Household Employer. Really?
If you hire someone (who is not an independent business) to work for you in your home, you may have made yourself a Household Employer.
Digitizing Family Memorabilia
What do you like least about owning your business? The aloneness.
Use Your Skills
What do you like least about owning your business? The money thing.
2019 Standard Mileage Rates
On December 14, 2018, the IRS announced 2019 Standard Mileages Rates.
Keep Moving. Make It Happen.
What accounting or tax issue caught you by surprise? Finding the right accountant…
Coverdell and 529 Plans
Here’s a bird’s eye view of two options: Coverdell and 529 Plans.
Book Review: The E-Myth
The “E” in E-Myth stands for Entrepreneur. When we start a business, we likely all believe certain myths of what owning a business will be like.
Preserving Relationships… with Mediation
Mediation is voluntary, informal, and confidential. The mediator is a neutral, third-party facilitator for parties to make their own resolutions.
Building a Business with Memories
Lauren firmly believes in and sees the benefit of improving oneself personally and professionally.
Confused about Medicare Parts
Accounting/tax Tip: If you are self-employed and enrolled in Medicare, the cost of your medical insurance may qualify as an above-the-line deduction on your individual tax return.
Beds and Mattresses
What accounting or tax issue caught you by surprise? Use tax! You must pay Wisconsin use tax on inventory items that are donated to charity!
Why did you start your business?
If you find you and your business at a pivotal point, take heart. Remember your beginnings, and as Patti encourages, put “one foot in front of the other.”
Tax Deduction for Your Business
As a business owner, you were probably introduced to the QBI deduction on your 2018 tax return. You may have been pleasantly surprised or sadly disappointed, depending on your total income and entity status.
New Beginnings Require Courage
What do we do when life crushes us? We cry. We learn who we are. We ask questions. We seek direction for a new beginning.
Book Review: YBYE
“The most important aspect of making it happen is practicing the art of the start. You don’t have to see the end from the beginning…. All you have to see is the next step. Any goal is manageable one action at a time” (pg. 195).