Romeo Razi, CPA Mar 15th 😶The State of Washington just did a boo-boo. The State of Washington, famous (among tax aficionados) just made a spectacular U-turn on one of their most coveted and prized policies: No State Income Tax. The legislature has been asked to vote on a state income tax 10 times. Ten times they said "Nay." Ten times, voters treated the idea like a bad Gen Z blind date. Declined politely, and ghost👻. Then came March 10th, 2026. A date that will live in Seattleite tax infamy....
14 days ago • 7 min read
Romeo Razi, CPA Mar 1st 😶Yes, I am still alive People ask me (when they get a hold of me), "Romeo, what did you do yesterday?" Here is my day, in a nutshell: 7am: go to gym 🏋️ (weights) 8am: 💻tax work until 10am. Deep focus. No Mercy. 10am: breakfast 10:30am: 💻tax work until 1pm 1pm: protein smoothie 1:25pm: 💻tax work until 4pm 4pm: rest for 30 minutes, calculate macros on app, what I'm eating tonight 4:30pm: gym 🏋️round two (cardio) 5:30pm: make dinner 👨🍳(it's therapy, I swear) 6-6:30pm:...
28 days ago • 6 min read
Romeo Razi, CPA Feb 14th 😶Seahawks win the Superbowl, California wins their wallets. Seahawks were poppin' bottles🍾 after winning the Superbowl. But it didn't take long for the champagne to go flat. That's because the State of California came to take their cut. Here's how it works: each player got a $178K bonus 💸for winning the Superbowl. Now here comes the knife🔪: the state of California says, "Yo baller, congrats, congrats! You da man. Now pay us for making that money in Cali." But here's...
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
Romeo Razi, CPA Feb 2nd If you blinked, you missed the biggest metals meltdown in decades. Friday was not just another day at the market. As the finance-bros like to say, "it was a bloodbath." Especially, for the precious metals that spent the last few months whispering sweet nothings in our ears. Turns out that they are as "precious" as a Tinder situationship. Here's the damage: 🧈 Gold fell 11–12% 🥈 Silver tanked 25–30% All in a single day. Biggest one-day drop since parachute pants (think...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Romeo Razi, CPA Jan 26th Tax Season 2025: "time to buckle up" January 26, 2026 - the day the IRS music starts, and for the rest of us, the financial dirge begins. That's right, filing season officially opens today. But before your sprint toward your refund like it's a Taylor Swift ticket drop, let's talk about what's really going on behind the IRS curtain. Thanks to the OBBBA (One Big Beautiful Bill Act), Americans got two things: a boatload of tax breaks, and....drumroll please.... IRS org...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Romeo Razi, CPA Jan 18th 💰No Tax on Tips....well sort of. Trump made a promise to the Vegas peeps: "no tax on tips." And that's technically true for some of you, but not all of you. Unfortunately like most tax promises, the devil's in the deductions. The $25K tax-free treat comes with strings attached. So, here are the limitations, conditions, and carve-outs: 🤑 First $25,000 of tips: tax-free ↳ Baristas win. ↳ Bottle service girls? No so fast (see below) 🚧 Here are three hurdles you’ll need...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Romeo Razi, CPA Jan 11th 🧾1099s: one last dance with $600 That's right baby!This is the last year you have to pretend that $600 is a meaningful number. Starting this year (2026), the new 1099 limit is $2,000 (and it's indexed for inflation). Fun Fact: the $600 limit was originally set back in 1954. If they’d adjusted it for inflation, today’s number would be closer to $6,800. But nooooo, Congress decided to go for “kinda better” and ended up landing on “still annoying.” Here's what you...
3 months ago • 5 min read
Romeo Razi, CPA Dec 31st Silver slapped in 2025, and China knows! Wall Street was so busy chasing AI stocks they failed to notice the shiny grey elephant in the room. Silver didn't just do well in 2025, it exploded, going from ~$30 oz to almost ~$80 oz. It outpaced Gold🪙. It outpaced logic. It even outpaced Tiktok. You're probably wondering why? 📈 Investor mania & safe‑haven FOMO ↳ The usual suspects: Fed rates changes coming, the dollar limping, and geopolitical risk around the world.💸...
3 months ago • 6 min read
Romeo Razi, CPA Dec 21st 📊CPI report is late Here's something that happened last week, the CPI report was late (like late, late). 📉 In the world of high-frequency trading and dopamine-fueled demands for instant data, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has become the "Bureau of Lag". Allegedly a "website issue" is why there was a delay in the Consumer Price Index. what I think when I hear "website Issue" 📊 Keep in mind, CPI isn’t just another economic stat, it’s the prom king of inflation...
3 months ago • 5 min read