By Maesz I recently ordered a slow cooker from an individual merchant on Amazon. I know, I know, a crock pot is not a very high tech item. However, the interaction delivered by the merchant was, I thought, instructive from a “how-to-do-business” aspect. (All email addresses, street addresses and phone numbers have been removed by […]
So, You Are Being Audited?
First rule: Don’t panic. You have probably done nothing wrong. In the past 5 or so years, my clients have received about a dozen of those lovely letters from the IRS. There has been no change for any of them. The IRS conducts many of what they call “letter audits.” These are merely requests for […]
Solar Charger
Becky is out of town due to a family emergency. I am swirling in the depths of the tax season. But, here’s a little goody I encountered the other day. While not exactly a “how-to-run-your-business” idea, it might help your productivity and improve the quality of your working life. Novothink has announced that its hotly […]
Annual IRS Small Business Survey
A small business related announcement from the Internal Revenue Service: The Small Business/Self-Employed (SB/SE) division of the IRS will begin conducting its annual telephone survey of taxpayers starting January 18, 2010 and running through mid-April, 2010. This survey is targeted to small business and self-employed taxpayers who file certain income tax forms, including: 1120, 1120S, […]




