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All Things PPP For Businesses in Inland Empire
We are knee deep in tax forms with the 3/15 deadline looming for corps.On top of that, of course, Congress continues to throw new things our way. The House passed the "American Rescue Plan" and there are stimulus-ish things to pay attention to.One provision of note...
How Inland Empire Small Businesses Should Handle A Crazy Customer
We're keeping our powder dry over here at Garrett & Associates, CPA, as it relates to the "American Rescue Plan'' proposed by Biden. There's plenty of talk about it ... but as of yet, nothing has passed.I prefer to live in the world of what *is* -- instead of...
Ursula Garrett’s System To Turn Upset Clients Into Happy Clients
I am simultaneously eager while also being slightly horrified that tax season has officially begun.Horrified, simply because the IRS has been significantly behind the 8-ball this year, and I still can't believe that we're already halfway through February 2021.EAGER...
Measuring Key Numbers In Your Inland Empire Business And Developing Accountability
During the first Super Bowl that Tom Brady won (with the Patriots), these were some of the companies who advertised (hat tip to Jon Erlichman of Bloomberg):AOLBlockbusterRadio ShackCircuit CityCompUSASearsHotJobsYahooVoiceStream WirelessGateway ComputersThe year was...
A Checklist For Inland Empire Business Owners’ For 2020 Personal Income Taxes
So, last week I ran through the (rather incredible) selection of NEW and/or extended tax credits available for Inland Empire business owners.That's just the tip of the iceberg though.But this is the great thing about working with business owners in tax strategy ... we...
Six Options For Inland Empire Small Business Aid And Tax Savings
My goal today is to simplify your options.There is so much noise, and so many conflicting voices about all of this, that I wanted to give you an authoritative, basic rundown of what's being made available to you and other Inland Empire small business owners by the...
My Inland Empire Small Business Health Quiz (Part 2)
Let's start today with a couple questions I've been getting here at Garrett & Associates, CPA from our Inland Empire small business clients about the second round of the PPP, and some of the new provisions of the recent bill that affect businesses.If I received...
My Inland Empire Small Business Health Quiz (Part 1)
Last week, when I wrote my message to our Inland Empire business clients, the biggest news was the second round of the PPP, and that expenses covered under the first round of it would be tax deductible.Has anything happened since then?Goodness, even just the "mere"...
Provisions of the Second Coronavirus Relief Bill That Affect Inland Empire Small Businesses
Wow, does it ever feel good to have turned the page on 2020. This first "working week" is when I finally began to feel the newness of it all.Yes, it's "just a date" on a Gregorian calendar, but ...2021 holds great promise for our Riverside County business clients....