CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE, SUB-CONTRACTOR UBER, LYFT DRIVERS

FedEx, Spectrum, CABLE COMPANIES, Uber, Lyft; just to name a few of the companies that use sub-contractors or contract workers.  Depending on your field contracting your services out to an employer is the wave of the future!  Some people think that it is illegal to do so, but it’s not.  Contracting workers is cost-savings for employers or large corporations, especially services that tend to drain their pockets.  At the same time, it provides opportunity for the average worker to…

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HOW you do Business IS EVERYTHING – 3

One of the primary reasons for an entrepreneur beginning his or her business is having the ability to conduct business as he or she pleases.  It’s not uncommon to have likes and dislikes about the way a company handles business.  Many are the business men and women who began business to improve or capitalize on the things that his or her competitors were not doing or doing well.  However, building ‘ANYTHING’ on the foundation of, a dislike, isn’t wise;…

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YOUR COMPANY’S NUMBERS SHOULD BE A WORK OF ART

IT’S A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT OR IS IT? The first thing I hear, when I tell people that I own a professional bookkeeping service and that I do tax preparation is; “you must really like numbers.”  I guess I do, but more importantly I understand them.  Financial analyst and business growth involves numbers but those numbers paint a picture of a business, the business owners and the management of that business.   In any corporation or large business, you will notice a…

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DO-IT-YOURSELF IS DYING, DEAD! DON’T DO IT!

As I always say, “I can’t make this stuff up.”  I can’t.  Each year, I review, redo tax returns that were done by friends of a friend, someone with good intentions who has done his or her taxes for years, always gets a ‘good refund’ and so the friend will give them a try.  Things go wrong and the next year, I’m redoing the return, correcting mistakes and trying to help the tax payer get out the trouble that…

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