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Your business’ assets are one of its greatest strengths. They support your day-to-day operations, can collateralize a loan, and could manufacture inventory. It’s important to track and account for them accurately.

Maximizing customer value is an important part of maintaining and growing your business. Your customer value proposition is what keeps existing customers happy and brings in new business. Without a clear value proposition, you may have difficulties marketing yourself to new customers.

If you are like many people, you are thinking about what may be ahead as you near retirement.  Whether you are within a few years of retirement or still have decades to go, contributing as much as possible to your retirement plans can pay off big in the years ahead.  But as you know, the contributions to various plans can change fro

If you own a small business, you know how important it is to support various charitable causes, both within your own community and throughout the world.  But as you know, there are always changes related to your taxes and how your charitable donations may be done from one year to the next.  As 2021 begins, it is important for you to

According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, businesses lose 5% of their annual revenue to employee fraud and abuse. Businesses with fewer than 150 employees—are the most vulnerable to employee fraud.

Its year-end review time at many companies. Instead of dreading it, or worrying about giving negative feedback, why not turn it into a chance to improve morale and engagement? You can do this by including a professional development plan with your review.

As a business owner, tax season is probably not a time of year you look forward to each time it rolls around.  However, you also know that getting your taxes completed and filed as easily and quickly as possible will make your life much easier in the months ahead.  Unfortunately, many business owners get so caught up in other activities during t

When the time comes and you decide to hire someone to work for you as a housekeeper, nanny, caregiver, or similar job at your home, it’s vital that you understand the tax implications associated with such arrangements.  While some people who are employers in these situations don’t pay attention to the tax side of things, this is a mistake that m

As any bookstore owner who’s heard a customer say, “That’s okay, I’ll order it on Amazon,” when a book is out of stock can tell you - supply chain management can make or break a small business. Supply chain management is the flow of input materials, finished goods, or services, through your business.

It can be difficult to attract talent during the start-up phase when you can’t necessarily offer the larger salaries and bonuses of a more-established company. Many start-ups turn to offering employee equity plans that increase the attractiveness of working for them.