Hanukkah is behind us, and Christmas (with its associated slowdown) is just about a week away.The world seems to quiet around that time, no matter your faith tradition, but here at Eakub A. Khan CPA P.C., these "holidays" are a bit of a misnomer. That's because while...

Yes, here I am again -- and yes, I know the W-2's haven't arrived, and you might not have begun to really think about little ol' Eakub Khan and your taxes yet. But today I want to offer you some reasons why ... well, you should.In fact, there are LOTS of good...

The Super Bowl teams are set, the new President is inaugurated ... why does it feel like things are still going so fast? Perhaps, for me and my team, it's because we finally are able to submit tax returns to the IRS (they began receiving them on Monday the 23rd). But...

Believe it or not, we're very busy around here.While the nation's eyes are fixated on political things, we're spending our days working hard on behalf of our clients right here in Jackson Heights (and beyond, of course), talking through tax-advantaged financial moves,...

All of our hearts are with Houston, and the areas surrounding that have been devastated in the past few days. It feels a bit like Katrina did, though the true measure of the disaster is still yet to be understood (as in New Orleans). What *is* clear is that many...

The Winter Olympics are finished and we are fully immersed in our tax preparation process. We've been enjoying the opportunity to reconnect with so many longtime friends from Jackson Heights area who trust us with their most sensitive financial details -- and we don't...

As COVID-19 snakes its way through the world, what's becoming clear to me is that ... well, not much is clear.From death rates (relying upon shaky data from totalitarian regimes), to spread rates, to proper precautions -- you can find an article from a...

All over our nation, we're seeing pain.It's overwhelming, as someone who has to communicate to a broad base of Jackson Heights area clients, to even articulate meaningful words about everything that is happening.So ... I'm just doing what I can to sit in the pain of...

Say it with me again: it's a whole new year. 2020 is in the rearview...And 2021 is starting with some very nice treats for regular families in the clunkily-named "Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021", also known as the "Consolidated...

As of this writing, the federal government is STILL in its partial shutdown.And 800,000+ people are affected -- including a whole slew of IRS workers who have been called in, regardless of paychecks, because come Trump or high water: tax filing will indeed begin on...