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| This is a great list of many common ways to help
your business grow by showing a thought provoking list of common (and
not-so-common) business tricks. We guarantee you'll discover at least a
couple of items you haven't considered trying yet.
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7 Biggest Misconceptions Business Owners Have About Their Returns |
| The cryptic and mystifying nature of the tax code
generates a lot of folklore and misinformation that also leads to costly
mistakes. Learn the right answers to this list of common small business
tax misperceptions.
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7 Interesting (and fun) Ways To Save Even More Income Taxes |
| Deduct home entertainment expenses, new home
computers and even holiday gifts without receipts! These are just a few
keen ways to help you save more on your taxes by greatly increasing your
deductions.
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Tax Planning For Small Business Owners |
| Tax planning is a process of looking at various
tax options in order to determine when, whether and how to conduct
business and personal transactions so that taxes are eliminated or
considerably reduced. This article explains 3 different tax planning
strategies for small business owners.
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Show Me The Money! - Strategies For Securing A Loan |
| Most small businesses will, at some point in
their life, go to a bank or other lending institution to borrow money
for expansion of their operation. Many small business owners, however,
initially fall victim to several of the common and potentially
destructive myths that concern applying for loans. This article puts the
myths to rest and shows you how to get the money you need.
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Retirement Options For Small Businesses |
| Employer-sponsored retirement plans have become a
key component for retirement savings along with attracting and retaining
high-quality employees. Most employers aren't aware of the advantages
(to themselves and their business assets) of implementing a retirement
plan. This article explains the four most common types of plans with
their advantages to different types of businesses.
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Maximize Your Wealth With A Winning Exit Plan |
| Get the most out of your business when you leave
it. This article contains some useful guidelines for designing an exit
plan along with four detailed descriptions of the different types of
exit plans. Which one will you use?
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How To Successfully Pass On Your Family Business To Next Generation |
| Here you'll find crucial insight to succession
planning you may not have considered for your family business. This
includes why to avoid "passing the baton" and other general
considerations.
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Pulse Of Your Business - Cash Flow Management In Detail |
| Learn how to manage the life-blood of your
business so you never run out of cash. Find out why it's critical to
understand the difference between profits and cash flow. How to close or
open up the cash flow spigot in your business. And what to do with your
excess cash flow.
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Cash Flow Management Quickly |
| This is a summary of prioritizing a business's
cash flow (enforced with a couple of quick points). A great
"food-for-thought" snack!
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Make Money On Vacation |
| Wouldn't it be great to turn your vacation into
tax deduction? All you need is a little advanced planning and to listen
to Art's intriguing example trip to see how he pulls it off.
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The Home Office Deduction |
| This powerful article spells out the needed
qualifications of a home office according to the IRS' definition changed
in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. This can mean BIG savings for those
who qualify.
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Starting a New Business? - 3 Things You Must Know |
| This article briefly explains three deadly
elements that kill new businesses if they're missed. This is also a
great article for anyone with a business already up and running to
double-check against.
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New Business Checklist |
| Make sure you cover your bases when starting a
new business. 32 initial planning and business transaction To Do's.
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Are You A Tax Time Bomb? |
| Learn the Six Commandments for Staying Out Of
Jail and how simple they really are to follow. The last thing we all
want is a painful and expensive federal audit. When executed, these six
items can help you sleep soundly at night.
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IRS Targets: What To Do If You're One Of Them |
| The IRS targets 4 types of taxpayers for regular
audits. If you're self employed, work out of your house, hire
independent contractors or haven't filed a return recently, here's what
to do.
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How To Neutralize The IRS's Power |
| Considering that that the IRS is solely
responsible for collecting Federal taxes and imposing penalties for
late, understated or evasive filings, the IRS poses one of the largest
financial threats to many individuals and business owners. Here's how to
neutralize their power.
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How To Avoid An Audit Completely |
| Successfully avoiding audits, while still
claiming significant deductions is possible if you follow 11 simple
steps.
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Are You Getting Good Financial Advice? |
| Finding financial guidance is easy, judging the
worth of it can be a much tougher task. Even hiring a professional
adviser is no guarantee you'll get great advice. If you're paying
someone for a personalized plan, you especially want to make sure you're
getting your money's worth. Don't just look at the numbers, what's your
gut telling you?
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How To Profitably Grow Your Business With Less Stress |
| Avoid "entrepreneurial seizure" by investing your
time in creating a more profitable "turn-key" business. This article
will help you understand how Michael Gerber designed a successful
business that ran independently of himself. After all, how can you
retire when your business needs you all the time?
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New Breakthrough Method On How To Best Manage Your Team |
| Learning the differences between managing people
and managing your marketing promise can mean the difference between
utopia and chaos for you and your valuable employees. Michael Gerber's
insightful book, The E-Myth Manager, is reviewed here.
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Time Is Money - How To Make the Best Use Of Your Time |
| Learn how to identify your high-payoff activities
and sensibly structure your time to be able to do them. Dan Kennedy's
information-packed book, No B.S. Time Management, is reviewed. Many
important highlights are considered here along with many practical tips
anyone can benefit from.
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How To Make Your Business Explode With Referrals |
| Wouldn't we all love to have this actually
happen! Well, it really can and this article is your first step to
making it real. There are the three basic conditions or steps to follow
to grow your referral rate right through the roof. The article finishes
up with a few useful questions.
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How To Get Your Customers To Trust You |
| The basics of testimonials is revealed here with
very practical advice on why they are so powerful and how to go about
getting these golden nuggets of praise. A few brief examples illustrate
the impact potential of testimonials.
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The Nicest Way To Build Your Business |
| It takes 16 times the investment to acquire a new
customer to replace the profits of one who is lost. Knowing that, it
might be to your urgent advantage to read this business-geared, "Golden
Rule" article.
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Uncover Your Business's Most Valuable Hidden Asset |
| Accounts receivable, locations, equipment and
others' Out of all of them, which is the most valuable? Discover the
answer in this article containing a vivid illustration of why.
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How
To Ethically Blow Your Competitors Out Of The Water |
| This article will teach you how to enhance your
marketing message by outlining the key points of developing a sharp
Unique Selling Proposition, or USP. Your new USP answers your prospects'
common question of "Why should I do business with you?"
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Yearly Tax Calendar |
| Although timing of some activities is critical,
it's important to review all tax considerations from the perspective of
your specific needs and establish an individualized planning calendar.
This short article highlighting key points of yearly tax planning,
broken up into quarters, is a great guide to model your customized plan
by.
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Current Tax Rates |
| The tax rates seem to change every year. Here's
the rates for the current year.
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