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Year-End Business Tax Strategy for Inland Empire SMB Owners
There are many of our clients for whom this time of year is like their version of the Super Bowl. Some Inland Empire businesses are earning 30-50% (or more) of their yearly revenue in this one month.Others ... well, this is a normal month -- except of course for all...
The Infrastructure Act and Your Inland Empire Business
Blink, and we're already into December.Which also means… 2022 is right around the corner.Are you ready?The reason I put this so starkly is that you and I have less than 30 days left to make a tangible difference on your taxes (business or personal).For your business...
Ursula Garrett’s Thoughts on Being Thankful in Difficulty
“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” I think we can agree that Charles Dickens’s famous lines ring true when looking back at 2020 and 2021 (though “best” might seem like a stretch).With employees shifting their worlds to make room for new priorities,...
Inland Empire Business Owners: Beware the Sales Tax Nexus
If your Inland Empire business sells a lot online, then we’re coming into the most wonderful time of the year.And this year, your customers will probably shop your website (and elsewhere online) EARLY in order to bypass all those supply-chain snafus. Cha-ching for...
Garrett & Associates, CPA’s Rundown of the 5 Basic Business Entity Types
The shape of your business affects your future and when I'm talking about the "shape," I of course am referring to your Inland Empire business entity type.Did you know that you CAN change that after the fact? Depending on which entity you are switching to, the process...
How Inland Empire Businesses Can Build a Quality Prospect List
How’s your client/customer list faring these days?If you’re like every other business around you, you’ve got some churn happening. People move, change jobs, experience a shift in financial circumstances … the list goes on. Even in predictable economic times (remember...
Employee Retention Strategies for Proactive Inland Empire Bosses
Your employees are happy, right? They’re never going to leave you ... right?They’re not looking for another Inland Empire job ... uh ... right?You know what the answers are: Maybe, wrong, and I sure hope not.Sooner or later, the advantage will swing back to you, the...
How Inland Empire Businesses Can Raise Prices Without Losing Customers
Are you watching your COGS these days?(I, ahem, hope you know what those letters stand for, because if not ... well, then we should DEFINITELY talk. 951-679-2610 )Has it gone up?You're probably not alone given what kind of signals the economy is sending these days.In...
Using an IRS Accountable Plan to Maximize Deductions for Your Inland Empire Business
Any of you Inland Empire business owners remember those halcyon days when you could "talk a little business" with somebody while traveling ... and then you got to write off the whole getaway on your taxes?Even if that ever really happened, that ain’t today. Now, the...