The book can be read as a standalone from the original book, The Inappropriate Library.  The series is about the magical books from the ancient Library of Alexandria and their powers.

To paraphrase myself:

“Another installment in the Inappropriate Library series. What would happen if one of the lost books from the Library of Alexandria got into the hands of a person who had bad intentions?”

Check out the trippy cover:

Clean, A Tale of the Inappropriate Library

“The book takes place in the 1980s before events in the first Inappropriate Library book. Dr. Jan Brighton, an LA PD coroner, has to find out who is killing off drug dealers and restore order when the city starts to panic from bizarre killings in the Latino community. Her son, Patrick, finds himself as a target from an evil supernatural entity. Destruction and death enter their lives until they figure out how to use the power of the books from the Inappropriate Library. This book is for older children and adults and deals with drug use, death, human smuggling and the occult.”

Bear with me with the formatting on the book in Kindle.  It is one of my first books and the formatting I have been told needs getting used to.   I have been told that the story is pretty good.

If you like it and want more stories, shoot me a line or post.

Remember that part of all proceeds of all my books go to research finding a cure for Rett Syndrome.  Rett affects a girl born every fifteen minutes.  Boys generally die at birth if they have the Rett gene.

Have a great weekend.  Be safe if you are at a Superbowl party.

February 02 2013

Kim Isaac Greenblatt

Clean: A Tale from the Inappropriate Library Is Now On Kindle – Whoo hoo!

Pictured above are: Steve, Diana, me, James, Luis, Thomas (behind Luis boo hiss), and my leader, Ralph.

Photograph is by Steve. If a man is defined by the people around him, thank you guys and gal for making me look so good.

Hope everybody is doing well with the New Year. Apparently, Congress is trying to earn their money by getting the fiscal cliff flattened out. Here is hoping we don’t get flattened in the process.

Now is the time to start getting all your receipts together gang as well as anything that created income or a tax related document to bring in to the office – yep, it is tax time.

I would expect that e-filing will probably be delayed and the state income tax processing will be pushed out even further in terms of getting the e-filing procedures updated. I guess will shall wait’n see. Now is the time if you have questions to give me a call.

Also start the new year right and start volunteering with something. It doesn’t have to be doing first aid – anything that helps make the community better around you is a great resolution for the new year.

What else in my stream of consciousness —oh yes, if you are in the market for buying a new home or in process, please remember to save all closing documents and papers so your tax pro (hopefully me) can go through the stuff with you and see what is and what isn’t deductible. If you are getting a home – congrats!

Don’t forget that you can take charitable miles if you drove to help volunteer for an event. They go on Schedule A and if you don’t use Schedule A it may not make a difference but it is always a decent move to track mileage for any volunteering you do. Good habits stay forever and one day you may need it.

Be safe, people.

January 02 2013

Kim Isaac Greenblatt

1. Make sure you get rest the night before of the parade. I know, I know – it is possibly your first (or fourth) trip to California and you want to PAR-TAY but you will need your rest the day of the parade.

2. Make sure you eat and are hydrated. If your band leader says not too because you will urinate in your costume – who cares. Better you soil yourself and then have the pee evaporate than you collapse from dehydration, trip and have a tuba fall on your genitals.

3. PRACTICE WALKING WITH YOUR OUTFIT ON AND INSTRUMENT FOR AT LEAST A DISTANCE OF FIVE MILES. Two miles will not cut it.

Did I mention you need to stay hydrated? Make sure you have a lot of water being towed in a wagon or in your back pocket. You don’t want to collapse. If you have been boozing it up the night before you are already dehydrated and the lack of sleep won’t help you with your precision drill team on tv square. Just sayin’, super stars.

4. Do not wear new shoes that you haven’t broken in to the Rose Parade. You will end up with bloody blisters and sores that will make your feet look like they stepped on a mine field. Make sure you break your shoes in and have socks that are protecting your feet (unless you are performing wearing other stuff). Make sure you are also use to carrying your instrument (your arms will get tired over 5 miles).

If you are the mascot wearing the Giant Corn Dog costume from Corn Dog State, make sure that you are hydrated and can see what is going on. You may have to stop for lonnng periods of time if a float breaks down in front of you.

As a person who has worked as a First Responder for emergencies you may want to take my advice or ask people who have been there before. See you at the parade and be safe!

Got any other tips? Post em on my blog!

Dec 12 2012

Kim Isaac Greenblatt

Rose Parade Band Survival Guide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOYllmYBzzU

Neal, you flatterer, you!   That is why Neal, N7EAL, is the toast of Hollywood.   Food was good, company was better and I received a lot of valuable input from Arie, Ramundo, Rob, Ray, Marc, and others about getting started with HF.  I need to make room in my office and make sure the wiring is okay for that!

73, Gang, and Happy Holidays!!  Be super-healthy, ultra-wealthy, very-wise and mega-happy!

Dec 09 2012
Kim Isaac Greenblatt

PAPA Fiesta Dec 8 2012 videos OMG!!!

Remember that the basics come first, first make sure that you, yourself are okay, that your loved ones and then your neighbors. Make sure you have the basics in place. Food, water and shelter.

Please try to stay dry and be patient. When I heard that a local mayor was complaining that the National Guard was called last night and they still weren’t there yet. Patience! It takes time to mobilize units and remember, everybody was pissing and moaning about too much govt waste until people realized that govt is good for something. With water knocking out roads, bridges and air conditions not safe for air travel I am hopeful that by the time you are reading this (in the morning) that help is on the way if not there already.

To the National Guardsmen and women coming in to help, thank you and please take care of yourselves as well.

Thank you my fellow and sister Americans as well for rising to the situation and helping. A lot of West Coast aid teams are flying to the East to help with rescue and restoration processes. We really are one nation and it is sad that it takes a natural disaster to remind us of that.

Just remember that services and rebuilding cost money and we can get it but we need to have government services – and at the national level – to be able to use them as well as at the state level. The programs in place work, they just need to be set in motion and have patience.

Best of luck to us all for enduring through Hurricaine Sandy. Happy Birthday to Sharren and Sandy (my Sharren and her sister, Sandy) who had their birthdays yesterday as well!

Good health and happiness to us all!

10/20/12

Kim Isaac Greenblatt

East Coast People Have Our Thoughts and Prayers

1. Take control of local government by getting involved in city councils. There are a lot of local elections going on now and it is the perfect time to get involved. Instead of complaining about what isn’t happening in your neighborhood, get involved and become part of the solution and not the problem (yeah that sounds trite but it’s true).

2. Get to know your neighbors. One of the things we need to do locally is knock on doors and get to know your neighbors. If there are some that are just too weird or up to felonious activities you might want to get to know some other neighbors so they can hip you up to what is going on. In the event of an earthquake or power failure it is good to know who can help you and who you can help. We make our own good vibes or karma, folks.

3. Shop locally and support local farms and businesses. Sure, you can avoid things that you can do locally by buying everything cheaper from China but what is the cost in the long run? Remember that eventually if everything goes overseas, you will have a long time to wait to get a plate of breakfast if the chickens are raised in Beijing. If that sounds extreme take a look at all the food that is delivered now and look at the packing boxes at places like Costco. You want to help local growth so try to help your neighbors.

4. Plan for disasters and get your neighbors to as well. In the event of a quake or power failure expect up to 72 hours till the various agencies can get up and running. Wouldn’t it be great if everybody in your neighborhood had backup generators and food for a week? Sure, that is the optimistic goal but at least help your friends and people close by get on the right track.

Be well and safe gang. Oh, and Happy Birthday Joey Pavlovitch!

Oct 17 2012

Kim Isaac Greenblatt

Things We Need To Do Locally

If you are in retail, that means that you need to have ready your receipts as well as a spreadsheet of what your expenses are. If you are say in the t-shirt making business you can use what ever you are using for manufacturing shirts, costs of goods, machinery and anything else like a printer, etc. For items like a printer though, remember that you will have to depreciate the item and unless there is the special one item write off (or it may not be worth it) you may be better off having things not written all off at once.

You are in business to make money right? That is the position most govt taxing agencies are taking as well. If they see that you aren’t running the business correctly – and one of the things by that is keeping great records – then you run the risk of having everything disallowed. You may have your business deemed a hobby and if that is the case you can say bye bye to your expenses on your Schedule C.

One of the best ways to keep that from happening is to have great documentation. Make sure that for any meeting that doesn’t result in you taking money in that you at least have notes of the marketing presentations that you planned, the appropriate contact information in case the govt agencies want to verify things, and time involved.

It isn’t hard to keep track of expenses and documentation once you get started, the trick is to get started and develop that into a good habit.

Peace gang!

Kim Isaac Greenblatt

Supporting tax documentation

There are many events to support Rett awareness this month and please donate when asked. Unlike a lot of the mainstream charities Rett tends to get underfunded. The research from Rett Syndrome helps other diseases and syndromes. Science, folks, is a wonderful thing when used for the benefit of people.

The Southern California Rett Syndrome picnic will be held Saturday, Oct 13 2012 and there will be a good time for all. There will be raffles for cool prizes as well as demonstrations of augmentation communication devices to help Rett girls communicate.

It will be a very special event this year as well because my daughter, Arianna, will be celebrating her sweet sixteen party as well as some of the other Rett girls. If you have never seen a Rett picnic, please come out and have some fun. There is food for sale (inexpensively) and the group is very friendly.

There will be vendors will special needs bicycles as well as the communication devices and you can see what is the cutting edge in getting people who have a hard time getting their voice heard, er, heard. Seriously there is a lot of cool stuff.

The venue is going to be at El Dorado Park at Willow Grove in Long Beach. It is a beautiful place and with any luck with weather will be less than 100 degrees F. There is a nice lake nearby so that should help keep people cool or at the very least make people think that they are cool. Parking is there – just make sure you can get there early.

We hope to see you at some of the events and thanks in advance for your help and support. The girls and their families REALLY appreciate it.

Kim Isaac Greenblatt

If you are one of my clients who receive a Form 1099-A, Acquisition or Abandonment of Secured Property, or Form 1099-C,
Cancellation of Debt, you may have to report income on their tax return. Foreclosures and repossessions may be a delicate topic for some of you guys and gals. I try to be be sensitive to my client’s situation (that is part of the great service I provide).

You get a Form 1099-A, when a lender acquires an interest in property that is security for a debt, or they have reason to know that the property has been abandoned. A very common example is foreclosure of real property. When a client receives Form 1099-A for the repossession of a principal residence, it is treated as a sale of the home. To determine if the client has a gain, the Sale of Home Worksheets must be completed. It will help you also see if you are profitable or not.

If the client has a gain and the property was personal-use, it is reported on Schedule D. If it was business-use property, it is reported on Form 4797. The client may also have cancellation of debt income.
The three parts of the Sale of Home Worksheets are:
• Worksheet 1, Adjusted Basis of Home Sold
• Worksheet 2, Gain (or Loss), Exclusion, and Taxable Gain
• Worksheet 3, Reduced Exclusion Worksheet

Worksheet 1, Adjusted Basis of Home Sold
The adjusted basis of the home is calculated the same for a repossession as it is for a sale. The adjusted basis is generally the purchase price of the home plus any home improvements.

Worksheet 2, Taxable Gain on Sale of Home
The selling price is needed to calculate the gain (or loss) on the home. The selling price will usually be provided by the bank. If not, the selling price is determined from Form 1099-A.
If the client is personally responsible for the debt, the sales price is the lesser of box 2 or box 4 on Form 1099-A. If the client is not personally responsible, the sales price is the amount in box 2.
Part 1 of this worksheet determines whether or not there is a loss on the property. If line 5 of the worksheet is a negative number, the client has a loss. Do not complete line 6 through line 11. If line 5 is a positive number, complete Part II to determine the gain.

Worksheet 3, Reduced Maximum Exclusion
Since a repossession of a home is treated as a sale, the gain can often be excluded. The exclusion rules are the same as the exclusion rules for the sale of home. The worksheet is used to determine if the gain qualifies for an exclusion.

Form 1099-C
Form 1099-C is received when a client borrows money from a commercial lender and the lender later cancels or forgives the debt. The most common examples of cancelled debt are from credit cards and repossessions. There is a lot of that going around these days.
Cancellation of debt income is taxable unless the client is bankrupt or insolvent, or unless the debt is qualified property under the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007.

Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007
Under the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007, the discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness is excluded from gross income. For purposes of the exclusion, qualified principal residence indebtedness is acquisition indebtedness (to buy, build, or improve the residence) up to $2 million ($1 million for MFS). The home must be owned and used as a principal residence (within the meaning of §121). The basis of the home must be reduced (but not below zero) by any debt forgiveness excluded under this provision.

If only a portion of the loan discharged is qualified indebtedness, the exclusion applies only to the amount of debt discharged that exceeds the amount of the loan that exceeds the nonqualified indebtedness.

If the debt was cancelled in Chapter 7 or 11 bankruptcy, box 1(a) on Form 982, Reduction of Tax Attributes due to Discharge of Indebtedness (and Section 1082 Basis Adjustment) must be checked.

Clear as smoked glass huh (I would have said mud but that is cliche).

Let me know if you have any questions.

That should help heal the wounds of Debtoggedden.

Oct 02 2012

Kim Isaac Greenblatt

Watching for Tax Debtoggedden

The profitable question is – is it worth it to try and time the market, go out and wait till the chaos is over and there is a clear direction or ride things out?

The direction seems to be that the market is going to slow down in terms of everything and stall. This isn’t just in the United States but a perception for the world. Makes sense since there is a lot of rioting and overall yukiness across the globe especially in places where people aren’t getting enough food or suffering from economic changes that are pretty catastrophic to their daily life styles.

Will everybody turn to precious profitable metals to conduct business. I am not so sure because how will people make change for a gold coin worth say $1800? Will they say okay, I am good for my breakfast with you for the next 6 years because I am front paying it?

I think that if things fall apart, they fall apart and food, shelter and water will be important. If one is ill, medicinal supplies, the ever popular drugs and medical skills will be things of value. Let us hope that things don’t deteriorate that far here in the United States. One way to prevent that is to help your neighbor and tell your representatives and people with money that we need to get things straightened out.

So back to precious profitable metals, of course there is and will always be the allure, especially with the short term ability of the Fed to print more money. My opinion based on what I am seeing is that for the next few years commodities, especially food will be valuable.