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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.
Small Business: Top Tips To Finance With A Lot Of Planning
In the contemporary world,
you will be able to find numerous businesses
flourishing with the help of excellent strategic planning and
business policies. The professionals, who make the strategies, are
experienced and learned ones. They advise different types of public
relations policies to the authorities of the firms, which help in the
upgrading of the image of the companies and promotion of their
products and services.
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: The Importance of Investing for Young People
When you are early in your career and you have started investing from your paycheck the chances you'll be able to retire comfortably are greatly enhanced. The early career investment will give you an opportunity to develop healthy and responsible spending habits.
Studies have shown that the earlier you start
investing you will have a great deal more money at the end because of your
experience, long term investment, and compounding factors. With the
passage of time you’ll gain financial experience and can try various
investment opportunities. Some of the most popular are: investment in stock, bonds and peer to
peer lending. Finally, after retirement you can try angel investments
provided you have solid experience and a substantial dollar amount.
Below
are some of the main advantages you can obtain if you have made
reliable investments in the early days of your
career.
Time for Growth:
First
and foremost, you’ll have time to grow your investment. It is not
necessary for your investment will grow over night, it's a positive if it takes some time. If you started contributing in your early career you have more time to allow your
investment to grow. Compound interest is the best kept secret around and will surely give growth and added value to
your portfolio. It goes without saying that getting a jump start really proves that time is money.
Recovery without Pressure:
Another
great advantage of early career financial acumen is recovery. If you have
lost some money there will be drastically less pressure to recover quickly.
After careful calculation you have decided to invest a portion of
your salary and if you have a downturn you’ll have time on your side to manage it again
from your paycheck. You are playing with your own money so there
will be no external pressure for making rapid recovery.
Risk Factor:
Higher risk = higher return. If you are young you can take
risks more easily because, in case of loss, you have plenty of time to recoup your losses and rebuild your investment portfolio. On the other
hand, you can’t take as many risks if you are older because of time
constraints from your age to recover. So being a young investor you
can take advantage of risk without the reliance on the investment income of those at an older point in their lives.
Opportunity to Learn:
Smart and well timed investment decisions early
in your career will really enhance your learning
capabilities. From your earlier mistakes you’ll gain valuable knowledge that will improve your investment skills. In turn you can set your investment goals
for the present that you’ll be able to achieve tomorrow. If you have properly
managed your finances early you will enjoy a
higher quality of life as you get older. Take it from us, investment in your early career
will really give you the opportunity to learn and implement.
Build a Diversified Portfolio:
By consistently adding money to your investment accounts on a continual basis your
investment grows over time and there are more opportunities to build a
diversified portfolio. The greater benefit of diversification is
that you are much less likely to be hurt by individual portfolio losses. Perhaps one segment of
your investment is currently at a loss which you will offset with another that is giving you a positive return. By spreading your money around you
can hedge against possible losses easily.
Diversification and hedging are much less risky if you start your investment career at the beginning of your employment career. That’s why it is strongly recommended to start investing, even just a little, as soon as possible to capitalize on the benefits of diversification.
Diversification and hedging are much less risky if you start your investment career at the beginning of your employment career. That’s why it is strongly recommended to start investing, even just a little, as soon as possible to capitalize on the benefits of diversification.
Bottom Line:
If
your goal is to build wealth at a young age it is necessary to take
a start today by making wise investment choices. Try to learn tips and tactics to develop long term investment skills. Time is as important as your
capital for investment so utilize your time and money passionately to
get the maximum returns.
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.
Careers: Top Ways to Stay Positive After Being Laid Off
Becoming laid off is one of the most difficult things any worker will face in their career lifetimes. While this can be a very devastating experience for a number of reasons, it is important to take positive steps in your approach to this situation.
From taking a little much deserved time to yourself to reaching out to friends and family you haven't spoken with in a while, there are many ways to make a layoff into a more positive and rewarding experience.
Get out!
What we mean by this is for you to get out there and have a good time. Remember, you won't always have the free time that comes with losing your employment. Go do the things you have been putting off, just make sure you don't blow the bank on them! Life after a layoff should be filled with reflection and enjoyment before you dive back in to an advanced career search.Business & Authors Articles Carnival
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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
Small Business: How To Get Business From The Federal Government?
Do you own a small business? Want to do business with the federal government? You can earn huge amount of profits every year once you get your business 8a certified.
Some of the SBA 8a
requirements are as follows:
- The SBA requires small businesses to be in operation for at least two years.
- The owner of the company needs to be disadvantaged both economically and socially.
- The entrepreneur should also have a moral character and own at least 51% of the business.
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: Rethinking The Iceberg Principle | Business Insights
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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?
Careers: Top 5 Ways You Can Win a Company Over With Your Resume
When applying for a new job, the application form is in some ways the most important part of getting the job, potentially more important than even the interview itself.
The Application Form or CV:
This will essentially give the employer a first
impression and it means you can win them over straight away before
you even meet them. Of course, there is still a lot to do in the
interview process however, getting in a good application form gets
your foot in the door and gives you that interview opportunity.
Careers: Top 5 Reasons Why Every Business Needs Social Media
We live in a competitive society.
Everything counts, especially if you are trying to get a leg up on
your small business.
Business is competitive. There’s no secret there. Every little thing matters, no matter what business you are in. Whether you are in the restaurant industry or you run a small bank, certain things stand out more than others. Appearance is one of them.
Social media has the ability to do
wonders for your online presence. It can spread awareness of your
brand, boost your fan base, help with advertising and mend any
negative perception you might have. And best of all, it’s free.
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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.
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.
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