OOPS! A BELATED HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME

Oi vey!

 

With all the garbage and nonsense of the current Presidential campaign I actually forgot to acknowledge and celebrate a milestone anniversary this past July.

 

I published the first post of THE WANDERING TAX PRO on Sunday, July 22, 2001.  So this mast July I celebrated the blog’s 15^th Anniversary!

 

I began TWTP after attending a workshop on blogging at the 2001 National Association of Tax Professionals annual conference held at the Hilton Riverside in New Orleans.

 

Here is the very first TWTP post –

 

“WELCOME TO THE NEW WEBLOG OF ROBERT D FLACH, THE WANDERING TAX PRO!

 

+++ The ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TAX RELIEF RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2001, signed into law by President Bush on June 7, 2001, has made Section 529 state college savings plans (named for the section of the Internal Revenue Code) an even better way to save for your child’s education.

 

Earnings on money invested in Section 529 Plans grow tax-free.  Beginning in 2002, withdrawals from state-sponsored plans will be tax-free is the money is used to pay qualifying college expenses.

 

+++ I recently returned from the annual conference of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TAX PROFESSIONALS, held at the Hilton Riverside in New Orleans, where the keynote speaker for the opening session was IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti.

 

This was the first time I travelled without having a paper airline ticket in advance.  I had no problem at check-in.

 

As I was walking down Bourbon Street heading for dinner at Tony Moran’s PASTA & VINO, I passed a nude bar where the hostess was offering passers-by the opportunity to “wash the girl of your choice”.  Good clean fun, “Nawlins” style!

 

While in the Crescent City I saw “CHERRIES JUBILEE”, a delightful comedy written by four local women, at the intimate and very company SOUTHERN REP theatre on the third level of the Shops At Canal Street upscale mall.  The show had the funniest and most innovative way to dress the set between scenes.”

 

I am looking forward to 15 more years of posting!

 

TTFN