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Business · 3 min read ·
Families Began To Receive Child Tax Credit Payments July 15
The IRS and Treasury stated that in mid July many families with children should begin to receive money in their accounts. This is, of course, applying to low and mid income families and is regarding receiving monthly…
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Business · 2 min read ·
What to Do When an Employee Spends Too Much Time on Their Cell
While cell phones have made things easier and tasks more manageable, they have proven to become a bigger distraction than many think. A quick text or call during work hours does not seem like a big deal if it is done…
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Business · 3 min read ·
SBA EIDL Payments Not Due Until 2022
During COVID-19, the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) was established by the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) to help small businesses that were facing economic hardship. Many small busin…
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Business · 4 min read ·
Frequent Performance Reporting Causes Anxiety, Lowers Productivity in Remote Workers
One of the biggest changes that we have seen during the COVID-19 pandemic is the large shift from working in person to working remotely from home. Somewhere around 20% of adults in the US are working outside of an off…
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Business · 2 min read ·
Employers Adding Voluntary Worker Benefits
https://youtu.be/9ZHE6qbSLgw The effects of the pandemic have shifted much of our culture immensely. In the wake of the upheaval the pandemic caused, employers are offering additional worker benefit options to better…
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Business · 4 min read ·
Tax Hikes for Small Businesses
During COVID-19 many small businesses had the opportunity of tax benefits being available to help them out during the pandemic. However, now that we see the end of the pandemic in sight, they are being faced with the…
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Business · 3 min read ·
Protect Yourself in the Event of a Disaster
https://youtu.be/hPKMpbf_a7c Although no one likes to think about the fact that we may face a serious disaster, it is important to prepare for one in the event it happens to us. These can be situations such as a major…
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Business · 3 min read ·
Calculating Your Home Office Expense Deduction
Are you an entrepreneur using a home office for business purposes? Are you aware of the deduction allowing you to expense the use of this space, and that there are two different ways to calculate it? The home office d…
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Business · 2 min read ·
The Value of Contingency Plans
Many businesses were hit hard during the COVID-19 pandemic and are still trying to recover from it. A lot of these companies were caught without some sort of contingency plan in place for this type of emergency situat…
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Business · 3 min read ·
Proving You've Moved to Avoid Tax Surprises
Have you recently moved out of state? Or are you living in one location but working in another? Are you aware you may be taxed in both states? With the ability of many employees to work remotely, some families moved f…
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Business · 3 min read ·
Be Fearless When it Comes to Sales!
As businesses seek to widen their client base and establish loyal customers, a wide variety of tactics are available to them (although not all common sales methods are effective or ethical). For example, using fear as…
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Business · 2 min read ·
New CA Mandated Reporter Law
Are you a human resources employee or front-line supervisor and your employer is in California? Are you aware there is a new law greatly expanding who is a mandated reporter of abuse? The following information is bein…
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