Carlos Samaniego

Field Notes

Stories, observations, and lessons.

Things I’m learning, noticing, questioning, and figuring out along the way.

Carlos Samaniego’s Field Notes notebook beside a cup of coffee.

I’ve always carried a notebook. Sometimes it’s for work. Sometimes it’s an idea I don’t want to lose. Sometimes it’s something I noticed sitting by a creek, drinking coffee, traveling, reading, or just thinking about life.

These are my field notes.

Some will be about business, taxes, and building something that lasts. Others will be about family, books, travel, creativity, resilience, and the things I’m still trying to understand.

They’re not meant to be polished essays. They’re observations from the field.

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Business TravelFrom the archive

Business Travel: Stay at the Mom & Dad Hotel

Imagine this: • Tax deduction for you • Tax-free income for Mom and Dad It doesn’t have to be Mom and Dad. The tax-free income can go to your brother or sister, or your best friend. To make this work, you need to have a business reason to travel and stay overnight at the Mom…

February 1, 2022 · 2 min read

IRSFrom the archive

Don’t Let Form 940 Trip You Up

Now that we’ve made it past April 15th, accountants and business owners all over the country are breathing a collective sigh of relief. One thing we run into every year, though, that trips up new entrepreneurs, is handling and accounting for IRS From 940. It’s likely that many of the stereotypes we associate with income…

May 15, 2018 · 4 min read

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Field Notes from Carlos

Stories worth passing along.

Taxes. Business. Books. Travel. Dogs. People. Places. Mistakes. Lessons.