Archive for August 2015
Refinancing? Understand the Tax Issues!
Are you thinking of refinancing your home mortgage? Keep the tax rules in mind. Track “points.” A point is a fee equal to one percent of the loan amount. While you can fully deduct the points you pay when you buy your home, points paid on a refinancing are generally amortized over the term of…
Read MoreThe Affordable Care Act – Know the Terms
Are you still unclear about your responsibilities as an employer under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)? Do you find the definition of ACA terms confusing? Here’s a plain English guide to selected terms employers are likely to hear. Applicable large employer. A large employer is defined as an employer with at least 50 full-time employees…
Read MoreMonitor Your Accounts Receivable
Monitoring your accounts receivable may seem like one more chore in an already busy workday. But this simple activity is important. Here’s an illustration. Say you’re operating with a gross profit margin of 20% and your uncollectible receivables are $10,000. Your business must generate an additional $50,000 in new sales to make up for the…
Read MoreQuickBooks Online’s Sales Tax Tools: The Basics
Are you paying the correct amount of sales tax to the proper agencies? QuickBooks Online can help. It’s hard to imagine that small businesses used to have to manage sales tax manually. It was quite a time-intensive process, and it was so easy to make mistakes. QuickBooks Online can handle the mechanics for you. Its…
Read MoreLindsay Polyak Receives Southlake’s Volunteer of the Year Award
We are pleased to announce that Lindsay Polyak received Southlake’s Volunteer of the Year Award. The highlight of this year’s Southlake Chamber “A Night at the Improv” Awards banquet was the awards and the winners! This banquet is to honor the individuals and organizations who have demonstrated a commitment to serving not only the Chamber, but…
Read MoreUnderstand Business Financial Ratios
Financial ratios provide a useful way to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses in the performance and solvency of your business. Here are four types of ratios that you can monitor using the figures from your balance sheet. Liquidity ratios, such as the current ratio, measure the ability to pay bills over the next 12 months. You…
Read MoreReview Your Beneficiary Choices
Are you storing the documents that designate the beneficiaries of your retirement plans, IRAs, and insurance policies in a safe deposit box? If so, it’s time to dust off these important papers and review them. Why? You probably made decisions about who will receive retirement assets or life insurance proceeds upon your death when you…
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