Tag: Key Man
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Bookkeeping – Other Employer Provided Benefits (Lesson 93)
Other employer provided benefits are composed of three groupings of benefits: welfare, other (Life Insurance, Auto & Education) and fringe.
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Business Barriers
No business is instantaneously successful. There are multiple obstacles referred to as business barriers all owners and managers have to overcome. There are three primary groups of barriers for every business out there.
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Bookkeeping – Auto Costs Related to Owners and Family Members (Lesson 62)
The Internal Revenue Service scrutinizes expenses that can and often are benefits to owners. The most common benefit is the use of a company owned car for personal travel including using the car to get to and from work.
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Micro Business
Micro businesses are all around us. Often overlooked and rarely given a second thought they are the backbone of our economic system. From the local beauty salon to the Mom and Pop pizza shop; micro businesses are everywhere. Micro business is defined as the small closely held operation that provides a family a supplemental or primary…
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The Key Man
One of the most misunderstood principles of business deals with the one or few individuals in a small business operation who are critical to operations. This individual is referred to as the Key Man. The best example is that of the primary wage earner in the family unit.
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How Much is a Fair Profit? Part III of V – Risk
A third factor in determining a fair profit percentage is risk. Risk is divided into two types. The first is insurable and the second is uninsurable risks. Insurable risks are mitigated and have very little to no effect on the profit formula due to transferring the risk to a third party known as the insurance underwriter. Uninsurable…