We’ll be ringing in the New Year soon. Will you have wrapped up your 2015 finances by then? There’s something very satisfying about turning our calendars to January. It always feels like a fresh start. We resolve to develop new, better ways of using our work and leisure time. We reflect on what we accomplished [...]
Most of us have more than enough to do. We’re on the go from early in the morning until well into the evening – six or seven days a week. Thus, it’s no surprise that we may let some important things slide. We know we need to get to them, but it seems like they [...]
Preserve your relationships with customers, vendors, and others by setting up reminders in QuickBooks. How many calendars do you maintain? Many businesspeople have more than one. Maybe you use a web-based or desktop application like Google Calendar or Outlook for meetings, task deadlines, travel dates, etc. Your Customer Relationship Manager (CRM) might have another. Perhaps [...]
It may not be as high on the wedding plan checklist as the venue, invitations, and attire, but there are important tax issues created by a marriage that warrant some prompt attention following the wedding. Name change. Any time names are changed, it should be reported to the Social Security Administration (SSA). The name associated [...]
If you are a small business owner, here is a list of organizations that may have tools, information, and other resources to help your business grow. Business USA (Business.usa.gov). The mission of Business USA is to be a centralized, one-stop platform for businesses to access government services to help them grow and hire. Business USA [...]
2015 HSA AMOUNTS Health savings accounts (HSAs) were created as a tax-favored framework to provide health care benefits mainly for small business owners, the self-employed, and employees of small-to medium-sized companies who do not have access to health insurance. The tax benefits of HSAs are quite substantial. Eligible individuals can make tax-deductible (as an adjustment [...]