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Defining Your Purpose If you don’t know what is is, your customers won’t either. Also, you won’t be able to tell your customers why they should choose you over your competitors. Surely when you decided to start your business you were inspired. Was it to provide a service or product better,... Read more

If you are a parent, you can lower your tax burden significantly. Eight different tax credits and deductions are out there that can help lower your tax burden:   Dependents In most cases, a child can be claimed as a dependent in the year they were born. Be sure as... Read more

1. Rethink date night How often do the two of you have a date night? Some couples have a weekly date night during which they go out to a fancy restaurant, order drinks and then maybe go to a movie or bowling. An evening like that can quickly add up to... Read more

As Hurricane Matthew looms off the Southeastern US coast, the IRS is offering some advice for protecting financial documents and information. In the case of a federally declared disaster, the IRS operates a toll-free number – (866) 562-5227 – staffed by IRS employees specially trained to deal with hurricane disasters.... Read more

When to Sell One of the questions we often ask our clients is “When do you plan to sell your business?” We get all sorts of responses, ranging from “I’ve no intention of selling it” to “We think the boys will take it over, but we’re not sure” to “I’d... Read more

Learning How to Turn Promise into Profit Joe is the CEO of a growing IT consultant firm that provide network management solutions as well as selling and repairing computer equipment out of a retail store. He has two silent partners in the business who lent him some money to get... Read more

A body requires routine checks and examinations for its health. So does a business. No matter what stage your business is in, to keep it going you must check its systems, pay attention to any ailments and prevent early death. For the newborn business, the goals and system checks are... Read more

Dream of A Designer Janet started her interior design business three years ago with a promising vision. The designer planned to work three days a week and help families achieve the home of their dreams by offering her creativity. As happens often with small business owners, the reality didn’t quite... Read more