- Better to Sell or Trade a Business Vehicle?
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As the end of the year approaches, business owners may be thinking about replacing a business vehicle. Profits from the business may be up, so the timing may be right to acquire a new vehicle, or the current vehicle may finally be on its last legs. A question then comes up: Is it better to sell the current vehicle outright or trade it in for a new vehicle?
- 10 Insane (But True) Ways to Grow Small Business Profits
- When you were a kid, you imagined becoming an entrepreneur — a dream that turned into reality a few years ago when you started your first small business and began enjoying the freedom of being your own boss. But, since then, your profits haven't grown at the rate you'd hoped they would. If you can relate to this scenario, you're not alone. Thankfully, many proven methods exist to help small businesses increase revenues, cut costs and improve their bottom line. If you're ready to take your company to a new level of success, consider implementing one or more of the following insane (but true) ways to grow small business profits.
- Ringing Out 2016 in QuickBooks
- 2017 is just around the corner. Now’s the time to do your end-of-year QuickBooks tasks.
- Time to Start Thinking About Year-End Tax Moves
- With year-end just around the corner, it is time to think about those last-minute actions you can take to improve your tax situation for 2016. Year-end tax planning is probably something you will want to deal with before the holiday season crush arrives.
- De Minimis Expense Election Required Before Year End
- Small businesses can adopt an accounting procedure that allows them to expense, rather than to capitalize, the purchase (cost) of tangible business property. Generally, the maximum that can be expensed under this provision is whatever amount the business decides between $1 and $2,500 per item or per invoice. So if you have not adopted the accounting procedure, you have until December 31, 2016, to do so for 2017. (The rules require that the accounting procedure be in place as of the beginning of the business's tax year.)
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