Small Business Tips
Home Office Deduction Tips
If you work from home, you should take advantage of home office deductions. A Forbes article notes an interesting detail: most people do not make home office deductions because they are afraid of an audit! There’s a false rumor floating around that any deduction made will cause a red flag to appear, and that, in turn, will result in a fast audit. While there’s little to no truth to that notion,...
How to Hire a Small Business Consultant
When you’re not sure where to go with your business or how to get there, a small business consultant can help. Selecting the right business consultant for your company can be hard, though, because you don’t want to choose the wrong one (and wind up in a place you don’t want to be at all). Here are our tips on choosing the right business consultant. Find out if the consultant you are about to h...
Combat the High Cost of Employee Benefits
The high cost of doing business has just become even higher. Federal and state requirements regarding employment and employee benefits can appear to threaten profits and growth for many small business owners. In addition to health care costs mandated by the recently enacted Affordable Health Care Act, employers are also faced with rising costs for retirement plans, unemployment insurance, and o...
Remembering Deadlines – Tax Service for Year-Round Support
Monopoly CC Photo Courtesy of Images Money Tax season never ends for small business owners. Running a business not only takes operational expertise, customer service skills, and managerial know-how, it also requires individuals to be cognizant of a nearly constant stream of important tax deadlines. Your business needs the help of a Fort Collins tax service that doesn’t just come around on...
Design Fiscal Health with the Right Small Business Tax Services
Don’t let taxes put the death-nail in your small business. Doing business in a thriving community like Fort Collins can offer the opportunity to grow quickly, but not without tax compliance and fiscal strategies that support the health of your operation. Whether you are just starting out, or considering ways to preserve and grow your presence in the local business community, you can’t just trus...
Get Consulting Services To Support Your Small Business
Why should the big guys get all the breaks? Every year, large corporations enlist the services of business consultants to help them streamline operations, increase efficiency, and reach profit-margin goals. Your business may be small, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use the same type of support. Small business consulting is designed to help smaller businesses manage their operation effectively,...
Small Business Accounting for When You Need It Most
Small business crises come in all shapes and sizes, and entrepreneurs sometimes need to be able to plan for the worst while hoping for the best. It doesn’t take a natural disaster to put your business on the ropes, and planning for the often cataclysmic effects of seemingly minor events can separate successful businesses from failed ones. Small business owners often begin to worry about t...
5 Things You Need to Know About Payroll Processing
Your employees are valuable assets when it comes to growing your business. Whether you run a retail establishment or a service organization, labor expenses are designed to bring major returns in the form of productivity and the ability to reach more customers faster. Although you may think that paying your staff is just a matter of cutting a few checks, once you take on the responsibility of pr...
