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.

Small Business: How Owners Should Manage Their Personal Finance

Owning a business requires you to be financially wise. One of the skills you need to learn is money management. 

Unlike large businesses, small businesses or start-ups primarily use finances that are linked with personal finances. You, as an entrepreneur, need to know techniques in utilizing your personal money to keep track of all your financial decisions and activities. This will include budgeting, debt servicing, insurance, investing, mortgages, savings, and more.

Managing your personal finances requires financial planning. It involves regular monitoring and re-evaluation. This also includes predicting short-term and long-term needs and analyzing the current financial position of your business.

Ways to Improve Managing Your Personal Finances

Managing your personal finances is no joke. It needs patience, focus, and dedication. To greatly improve your skill in managing your personal finances, here are some of the things you need to know:

Careers: Top 6 Tips to Motivate and Manage Young Employees

Gone are the days when people finished their education and then started looking for job. With so many possibilities readily available in the job market, individuals now rely on starting early. These young starters are very energetic, vibrant, and enthusiastic and are always overflowing with self-confidence.  

 

When we discuss young workers, we are talking of people aged in between 21 to 26 years of age. They are the young blood in the labor force that is energetic, lively and enthusiastic.  Because of this, traditional management techniques are challenged and supervisors are finding it difficult to enforce their power into something constructive. 

Business & Authors Articles Carnival

Welcome to the December 1, 2013 edition of Business and Author Articles Carnival.

Eyona M. presents Getting Your New Business Right for the New Year posted at Brown Mama Enterprise, saying, "Get your mind right before plunging into a business venture. Here are some take-aways for you to think about in order to get ready."

Yvonne presents 8 Things To Do After Completing Your Blog Post posted at Speakers Promotional Services, saying, "Blogging tips for Authors and Speakers."
 
Brian Daniel Young presents his new audiobook site: BriansAudio.com 


Vasilis Pasparas presents ‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY posted at Vasilis Pasparas.

Aaron Inglethorpe presents Why You Should Market At A Trade Show posted at Discount Displays Blog.

Mo Wally presents Benefits of Guest Posting| Success Tips, Motivational, Health Tips, Self Improvement Success Manual posted at Success Manual.

Small Business: The Best Ways To Manage Your Public Relations

In this modern age, all businesses should be looking to make significant public relations efforts to ensure that their business not only reaches the right audience, but has a higher chance of prolonged profits, while also creating and developing a strong positive reputation for their company.

Businesses embarking on increasing their public relations efforts will want to consider the best ways to manage and maintain their campaigns and strategies so that they achieve the best results and have continued success.

Small Business: Top Tips for Start Up Financing

Nowadays, small businesses have to use different ways of financing to secure enough money to get the business running. Most start-ups begin by pooling some of their own savings and personal assets first, and then working to get other investors interested once their business has grown big enough. 

So what are the different ways to get small business financing? 

 

   
Here are the top three methods you may use to get your company going: 

Use your own savings and personal assets

Careers: Top Tips To An Early Promotion

Many people want to get a promotion as soon as possible at their first real job and they work very diligently in doing so. This is one of the top goals you should have, especially if you are a young worker looking to quickly move up in the organization. 

If you know the correct tactics you will be set for an early promotion. Unfortunately, many don’t know or lack the basic background principles to put
their career growth or promotion in overdrive. In this article we discuss certain tactics that will help you achieve a rapid promotion.

Forget About Your Past Job:

Once you are hired, your present company forgets about your previous bosses, work places and accomplishments. In an era of competition it can really annoy people when you are talking about all the great things you did at your past companies. By doing so your current management will think - if you enjoyed your earlier job so much then why are you here? With this said, it is important to always try to give your management the sense that you have their best interests at heart as opposed to the great last position you held.

Audio Books: The Truth About Stress | Audible.com

The Truth About Stress Audiobook | Ade Asefeso MCIPS MBA | Audible.com

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Audio Books: Rethinking The Iceberg Principle | Business Insights

 

Rethinking The Iceberg Principle 

  Business Insights From The Bottom Up

 

The new book from Brian Daniel Young 

 

"Brian Daniel Young takes this definition and applies it to the business world through real world tips, successes, and suggestions for your business."

Rethinking The Iceberg Principle - Business Insights From The Bottom UpWorks by Brian Daniel Young Cerilene.com First Edition 978-1-304-59053-4

Hint: These are all $0.99 on sale >>>

 

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Small Business: Guide To Exporting Goods Abroad

Exporting goods abroad makes the local company more competitive in the international market, increases the level of creativity and innovative thinking and raises the production level of the company. Winning overseas markets is a key element for kick starting growth for your small business because of a wider market.

The question to ask is how a small company can crack the international markets given the stringent demands to be satisfied?

Audio Books: Design for Six Sigma | Amazon & iTunes

So proud to share my newest audiobook "Design for Six Sigma" with all of my wonderful blog followers.  You can get it free if you click here and get the free trial.  If you don't want the free version it's only $6.00 on Amazon.

Share the love with your friends.  I will have much more on this and another book I have coming on dealing with stress in coming posts.

Design for Six Sigma (Audiobook) Ade Asefeso MCIPS MBA and Brian Daniel Young Amazon.com 978-1471626487

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Careers: Top 6 Tips for Young Job Seekers

After you leave school or college and going for your first job, the thought of your first job interview can be a daunting and scary task. But if you have studied the company and job description well and have some set answers to the expected interview questions, then you’ll feel much better. Keep one thing in mind if you don’t get your first job, it's OK. Just continue your efforts and get to the perfect one!

Here are some tips that will really help you at the time of your first job interview.

Tip 1: Be Well Prepared

Normally fresh candidates focus on standard interviews, which is not a good idea. It’s important to be ready for other kinds of interviews too. It may be standard interview, behavioral interview, group interview or role-plays. Every type of interview requires specific knowledge and skills. No need to be a master, but it’s a good idea to have basic information about each one to face the interviewer with confidence.

Careers: Top 6 Tips to Motivate and Manage Younger Employees

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Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon: Excerpt From ‘The Everything Store’

Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon: Excerpt From ‘The Everything Store’ by Brad Stone - Businessweek

Careers: The Top 7 Things Young Workers Should Know

For many workers one of the hardest adjustments when going out for work is simply “not knowing from where to start”. This is because you are new and inexperienced. The following seven points will help you being new worker to get success.

1. Know your Market:

The first and most important thing you should know about is your market. Carefully study the market and then analyze your potential to know where you fit in. Once you select the right market the rest of the process is in your hands and you can easily excel with your potential and energy. Thus, the first key to your success is the selection of right market.

Careers: Top 6 tips to motivate and manage younger employees

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Careers: Top 7 Reasons To Get an MBA Degree

You have heard it time and again - getting an MBA is a valuable career step to increase your visibility and income within your chosen profession.

An MBA (Master of Business Administration) is a type of business degree offered via business schools and various other graduate-level programs. Not only can it better equip you to raise your income in your current position, MBA level courses could make you considerably more valuable to future potential employers. There are many reasons to think about obtaining an MBA. Below are several of the most typical:

Sports Business: Increasing Player Salaries and the United States Labor System

Over the past 40 years-- the period of increasing economic inequality that former Slate writer Timothy Noah called "The Great Aberration"-- American's earnings have actually not expanded whatsoever, in dollars when adjusted for inflation. 

However, Major League Baseball player earnings have actually increased twenty fold in real bucks: the ordinary major-league salary in 2012 was $3,213,479. The income disparity between ballplayers and their fans closely resembles the rising discrepancy between CEO’s and their employees, which grew during the same period from about 25-to-1 to 380-to-1.

 

Top teams ($ in millions)

1. New York Yankees... 232,998,561
2. Los Angeles Dodgers... 223,867,196
3. Philadelphia Phillies... 170,353,189
4. Boston Red Sox.. 152,028,000
5. Detroit Tigers 145,989,500

Source:  News Day Sports

 

Careers: How Taking Risks Offers Huge Business Benefits

The biggest aversion people typically have towards taking risks is their fear of the unknown! 

This is especially true when you're a marketer online trying to grow your business since any mistakes could cost you dearly from a financial point of view! On the other hand if you're reluctant to step outside your comfort zone it's unlikely you'll experience any type of growth be it professional or personal in nature!

Let's examine 5 ways in which you or your business benefits by your willingness to leave your comfort zone and try new things!