FINDING A HEALTHY BALANCE
Monday, April 10
It’s a bit of a dog-eat-dog world for businesses these days. (Feel that sentiment in your bones?) Inflation is pervasive. Supply chain issues still have you jumping through hoops to get products. The hunt continues for good help… proving the adage. Covid-era debts now have to be repaid. Taxation ...
OVERCOMING A DREAM KILLER
Monday, April 10
Debt is such a dream killer. It has a way of strangleholding your best-laid plans and keeping you from things like… …buying a house …taking a vacation …making a career change …building a good retirement …starting a business The list could go on. A particularly difficult kind of debt that can hold...
Making a Plan to Reskill and Upskill Your Staff
Tuesday, April 04
Well, here we are — just like that, we find ourselves already a quarter of the way through 2023. While people all across the country are breaking out the deep cleaning sprays and scrub brushes to get a little springtime sparkle, you might want to be thinking about a similar process for your busin...
IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE TAX DEADLINE DAY
Tuesday, April 04
Spring has truly sprung, and also did you know that we’re two weeks away from the tax deadline? So yes — we’re focused. Which is why we’ll be talking about extensions today. Passing the national deadline day (which, in California, is actually in October because of all the storms there) doesn’t me...
ERC (EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDITS) TROUBLES
Monday, March 27
Seen any ads lately about how your business can still claim the Employee Retention Credit (ERC)? There are a lot of false claims out there saying you could receive thousands in government money to help your business. Naturally, in an economic crisis, that sounds VERY tempting. But if the fairytal...
DO YOU THINK WE HAVE HAPPY BANKERS?
Monday, March 27
It happened: Silicon Valley Bank sold. Well, at least part of it. The bank’s deposits, loans, and 17 branches — scheduled to reopen today — were snagged by First Citizens BancShares, a Raleigh-based bank. (About $90 billion of assets still remain with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.) ...