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Financial Planning Checklist |
| Once you've finished with your year-end filing, and
your return is on its way to the IRS, take a minute to consider these
questions concerning short and long-term financial goals, IRAs, Keoghs,
employee benefits, your children(s)' education, emergency funds, and many
others. These planning techniques can help you decide if the money you have
left over is really left over money!
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Tax Saving Strategies For The Self-Employed |
| Here is a short list of very savvy tactics you can
use on your business to deduct more than you imagined every year including
writing off 100% of insurance premiums!
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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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The 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 that be great to turn your vacation into tax
cuts? You certainly can. 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 |
| Learn more about what "entrepreneurial seizure" is
and how to avoid it 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 do I want to do business with them?"
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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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