Time to get your business finances under control. I recommend you do it the easy way: make the computers do most of the work. I’ve long been a fan of Outright. It asks you to track only the minimum of detail required to do your income taxes. (As a sole proprietor, that’s a Schedule C.)…
“Motorcycle” Mary McCune tells us how personal finance affects your business, and some resources to help you get a handle on it. I met her at the Kansas MarketPlace, by the Center for Rural Affairs. I kind of stumbled into her session randomly, and was very impressed with her down-to-earth financial advice. Here’s Motorcycle Mary’s…
THERE’S NO FREE LUNCH!ALL MONEY HAS STRINGS ATTACHED Financing Your Start-Up BusinessDebunking the Myth of “Free” Grants [I met Fred Patterson at the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds conference in Oklahoma City last year. He’s back with another rock solid article on business financing. You can also download a PDF of this article,…
My friend Chuck Huckaby sent along this idea, a technique for funding a business expansion without going the bank loan route. Tourism businesses with a loyal group of repeat visitors could use it, too. Read more at Can You Use This Technique To Fund Your Business Expansion? New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you…
At the recent Small Business 101 workshop in Alva, Oklahoma, two people with lending experience presented some secrets to getting a small business loan. Maybe these are not really secrets, but they are keys you’ll need to understand to get a small business loan. Laura Girty, REI Laura Girty works with REI, Rural Enterprises of…
At the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds Conference in Oklahoma City, Fred Patterson offered me a guest post. Fred has an amazing knowledge of the SBIR program, so I asked him to give us an introduction to it. -Becky by Fred Patterson – The SBIR Coach Over 25 years ago, the Federal government…
Ten Tips for Business Owners Source: IRS Summertime Tax Tip 2009-20 If you are a small business owner, whether you hire people as independent contractors or as employees will impact how much taxes you pay and the amount of taxes you withhold from their paychecks. Additionally, it will affect how much additional cost your business…
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced the availability of video and audio products to help taxpayers take full advantage of the 2009 tax provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The IRS has launched a YouTube video site and an iTunes podcast site to better serve taxpayers. People can visit the video…
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