We❤️you so much!

12/19/2022

Today we commemorate and honor the life and legacy of Cicely Tyson. Today, December 19th we celebrate the brilliance, creativity, and defiance that connect us all. From here forward we will acknowledge this as Cicely Tyson Day, a day of remembrance and gratitude for her contributions to the fine and performing arts.

12/01/2022

Hakeem Jeffries will succeed Pelosi.

06/11/2022

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/irs-makes-mileage-deduction-for-gas-costs-more-generous-in-rare-mid-year-move-11654811989

The optional standard mileage rate for business-related driving is increasing to 62.5 cents per mile, starting in July.

11/14/2021

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A number of end-of-year tax planning strategies are available to business owners to reduce their tax liability. Here’s a look at some of them.

11/11/2021

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11/11/2021

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The IRS released the federal marginal tax rates and brackets on Monday. Income limits have been adjusted for inflation.

06/27/2021

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What should be 21 days of waiting has instead turned into months of waiting for some Triangle taxpayers, some even waiting more than a year for their tax refunds.

06/10/2021

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U.S. employers added 559,000 jobs last month, as the unemployment rate fell to 5.8% from 6.1% in April. Employers say they could use even more workers as demand surges and pandemic fears recede.