Education & Taxes

With the school year just on the horizon, are you footing the costs of higher education for yourself or your family? Let your Uncle Sam lend a hand with some tax credits. Two tax credits, the American opportunity credit and the lifetime learning credit, can help students and their parents defray education expenses. As the…

Bookkeeping Tips

Five Bookkeeping Tips for Business Entrepreneurs. 1. Plan for major expenses! Why? You’re less likely to miss business opportunities or have to scramble for a loan when the expenses become unavoidable. Put events like a major computer upgrade on the calendar a year in advance or, ideally, three to five years ahead. Acknowledge the seasonal…

Bad Taxes Take One

If you’re like at least 50% of Americans, you probably hate paying your taxes, generally because we believe they’re unfair or aimed at the wrong people. Gallup conducted a poll that found more than half of us feel we paid too much in taxes in 2014. Taxes aren’t all bad … some taxes have exemptions…