About Me
Anson Avery
CPA and Author
I have been a Certified Public Accountant since March of 1968. I worked for other CPAs until I built my own practice, which has been in Spokane, Washington since 1980. Now I work as a CPA, write books, and teach classes and seminars. Every day as a CPA is fun and I'm always learning something new. My firm's system produces quality work & advice for our clients.
I have published 3 books & written a dozen more, including final drafts, movie scripts, and plays. I like each one, but as a Tax CPA I’m always busy with the work I love.
Media Featuring Anson
My Blog Posts
A Client Has Purchased a Rental Property
By Anson Avery |
A client has bought a rental. I gave him these instructions: Get a copy of all closing papers.Research various sources to see how much it can rent for.Visit property with a memo pad and write down some details: Tour yard and grounds, note the existence of trees, rose bushes, fences, and other landscape items. This …
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Room 706: A Story Of Pathos, Pain and More Pain
By Anson Avery |
This is a true story lived and now told by me. I went to Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, Washington in October of 2019 for a minor procedure which would smooth out visits to the urinal facility. That procedure would require sedation so there was an EKG done. The EKG indicated some Heart Problems so more …
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Gunfight at the Motorcycle Shop
By Anson Avery |
I have always figured that I would never shoot anyone. I am not a soldier or policeman. I can shoot, and I am a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association (NRA). I own 30 or more rifles, shotguns and pistols. I have a concealed pistol permit that I have had for 30 years. I …
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Two Gun Tex’s Easy File System
By Anson Avery |
As a business owner in the 21st Century, you will need to make the decision whether to keep physical (paper) or digital records. While we at Anson Avery, CPA, PLLC recommend that clients keep physical records, we understand that there are many ways to reliably keep one’s records digitally. Both methods, physical and digital, have …
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“Don’t Answer That Question!”
By Anson Avery |
Instead give a “DEMUR.” What do folks do when someone asks them to answer an Attack Question? The old example was, “When did you quit beating your wife?” Those questions don’t have any correct factual answers, but there are good strategic answers to use, if you think quick enough. There are three excellent responses to …
Read More “One day they woke up to an IRS Tax Bill of $428,000!”
By Anson Avery |
Wow, Kay & Ken, young parents of three stellar girls first watched their small real estate and construction business go broke, then in a nasty IRS Audit that followed their Divorce, they got a tax bill for $428,000! Talk about Bad News coming in 3s, this threatened to ruin their lives. The good marriage did …
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