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Small Business Accounting 101

Sun, 20 May 2012 01:09:35 -0700

p>If you are in business, then guess what you are either anaccountant by default or you need to hire one. Why? People askthat question while letting the year roll by until taxes comedue. Oh no! Why do I have penalties? Simple, you are not an accountant and you should have hired on.So the first rule of business accounting is to hire one if youare not one. Second rule of business accounting is to hire anaccountant to review your accounting before filing taxes. Most individuals starting a business are unaware that thefiling deadlines for corporations and small businesses aredifferent from personal filings. While personal income taxreturns are due in April. Corporate and business tax returns aredue in March. His often leads to many late fees and so forthassociated with late filing penalties. Keeping good records is another concern for most new businessowners starting out. Many new business owners do not understandthe tax code and do not understand what can be writt...

How to make a resume to scanner - 8 tips!

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:58:48 -0700

Publishing guidelines: permission is granted to publish thisarticle electronically or in print as long as the bylines areincluded. A courtesy copy of your publication would beappreciated. Word count: with resource box How to make aresume to scanner - tips! With the computer sciencedevelopment, companies has used some types of software formanagement and resumes data base. One of the used ways to placea resume in data base, received in the traditional printed,sheet of paper, or either, is through "scanner". The retyping ofthe resume is practically extinct for obvious reasons. Itsresume will be able to arrive in the way company printed matter,through main ways: the company placed an announcement whereits physical address only consists a post office box; afriend takes it for the company, as an indication, for example.The amount of these equipment named scanners is enormous, aswell as software that they follow its. This show that a companywill be able to have t...

American Dream or American Myth?

Fri, 18 May 2012 01:02:38 -0700

Part I - Doing all the Right Things and still Just Getting By? THE ORIGINS OF THE MYTH Post WWII US economic dominancecourtesy of the "Greatest Generation".At the end of WWII, our fathers and grandfathers, what somecall the "Greatest Generation", created a period ofunprecedented U.S. economic dominance in the context of thedestroyed infrastructures of Europe, and Japan. For a time, theU.S. was to enjoy a global monopoly in trade and technology. Thelack of any viable competition in the steel, auto, electronics,and other key industries helped to create an affluent middleclass buoyed by strong unions and high paying blue collarmanufacturing jobs. In large part, this helped to create theillusion of a mythical America, a shinning beacon of freedom andprosperity that would lead the world to a new promised land.This was a time of strong companyemployee loyalty, lifetimeemployment with a single company, and one income households thatcould afford new homes in suburbia, new ame...

What is a Business Analyst? (Part 1)

Thu, 17 May 2012 01:01:51 -0700

b>What is a Business Analyst?Today the term Business Analyst is synonymous with a career inthe IT industry but the most successful and valuable analystsare those who understand the "business" rather than those whounderstand IT. So what exactly is a Business Analyst? What is the BusinessAnalyst's role? What is the best background for this job? Whatskill set is required? What type of person is the best fit? Whattraining is required and available? Each organisation seems tohave its own ideas about the role, skills, responsibilities andexpectations. Given the importance of the job, a commondefinition would assist both practitioners and employers. Inthis first part we look at just what a Business Analyst is andexplore the evolution of the Business Analyst's role.The modern Business Analyst - a definitionFirst we need to clarify our terminology. One of the mostcommonly accepted definitions of a Business AnalystB.A. isthat of communicator. The B.A. is the link between ther...

Don't Let Passions Rule When Buying A Business

Wed, 16 May 2012 01:01:51 -0700

For many, the American dream of owning a business is in queueright behind owning a home. I was a teenager when I owned myfirst business. Since then I have bought or started manybusinesses and helped others do the same. Here are some commonmistakes I have witnessed or committed myself.Paying too muchThis results from the combination of all other mistakes. Manynew business owners set themselves up for failure by paying toomuch, which results in higher loan payments, lower operatingfunds, and reduced borrowing capacity.Letting your emotions ruleIf you have always dreamed of owning a business, it is very easyto get caught up in the strong emotions invoked by seeing thosedreams coming true. To counteract your emotions, take your time,do your homework, and enlist the help of objective advisors.Paying for potentialYou should only pay for the business as it stands at the date ofpurchase, not what it could be in the future. You will have tospend time, effort, and money to deve...

Leverage Your Time Now!

Tue, 15 May 2012 01:02:55 -0700

In over , Time Management seminars, which I have conductedfor more than , people from around the globe during thelast years, I have shown people how to get more done in lesstime, with less stress; to help them have more time for thethings they want to do in their work and personal lives.If you can recapture a wasted hour here and there and redirectit to a more productive use, you can make great increases inyour daily productivity and the quality of your life.Here are five of the many techniques I share in our TimeManagement seminars, each one of which will help you to leverageyour time and get at least one more hour out of your day foradditional productive time to do the things you really want todo.. Systematize Stop reinventing the wheel and recreating thesame things over and again. Create systems to handle repetitivetasks. For example, I have standard letters all created andsaved in my computer along with standard documents such asdirections to my offic...