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Anyone who lives in a highly seasonal tourist destination knows you can make money on short-term rentals during events and festivities in your city or town. Think high concentration, short-term, tourist-driven events such...

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Reduce Your Taxes by Putting the Right Assets in Your IRA

April, 2024

Most people know the basic concept that certain types of investment accounts are tax sheltered while others are not. Think 401(k), 403(b), IRA and Roth IRA accounts, for example. What most people are not aware of is how you split your...

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General Business News

How to Calculate Operating Return on Assets

May 1, 2024

During Q3 of 2023, businesses in the United States made approximately $3.3 trillion, according to Statista. This is right behind the third quarter of 2022, when corporations in America made even more money. These figures are...

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Defining Burn Rate, Gross Burn and Net Burn

April, 2024

When it comes to any business, but especially for a start-up, it’s essential to determine how long a company can survive before it must declare bankruptcy and/or close its doors. The biggest metric, especially for a start-up, is to...

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Accounting News

Working Capital and the Role it Plays in Your Business' Success

May 1, 2024

The accounting term working capital is essential knowledge for all business owners. Basically, it is the ability of a business to meet its ongoing obligations. Learning about some of the different aspects of working capital is vital...

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Taking a Closer Look at Trial Balances

April, 2024

A trial balance is an accounting tool that helps businesses determine if the double entry accounting system has any mathematical errors. Once the trial balance is worked through, and the total debits and total credits equal each other, we know...

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Financial Planning

Part 2: Pre-Retirement Planning Guide

May 1, 2024

There are many steps to planning for retirement. Some are legal and financial, some are about communication and some involve introspection – thinking about your life now and how you want to live the rest of it...

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Part 1: Pre-Retirement Planning Guide

April, 2024

One of the more insightful quotes of baseball great Yogi Berra was, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up someplace else.”...

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What's New in Technology

Factors to Consider when Choosing Customer Relationship Management Tools

May 1, 2024

Customer relationship management (CRM) plays an important role in documenting, tracking, and managing relationships and interactions with existing and potential customers. It allows businesses to develop stronger customer connections,...

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Importance of Fostering Digital Trust in Today's Businesses

April, 2024

Modern business today is dominated by digital transactions and interactions. Businesses are increasingly storing customers’ personal information, which is potentially accessible without the customers’ knowledge...

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Tip of the Month

6 Ways to Use Your Tax Refund

May 1, 2024

Gosh, it feels great to get that tax refund. Dreams of a much-needed vacation or a splurge on something you’ve been craving might be running through your mind. However, as unexciting as this sounds, you might want to spend this...

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April is Financial Literacy Month: How Much Do You Know?

April, 2024

What started as Youth Financial Literacy Day some years ago is now a monthlong event: Financial Literacy Month. It all started in 2003, when some U.S. legislators got together and...

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Congress at Work

Funding Foreign Military and Humanitarian Aid, Setting up a Tik Tok Ban, and Re-Authorizing Foreign Surveillance on U.S. Soil

May 1, 2024

Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (HR 8035) – Introduced on April 17, this bill authorizes $60 billion to provide military aid to support Ukraine in its war against...

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Funding the Government, Protecting Americans from Misuse of Data, Expanding Internet Access and Improving Recycling

April, 2024

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (HR 4366) – On March 9, the president signed the latest appropriations bill passed in time to halt a government shutdown. While this bill does authorize funding through end of the...

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