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Why the SBA is Wrong on Starting a Business
Our friends over at Trep'd bring you a very unique article on what entrepreneurs need to do to start a small business. Here's a hint, ask the question "Why?"
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Small Business: The Top Most Overlooked Tax Deductions 2015
Many business tax deductions go overlooked by small business owners that can help them bring home more money at the end of the year. Some tax code provisions can be used to yield personal benefits such as combination business trips and vacations.
Auto Expense Deductions
If you have
a business that owns its own vehicle or set of vehicles, you will be
able to deduct at least some of the costs that you accumulate to keep
those vehicles on the road and running. Small business owners are
able to deduct the standard mileage rate for each mile driven in
company vehicles, in addition to business-related tolls and parking
fees. For the year 2013, the standard mileage rate stands at 56.5
cents per mile driven for business vehicles. In order to qualify for
the standard mileage rate deduction, you must use the deduction in
the first year the car for the business is used. Additionally, you
cannot use the standard mileage rate deduction if you have claimed
another type of auto expense deduction, known as the claimed
accelerated depreciation deduction, in past years, or if you have
taken the Section 179 deduction for the vehicle. By using the
accelerated depreciation deduction, you are able to deduct the
depreciation value of the vehicle after it was used as a new car for
the business.
Small Business: Should Your Small Business Consider Franchising?
If your business is doing well and attracting the attention of potential franchisors, there are few factors you should consider before going into business. For small businesses especially, franchising can be a great way to expand your customer base and business model.
But
franchising can also bring more responsibility and differing
reputations of your company. Before you begin the process, look
through a few of these questions and suggestions to better determine
if your small business should look into the franchising market.
Mr. Miller Doesn't Go To Washington
A great article about what it takes, and what it doesn't, to actually run for a national political office.
Kidnapped - Charles Dickens Audio Books Free
David Balfour, a lad of seventeen and newly orphaned, is directed to go and live with his rich uncle, the master of the estate of Shaws in the lowlands of Scotland near Edinburgh. His uncle, Ebenezer (as close a miser as Dickens' Ebenezer Scrooge), is shocked to suddenly have his young relative descend on him and tries to rid himself of David with an arranged accident.
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An Unsolved Killing
What does the firing of a U.S. Attorney have to do with a murder case? Tom Wales was not supposed to be home on the night of October 11, 2001. Wales, an Assistant United States Attorney in Seattle, had planned to have dinner and spend the evening with his girlfriend, Marlis DeJongh, a court reporter who lived downtown.
The Crooked Prosecutor - Inside the Curtis Lovelace Murder Defense
Murder charges against a former Illinois prosecutor and Big Ten football standout in his wife’s death eight years ago are rooted in pathologists’ new findings that her body’s condition at the scene showed she died of foul play and not flu-like symptoms.
List of Best Longform Stories & Articles (Business & Technology) - October 2014
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The Truth About Marissa Mayer
Can you imagine going to work thinking you will be named the new CEO of Yahoo! that day, only to be shown the door? This is a tough love type story.
The Story Behind Why AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Fired An Employee In Front Of 1,000 Coworkers
Wow, business can be harsh. Tim Armstrong of AOL can apparently be a little bit harsher.
Published in Business
The Senator has fought to go mainstream with the ideology that he shares with his father. How far can that strategy take him? Like Barack Obama, he vowed to free many people imprisoned for crack cocaine, and he announced a new proposal to end the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.
Published in Politics
In today's Texas, which is falling into the hands of gun nuts, border-sealers and talk-radio charlatans, George W. Bush would practically be considered a communist. The Gathering of the American Patriot, as the event was called, took place on Memorial Day weekend – though you quickly got the sense that the patriotism being displayed was tethered primarily, perhaps exclusively, to the Republic of Texas.
Published in Politics
App of the Day – Long Form Articles & Stories
Intellectual App names LongformStories.com app Long Form Articles & Stories "App of the Day"
Our today’s App of the Day is the excellent Long Form Articles & Stories. It is an excellent free News & Magazines app that will surely become your favorite. It includes tons of articles and stories divided in several categories. This app can become your reading partner very fast. All articles include sources and authors, so you can assure yourselves that you are reading top quality articles.
The app is nicely designed with clean UI. In the Home page the categories are neatly divided, but the great thing is that you can browse for articles with certain keywords. The app contains over 1000 of articles. However, any user can add new articles, so it is expected the number of articles to be much higher when the app gets more downloads. Long Form Articles & Stories is a nice app that will be nice to have if you love reading.
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List of Best Longform Stories & Articles (Crime & Culture) - October 2014
Art of the Steal: On the Trail of World’s Most Ingenious Thief
- Great story that reminds us a bit of "Catch me if you can".
Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?
- What's your take? This story breaks our heart.
The Secret World of the Dunkin’ Donuts Franchise Kings
On a Wednesday afternoon in August, the row of luxury cars includes a Range Rover, a tricked-out Cadillac Escalade, and a $250,000 Bentley. And there are clues that reveal their owners’ surprising source of wealth. The black Bentley’s plates read DD 2222, and the cream-colored Escalade has two thin racing stripes in orange and pink, accented by a tiny icon of a foam cup labeled DD.
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Explaining eBay's Turnaround - Business Insider
Back in the middle of the last decade, eBay, the massive auction site, was in trouble.
In October 2007, eBay admitted that Skype, a company it had acquired for $2.5 billion two years earlier, was actually worth less than half of that.
During the third quarter of 2007, eBay lost money for the first time as a public company.
Small Business: PayPal Founder Raises $45 million
PayPal cofounder and serial entrepreneur Max Levchin told The Wall Street Journal that he's decided to take the reigns as the new CEO of Affirm, the finance startup launched out of his technology incubator last year.
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