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How to file 1099s

By Maesz

For those of you who have contracted work out to other people, and who have paid those people $600 or more in the past year, now is the time to report that to the IRS and to remind the subcontractors that the payments they received are taxable. It is time to issue Form 1099 MISC. […]

January 27, 2009 Filed Under: finance, tax matters, tools Tagged With: maesz, review, service businesses

1st of January

By Maesz

If you chose the standard mileage rate to deduct your vehicle expenses for your business use, NOW–right now–is the time to record your odometer reading. You will want to have total miles driven for the year and miles driven for business purposes. Business miles will, of course, come from your record of business usage of […]

January 2, 2009 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, finance, tax matters Tagged With: maesz, service businesses

Less Paper to File

By Maesz

I have stumbled upon, what I believe to be, an easier way to keep track of items paid on-line. I signed up to receive my credit card and utility billings on-line. The following is how it works. I: get notices via e-mail; go the the site; print only the page on my bill that contains […]

December 4, 2008 Filed Under: finance Tagged With: maesz

So, You Want to Start a Farmer’s Market?

By Maesz

One of our readers left us a comment, with this question, “I live in a small town and I would love to start a community Farmer’s Market that would be on the line of a ‘Flea Market’. Where do I start?” Great question! Here are some ideas to get you going. First you need to […]

August 23, 2008 Filed Under: community, economic development, entrepreneurship, planning, rural, Small Biz 100 Tagged With: events, maesz, Support

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