IMPROVING YOUR BUSINESS

Photo credit: Joshua Ness Shortcuts don’t work out, except when they do. There are bad shortcuts and good shortcuts. The bad ones to take...

People get into real estate for a variety of reasons. Consistently, though, I see these break down into one of two major categories: Peop...

1. Charge More This sounds absolutely ludicrous. If it were that simple, why would you need to read this? Well, it is a simple concept. ...

There's one thing that people don't always think of that cash - cash in the bank in particular - brings you. Freedom of action.

If you own a business and you haven’t started preparing for COVID-19, you need to start right now.

Financial information lets the business owner understand where your business is at and how to lead it to success.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (also known as the Trump tax reform) implemented Internal Revenue Code Section 199A, which offers a deduction o...

Many business owners need more help than what they are getting. Strategic vision, financial planning, and managing processes are among th...

If you start or buy a business, it’s virtually certain that something significant is going to go wrong almost immediately. You’ll have a ...

We are only offered so many opportunities in life to do the big things we want to do. This can be difficult to accept sometimes. Our soci...

Few things are irreversible until you quit your job or sign a loan. It’s critical to take advantage of the time before these steps to lea...

Last time we talked about the reasons to have a plan before you start your new business venture. But what does planning actually look lik...

Plans are important.  Jumping in without a plan will most likely spell disaster for a new business. The processing of planning can help y...

Ranching activities weren’t engaged in for profit in one situation. The taxpayer owned a profitable research and publishing business. Thr...

Running a business is hard. Don’t get me wrong - almost all jobs are hard. Running a business is a different kind of hard than being an e...

Whether you’re thinking about starting a business, in the process of starting a business, or considering a new offering or shifting direc...

It isn’t always easy to tell what separates a strong tax advisor from a “just okay” tax preparer.  Here are a few things to look for. Som...

Instead of looking backward when it comes to taxes, consider looking forward. On the one hand, tax compliance is retrospective in that it...

When most of us start a new job or a new business, we are rightly most highly concerned with what our lives will look like as soon as we ...

For most people and most businesses, tax planning isn’t complicated. It’s about not making big mistakes and about making a couple of chan...