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As an internet marketer or small business owner, are you getting the tax deductions you deserve?
Good question. If I’d had this resource last Friday, I could probably have saved $938! Doh! (I wonder why my accountant never mentioned it and I had to figure it out myself after the fact!)
This is the interview that got […]

Murphy & Company, a boston accounting firm has a unique perspective. They know you “could” be doing your accounting for yourself. So they have a unique selling proposition. They tell their clients “we’re not here to take money for something you could be doing yourself. We’re here to make sure you can spend your time […]

This is for our UK audience. In my experience, entrepreneurs are usually knowledgable about all their financing options. If they can save money on interest, that’s something they’re going to take advantange of quickly. For example, many entrepreneurs will fund a start up business with one or more credit cards - high credit - and […]

As many of my readers may have picked up, I do lots of work with “dislocated workers�. That’s a fancy term for people whose jobs have been shipped overseas. The county where I live has an unemployment rate over 8% most of the time. I’ve seen it as high as 13%.Those are the “official� numbers.
Sometimes […]

Home based entrepreneurs and work at home telecommuters who want to deduct unreimbursed expenses have gotten a tax break … if they live in the United States that is.
From Smart Strategies
The home office deduction has been greatly expanded by the courts. No longer do you have to use your home office space exclusively for business. […]

Do you have clients visit your home office? Does your existing homeowner’s insurance coverage “cover” them if they slip and fall while on a “business visit”? I’ll bet many don’t. The insurer assumes that your business increases the odds of a claim enough that you need additional coverage.
Here’s an online guide to Liabability Insurance For […]

If you’re one of our readers from Australia, you may be interested in this new online financial resource StartFinance.com.au that aims to make shopping for home mortgages much easier. Individuals seeking financing for first mortgages, refinances, or even investment properties can soon learn how to obtain the best financing possible for their individual situation.
The lenders […]

When I sold some retirement type products way back when, I would do calculations to show what people needed to save to “retire”. The amounts were so high when realistic investment returns and inflation were computed the resulting figure put people off the idea. They thought I was making it up when they could crunch […]

According to Jeff and Rich Sloan at Start Up Nation, employing your kids can not only be a great way to teach them entrepreneurship and build family interaction, it can also be a legitimate business expense when well documented. When many families feel they’re breaking apart and travelling in different directions, this may be a […]

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