Small-business owners: If you’re looking to hire, consider looking at your state workforce agency, 10 targeted groups, for your next employee. You may be eligible for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), up to $2,500.
New business owners, especially those operating small businesses, may be helped by a tax provision allowing them to deduct up to $5,000 of the start-up expenses and $5,000 of organizational costs in the first year of the business’s operation.
Smart cash flow management is absolutely crucial for a business to navigate through a recession. If you’re a new entrepreneur who hasn’t been through an economic downturn, you may be less familiar with how quickly your finances can be affected.
An S corporation does not directly pay taxes on its income; instead, its income, losses, deductions, and credits flow through to its shareholders’ individual tax returns and are not subject to self-employment taxes. As a result, many S corporations ignore the requirement that each shareholder-employee must take reasonable compensation in the form of W-2 wages in exchange for services performed for the corporation.
The Our Three Cents hosts Troy, Nick, and K.C. of Henssler Financial discuss how business owners need to mind the gap when it comes time to sell their business. They need to pay attention to the gaps in profit, value, and wealth. This includes identifying deficiencies in the business that can make you less attractive to a buyer than your industry peers. Then, consider moves to make to improve the value of the business today and ultimately how much the owner can take away from it when they finally step away.
It’s important to categorize transactions, but it takes time. If every day brings several dozen into QuickBooks Online, you can automate this process.
There are a few major reasons why someone might prefer a salaried position over an hourly one. No, they aren’t going to receive overtime pay like their hourly employees, but they do have access to certain benefits that their counterparts don’t.
You have goals that you’ve set for your business. You need to make sure that you’re financially in a position to do that, and business budgeting is how you do it.
The Our Three Cents hosts Troy, Nick, and K.C. of Henssler Financial discuss the four C’s of capital which are four different types of capital, that actually drive up the value of the business. Most owners forget that a strong bottom line is only a small part of the value of a business. Intangibles are the secret sauce of what makes a company special and potentially very valuable to a buyer. The Exit Planning Institute states as much as 80% of the value of the business could be wrapped up in intangible assets.
If you’re running an e-commerce business, the most important data tools provided by your platform are known as Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). They give you a quantifiable measure of overall performance and show you where improvement is most accessible.
