What is your backup plan,if your phone line is rippedout during the busyChristmas season? Here is another reason to consider Square for credit card processing over a traditional merchant account. Yesterday, the phone line was ripped off of the back of our store. (It looks like it was snagged by a truck and drug down […]
Archives for December 2011
Small Town Business Trends in 2012
Small town economies look strong for 2012. The trends for small town and rural businesses are always different from the general small business trends, and for once this is good news. The national economy is not looking all that good, but the rural economy looks strong. Rural small business trends are always different from general […]
The Brag Basket is never the same twice
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one Dec 16-18, 2011. Have some good news this week? Put it in the Brag Basket. Basket photo by Katy Wrathall. Don’t hold back because of that word, “brag.” When you hold back, you hide your good […]
2012 Standard Mileage Rates
By Glenna Mae Hendricks, E.A. Starting Jan. 1, 2012, the standard mileage rate for a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) becomes: 55.5 cents per mile for business miles driven 23.5 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes 14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations Source: IRS announcement of […]