Do You Accept Credit Cards? Then Read This!
Tuesday, September 08
I have a few quick-hit things to cover today. The first of which relates to some timing issues. Labor Day is behind us (though many of my business owner friends and clients don't really take time off for that). (You can't really take a vacation in the same way when you are where the buck stops. B...
Tax On Our Labor (Or Lack Thereof)
Tuesday, September 08
Everything about this year since March has just felt a little ... off. And I mean aside from all of the cultural and political turmoil we're living through. The seasonality of everything feels different too. Pro sports are out of sync, "back to school" season surely doesn't feel normal (at least ...
How To Chart A Course For Business Success
Monday, August 31
Just in time for the weekend, the IRS issued Friday-evening guidance about the overly-hyped (at first) payroll tax "holiday". There was initial hope that this might be a great shot-in-the-arm for businesses and employees, but given how the thing is structured, and the limitations of executive act...
HOW TO SOLVE AN OFFICE SCRAMBLE
Thursday, August 27
Before I get into what I'm writing about today, a quick tax-related item: the payroll tax "holiday" (deferral) does not (as of this writing) come with guidance attached from the IRS. This means that your payroll company, whomever that might be, won't have set up your system to implement it. And w...
How Businesses Get More Done With Less Time
Monday, August 17
From what I'm seeing, the rolling, rippling economic effects of this virus and the lockdown/quarantine, etc. WILL continue. This is regardless of your circumstance or your locality. Economic issues are far more connected these days than they had been in decades past ... and when 30+% of housing p...
How To Market More Effectively Today
Tuesday, August 11
I have some ideas for small business owners to chew on today about how to connect more clearly and deeply with your clients and prospects, but before I get there, some news: There is still no word about automatic PPP forgiveness for smaller loans (under $150K), and Congress is having trouble comi...