Eric Madariaga, CPA

Tax Prep & Consultation

•Over 10 years of experience specializing in individual, small business, and estate/trust taxes.

•Successfully represented clients under audit.

•Masters in Taxation from San Jose State University and CPA since 2009.

•All initial consults are no charge. Please contact me to get your taxes completed and avoid overpaying for unnecessary taxes.

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  • Q1 dealmaking takes a dive April 2, 2025
    Corporate dealmakers hoped merger and acquisition ventures would heat up this year. But the first quarter of 2025 saw the slowest M&A activity in more than a decade, according to Dealogic. In this episode, why firms aren’t shelling out billions to buy another company in this economy. Plus: Nintendo announces a new Switch console, Gen […]
  • The negative wealth effect April 1, 2025
    People feel richer — and spend accordingly — when their assets rise in value. That’s called the wealth effect. But when folks get their retirement account statements for Q1 of 2025, they may feel the opposite, since most of those accounts lost value. Will Americans pull back on their spending as a result? Plus, subcompact […]
  • Will owning a home ever be affordable again? March 31, 2025
    Just how expensive has homeownership become? To afford a typical home, households need an income of about $117,000 right now — a 50% increase from $78,000 in January 2020, according to a Bankrate report. Over the same five years, wages rose  just 27%. What gives? Also in this episode: The dollar’s value drops, Europe weighs […]
  • Are U.S. consumers finally running out of steam? March 28, 2025
    Consumers say they’re fed up with inflation, then they keep spending. But their behavior could be catching up with their anxiety, an economist told us. The clues are in data released today by the Commerce Department. Also in this episode: Can you live on just 13 gallons of water a day? One water-saving group thinks […]
  • Uncertainty, thy name is tariff March 27, 2025
    The U.S. economy grew at a 2.4% annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2024, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported today. That number tells us where the economy was headed coming into this year. But with uncertainty surrounding tariffs, that story has taken a turn. Plus, how sinking credit scores caused by student loan […]