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Tax Time Factoids

There are seven states that are tax-free.

Three out of four people will get a tax refund.

Twenty-one percent of all paper returns have mistakes.

Each year the IRS sends out 8 billion pages of forms and instructions.

The first tax system was started in Egypt.

Americans have two extra days this year to file.

Taxpayers in Belgium pay over 55% of their income to taxes.

Full Tax Factoid Article

This is what we did for customers last month, what can we do for you this month?

Best Friend Errand Service Knows How To Help!

We are your staff when you need us!

Our customer is an artist and had a booth at the Home and Garden Show. We worked at the booth answering guests questions while she was at the studio putting the finishing touches on a big order. We presented ourselves as her employees which gave her the opportunity to have a bigger image for her company. When the show was over we even helped transport it back to the studio!

Our client is an event planner who had a big lunchtime event happening in two buildings at the same time. The event involved live music for her customers employees. The corporate client wanted someone from the Event Planners company to be with the musicians at all times. She could not be in two places at the once and her other employees were busy with other projects so she called us. We escorted the band to where they needed to be and enjoyed some live music too!

Our customer is planning ahead. He runs a service company. He has guys in the field and just one full time office person. When his office help goes on vacation things can get crazy. He asked us to come in for a couple of hours a month for the next few months to learn the basics in the office so we could keep things running while his employee is lying by the beach.

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Best Friend Errand Service at www.bestfrienderrand.com or call us anytime at
513-283-4535

Meet One of Our Best Friends

Mike Sauer
Financial Advisor

Edward Jones Investments

Mike resides in Miami Township with his wife and three children. His oldest son is a first grader at Loveland. He also has twin 2-year olds.

Mike is a graduate of Milford High School and the University of Cincinnati. In his spare time, he enjoys coaching his son's teams, playing with his kids, teaching investment classes, and "once in a while," playing some golf.

Mike runs the Montgomery Branch of Edward Jones Investments. He specializes in helping investors get to, and through, retirement. Tax season (which is also IRA season) is a particularly busy time of year, as investors look to fund retirement plans before the tax deadline.

For a complimentary retirement strategy review, Mike can be reached at (513) 793-7100.

www.edwardjones.com

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Taxes

When you get a tax refund, are you a saver or a spender?

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Each month one person who responds to our current survey will receive a coupon for one free hour of service with the purchase of one hour. Winners will be contacted directly and announced in the next newsletter along with the results of our survey.

March's winner:

Robin Krause of Carriage Court

Great Recipes for Busy People

Cheesy Beef Spirals
as found on allrecipes.com

Ready in: 55 minutes

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups uncooked spiral pasta

2 pounds ground beef

2 small onions, chopped

1 garlic clove, minced

1 (26 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce

1 (4.5 ounce) jar sliced mushrooms, drained

1/2 cup sour cream

1/2 pound process American cheese, cubed

2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

DIRECTIONS:

Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, cook the beef, onions and garlic over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in spaghetti sauce and mushrooms; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
Place 1/2 cup of meat sauce in a greased shallow 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. Drain pasta; place half over sauce. Top with half of the remaining meat sauce; spread with sour cream. Top with American cheese and remaining pasta and meat sauce.
Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Cover and bake at 350 degrees F for 25-30 minutes. Uncover, bake 5-10 minutes longer or until bubbly.