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2017 was the year of hope, the year of compassion. We as a world experienced natural disaster from hurricanes in Florida to fires in California. We reached out to help one another in times of crisis, to come together as one and choose not to be separated. We lost legends like Tom Petty, Roger Moore, and Chris Cornell. The entertainment world was filled with shockers like Taylor Swift dropping her new...

Well, they did it, the Republicans have finally passed their tax bill and they are promising big tax breaks for all. But is this true? We know this can be confusing with all the news media rushing to get information out there and showing you the tax brackets. But here at Orca, we believe in minimalism, so we broke this down in the simplest form, we also wanted to touch on the changes that affect our...

1. You start your own company and get a business credit card 2. You start buying things you need for work 3. Like an iPhone a car meals with clients 4. You also buy a house and get a mortgage on it 5. You think about all you’ve bought this year, saved for retirement and given to charity 6. You talk to a professional 7. Who gives you the idea that you can subtract expenses from your AGI 8. Soon this...

Just like winter was upon Game Of Thrones this past season, the Tax Reform proposal is finally here; let's hope it doesn’t bring any white walkers with it. Now the goal is to get this implemented before the end of the year and for next year's tax season. But of course like most things this is just a bill on Capitol Hill right now #schoolhouserock. So let's go over what the proposal has in it, now there...

With technology, the ability to create your own business is endless whether you are a photographer, coder, model, graphic designer, dancer, tutor, etc… the opportunities are endless. You are a self-starter and a go-getter and live by your craft but you don’t often understand the financial and tax implications behind it. You want to just concentrate on what you are good at and before you even realize...

The time has finally come for the Trump administration to release their proposal for the much-anticipated Tax plan. This was a major focal point of the Trump campaign of “Making America Great Again”. His voter base of middle America wanted to believe he was going really shake things up and improve upon our system. But has he? well, that is up to you to decide! We here at Orca went to the depths of...

2.6 Trillion, that is how much is estimated to be sitting overseas by American based companies like, Apple. High taxes have prevented them from bringing this money back into the United States. Now you might have heard in the news lately that Trump wants to hand corporations a “sweet tax deal”, to bring back some of this money. Trump and his supporters believe that this will help boost the growth of...

2016 has been quite an election year; we here at Orca have been following the debates, news reports, SNL skits and all the mud slinging and scandals. The one topic that has been the hardest to get the real facts for has been both candidates’ economic policies, and we here at Orca have done some fact checking and broken it down in the simplest form for you! Now it is key to remember that presidential...

The 2016 election has been filled with scandals, every week there seems to be something new from a leaked video, to e-mails, and finally the ever-coveted topic of tax returns. You may have seen the headline or read a quick blurb about Donald’s leaked tax return that looked something like “Donald Trump has not paid taxed since 1995 due to a net operating loss of 900+ million dollars” Wait What!? I mean...

Freelancers: As a freelancer, you are often on the go and always looking for your next gig, we at Orca understand this and have worked with freelancers to not only plan out their financial future for the upcoming months and show them how many contracts they should take on or not take on. But we help them navigate the often very confusing topic of taxes as a freelancer. Taxes as a FreeLancer With technology...

Venture Capitlist: You are always on the go, and looking for the next big thing, you constantly have FOMO, and have had or will have investments that will cash out. The ORCA model is meant to help you with this, we understand you need money to invest in your companies and we also understand how confusing your taxes are, we want to help plan and use startegies like mentioned below for you to make the...