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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA

@mmconsulting.bsky.social
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Bilingual CPA Candidate 🧾 | Tax & bookkeeping for small biz & nonprofits | Podcast host @sinpretextos | Fort Worth, TX | English & Spanish

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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 11h
Two more challenged books: Looking for Alaska (John Green) — challenged for a few scenes, actually about grief and loss. All Boys Aren't Blue (George M. Johnson) — memoir on being Black and queer, one of the most challenged books nationally. The stated reason rarely matches the real one. 📚
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Two banned books, two reasons they matter: Sold (Patricia McCormick)2025's #1 most challenged book, exposes trafficking rather than glorifying it. Gender Queer (Maia Kobabe)challenged 5 times, gives nonbinary/asexual readers a story that reflects them. Both keep getting pulled. 📚
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Banned Books Week starts today (Oct 4–10). 2026 theme: "Let Books Be." In 2025, ALA tracked 4,235 challenged titles — 40% reflecting LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC stories. All week we're spotlighting titles that got pulled for exactly that reason. 📚
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Feminism Friday 💜 Progress means more than moving forward for ourselves. It means sharing what we know, opening doors, creating opportunities, and making the journey a little easier for the women who come after us. Leave the path wider than you found it.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
October Book of the Month: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros — banned from Arizona classrooms under the Mexican-American Studies ban (HB 2281). Coming-of-age, poetic, essential. Starting the month with a book that's actually been censored. 📖 #BannedBooksWeek #LibrosyChisme #BookOfTheMonth
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hispanic Heritage Month: Mario Molina (Mexican immigrant) won the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research that led to the global ban on ozone-depleting CFCs. Gabriela González (Argentine immigrant) led the LIGO team that made the first direct detection of gravitational waves in 2015. 🌍🌌
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hispanic Heritage Month: Victor Ochoa (Mexican immigrant) patented the electric train brake in 1907. Maria Elena Bottazzi (raised in Honduras, immigrated for her PhD) co-created Corbevax, a patent-free COVID vaccine that's reached 100M+ people. A century apart, both changed how this country moves.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
wrote about the actual dollar cost of "I don't see color" this week wealth gap data, a GDP study, the whole ledger. no resolution offered, just the numbers. 🧾
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"I Don't See Color" Is Costing You Money
What 300 years of exclusion actually cost the U.S. economy the wealth gap, the misallocated talent, and why "colorblind" hiring is closing more doors than it opens.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NFL cheerleaders: $150–400/game, no confirmed league average. NFL's lowest-paid position (long snapper): $1.4M/year. Same stadium. Same lights. Wildly different math. #FeministFriday
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Game tickets are NOT a business write-off. Entertainment expenses have been 100% nondeductible since 2018, and OBBBA didn't change that. The only exception: paid as comp on a W-2 or 1099. Know the rule before you take the deduction. 🚩
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tax strategy isn't a January activity. Most of your best moves are gone by the time you file. If this was a big year for you, the move is a planning session before Dec 31 not a scramble in April. ⭐
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Fantasy football winnings = taxable income. Sports betting winnings = taxable income. If a sportsbook app sent you a 1099, the IRS already has it. Go Cowboys, go keep your receipts. 🏈
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New series this week: Game Day Tax Facts 🏈 Using football season to break down the tax questions I get asked year-round multi-state income, gambling winnings, year-end planning, and the write-off everyone gets wrong. Kicking off now.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
**Feminism Friday 💜** When women have access to opportunity, education, leadership, financial independence, and the freedom to shape their own futures, everyone benefits. Stronger women help build stronger families, stronger businesses, and stronger communities.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Tax planning should be about more than asking: “How much do I owe?” or “How much am I getting back?” The tax code is a tool. When you understand how to use it intentionally, it can help support the bigger picture Money is a tool. Taxes are part of the strategy.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
¡Feliz 16 de septiembre! 🦅🌵 Hoy no solo celebramos una fecha celebramos 200+ años de resiliencia, de lucha y de un pueblo que nunca ha dejado de salir adelante. El águila, la serpiente, el nopal: símbolos que cargamos con orgullo dondequiera que estemos. Con todo mi corazón, ¡que viva México!
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Esta noche, el corazón le pertenece a México.🔔 El Grito no es solo una fecha en el calendario es el recordatorio de que la libertad se peleó, se ganó, y se sigue honrando cada año en cada rincón donde hay un mexicano gritando "¡Viva México!"
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Twenty-four years later, we remember. The butterfly is a symbol carried through Nahuatl tradition transformation, the soul's journey, peace after loss. It felt like the right image to hold today,for the lives taken on September 11th and for everyone who has carried that day since. Never forgotten
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
$2,200 Child Tax Credit. $16,857 average yearly cost of raising a kid. New piece on why the tax code doesn't close that gap — refundability caps, frozen credit ceilings, and a rule that locks out mixed-status families even when their kids are citizens.
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Is the Child Tax Credit Enough? The Real Math
The Child Tax Credit is $2,200. Raising a kid costs $16,857 a year. Here's the real math on why it's not enough — and what would actually fix it.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Happy Labor Day — Feliz Día del Trabajo. 🤎 Today we honor tequitl: the work, effort, and responsibility we carry for our families and communities. Es esfuerzo. Es sacrificio. Es amor en acción. Honoring our tequitl, nuestras familias, and our community.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Giving can be money — but it can also be supplies, time, jobs, mentoring, and advocacy. 💜 This International Day of Charity, I’m highlighting organizations supporting trafficking survivors. Links in the comments. #SupportSurvivors #InternationalDayOfCharity
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
✨ Mi intención es simple: ayudarte a ayudarte a ti mismo. Cuando entiendes tus formularios y tus finanzas, tienes más control y más confianza. Por eso creé recursos en español para el W-4 y W-9. 💻🤎 Ya disponibles en mi página web.
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Manos a la Obra |
Biblioteca de recursos Manos a la Obra ❧ ✦ ❧ Guías y herramientas prácticas para entender tus formularios, organizar tu dinero y tomar decisiones con confianza. Elige tu próximo paso Herramientas hechas para usarse 04 W-4 Tēquitl Trabajo Cómo llenar tu W-4 Una guía clara para empleados, incluyendo cómo reportar todos los trabajos W-2 del […]
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Nobody goes from a paycheck to a sidewalk in two weeks. What actually happens: late fee → missed minimum → rate hike → eviction filing. Then the next landlord says no. The risk isn't homelessness. It's the bounce-back. New article on what to actually save 👇
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What shapes our ideas about faith, leadership, strength, and identity? That’s one question I’m carrying into September while reading Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez. Midterms test what we remember. Good books test what we assume.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Emotionally intelligent people in corporate America are great to be around. Real EQ is felt, not announced. If you have to tell people your EQ is high, it probably isn't. Self-awareness over self-promotion. #FeministFriday #SinPretextos #EmotionalIntelligence #WorkplaceCulture #SelfAwareness
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gave away 332M books for free. Turns out the ROI data on public libraries backs up exactly what she understood instinctively. New piece is up 📚
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Dolly Parton Imagination Library: What 332M Books Are Worth
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gave away 332 million books. Here's what the data says about libraries, literacy, and your tax dollars.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
10 — "not starting from scratch, starting from experience" Day 10 of 10 days of gratitude & lessons learned 🩷 I used to think I was behind, starting a business later, starting over after a whole career.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
09 — "more than one thing you want to be known for" Day 9 of 10 days of gratitude & lessons learned 🩷 Somewhere along the way I got the message that success meant picking one lane and staying in it. I didn't. I'm grateful I stopped apologizing for being more than one thing.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
08 — "let your business look more like you" Day 8 of 10 days of gratitude & lessons learned 🩷 I spent a long time trying to make this business look like what I thought a "real" one was supposed to look like: polished, corporate, a certain kind of serious.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
07 — "build something before you feel completely ready" Day 7 of 10 days of gratitude & lessons learned 🩷 I was scared to start this business the same way I was scared to get on that horse. I did both anyway, hands shaking a little. I'm grateful "ready" turned out to be a lie I didn't need to wait
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
06 — "good with numbers, no idea what you're doing sometimes" Day 6 of 10 days of gratitude & lessons learned I built a business on being good with numbers and I still have days where I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing. I'm grateful I have someone next to me who always supports me.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
05 — "years of experience and still learning something completely new" Day 5 of 10 days of gratitude & lessons learned 🩷 Almost twenty years in and I'm still the newest person in the room some days, studying for an exam at midnight, feeling like a beginner again. 📚
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
04 — "to turn the things you say all the time into merch" Day 4 of 10 days of gratitude & lessons learned 🩷 I said "sin miedo, sin complicaciones, sin pretextos" to myself as much as I ever said it to a client. Some days it was less a slogan and more a thing I had to repeat to get through the day.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
03 — "to start a podcast because taxes sound harder than they need to be" Day 3 of 10 days of gratitude & lessons learned 🩷 Putting my voice out there terrified me. I almost didn't do it. What if I sounded stupid, what if nobody listened, what if I got it wrong in front of people. 🎙️
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
02 — "to build a website while googling how to build a website" Day 2 of 10 days of gratitude & lessons learned 🩷 I didn't figure this one out alone. I took Jannese Torres's blog class, the woman behind Yo Quiero Dinero, and she's the one who first taught me a website has true value.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
01 — "to start over when you already had a career" Day 1 of 10 days of gratitude & lessons learned 🩷 I thought my path was going one way, and it went another. Nineteen years into a career I'd already built, and I still ended up starting something completely new with my name on it instead.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Microaggressions can win approval at someone else's expense. "Wow, you don't have an accent" sounds like a compliment. It's actually a surprise that someone's competence didn't match a low expectation. Same pattern as "I don't see color." It's not the absence of bias, it's bias dressed up as virtue
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Great leaders speak up when something isn't right. Integrity is proven in the moments that cost you something. If you're the only one willing to say it, saying the right thing still matters. Courage over comfort. #FeministFriday #SinPretextos #Leadership #Integrity #CourageOverComfort
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Wrote about where school vouchers actually came from (hint: not "choice") and what teacher burnout, preschool access, and property tax funding gaps are quietly costing families right now. 🏫 www.sinpretextospodcast.com/history-scho...
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
54% of U.S. adults struggle with complex text, like a ballot measure. 🗳️📊 Midterms are coming. August's read, Mediocre by Ijeoma Oluo, is how we stay sharp. #Mediocre #Midterms2026
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
No registres tu negocio sin saber esto 🎙️ Episodio 4 de Sin Pretextos ya está disponible nombre disponible, cómo tributa una LLC, EIN, requisitos anuales del estado. Link en bio.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
A quarter of execs surveyed admitted they hoped return-to-office mandates would push employees to quit. Turnover data shows it's working, disproportionately on women and disabled workers. Broke down the full picture here:
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
No todos los gastos de negocio son deducibles y confundirlos te cuesta en abril. ❌ Entretenimiento con clientes, ropa "de negocio," uso personal del auto sin registro de millas. ✅ Software, comidas con clientes (50%), seguro comercial. Pregúntate: ¿ordinario? ¿necesario? ¿documentado? #TaxTip
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Pick-me energy in the office is embarrassing. When insecurity sounds like competition, everyone in the room feels it. Secure women support women. Another woman's brilliance is not your threat. #FeministFriday #SinPretextos #WomenSupportingWomen #WorkplaceCulture #SecureWomen
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The tradwife trend looks aspirational. The math isn't. New piece on the actual financial cost, motherhood penalty, wage gap, and the 1974 law that let women get credit in their own name for the first time. www.sinpretextospodcast.com/tradwife-fin...
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I always tell my hubby my goal in life is to be famous adjacent. Meaning… I want to know famous people to get invited to red carpet events or front row concert seats, but no one cares what I look like when I go grocery shopping. #thatsthedream
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
🎙️ Ep. 3: OBBBA trae deducciones para tips y overtime — pero el requisito de SSN deja fuera a muchos con ITIN. Te explico el MAGI, el phaseout, y por qué importa. Link en bio.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
New essay, link in reply/bio: 'Nobody Photographs This Part.' Postpartum anger nobody warned me about, being first-gen with no mentor, choosing to have one kid and meaning it.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is at least the 8th ICE enforcement death since Jan 2025. Renee Good. Silverio Villegas González. Same script every time. Part 2 breaks down the pattern: the data, the bias, the training cuts. Link in bio 🔗 and below in comments.
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Melissa Molina | MM Consulting CPA @mmconsulting.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo: 35 yrs in Houston, 3 sons in college, no record, killed by ICE mid-process getting legal status. $96.7B paid in taxes by undocumented immigrants in 2022, most funding programs they can't use.
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