5 Podcasts for Entrepreneurs
Podcasts for Entrepreneurs Podcasts are one of the most underutilized, often free resources available to entrepreneurs and small business owners. What’s a podcast? podcast (pod-kast, -kahst) noun 1. a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer The Apple iTunes store has a ton of podcasts available on a variety of topics. Gary even has a podcast of his radio show GQ On The Law Radio. Check out his podcast for FREE info on everything from Obamacare, to Estate Planning, and Tax Advise to...
Read MoreWhat Happens If I Die Without a Will? Anna Nicole Smith
What happens if I die without a will? Look to these celebrities for what NOT to do. A lot of what happens you die without a Will, and really, without a proper and complete Estate Plan, depends on your assets. In any case, your estate will be left in Probate, a long legal process that sorts out where assets go, how much is owed in taxes, etc. If you have minor children, the will not likely end up where you had hoped they would and will get much less of your assets than they could with a proper Estate Plan. Call our office to set up an appointment with Estate Planning attorney Gary Quackenbush...
Read MoreThe Measuring Stick: Determining the Strength of Your Workplace
Image source: tothministries.org via Google search Revenue, profit, sales volume – that’s easy enough for us to measure. But what about employee morale? Company culture? A manager’s effectiveness? Overall strength of a workplace? Now that’s tough. But, the Gallup Organization believes it’s possible, and so do I. Over the course of 25 years Gallup studied these and other questions by interviewing over a million employees and gathering their answers to hundreds of similar questions. In the end, Gallup ran an in depth and extremely complex statistical analysis that...
Read MoreIRS- Fresh Start Initiative
IRS Fresh Start Initiative Gives Taxpayers Hope The IRS Fresh Start initiative is a program designed to help more tax payers successfully pay off their tax liability. The initiative allows more flexible terms to Offer In Compromise (OIC) and enables some of the most financially distressed taxpayers to clear their tax liability and to do it more quickly. In many cases this allows people to resolve their tax liability in as little as 2 years instead of the 4-5 years that its taken in the past. This Fresh Start initiative in different in that it uses a different standard of analysis to...
Read MoreChild Tax Credit: The Cost of Raising a Child
Child Tax Credit USA Today recently reported that a middle-income family with a child born in 2013 can expect to spend $245,340 to raise their child to age 18. Jaws of penny-pinching parents across the nation are dropping at the enormous figure. We here at GQ Law have a bit of good news for you! Follow along as we shine a little money saving light on the topic of child-rearing, showing you what sweet tax breaks come along with your new bundle of joy. Child Tax Exemption Tax payers receive an exemption of $3,900 on their yearly tax return for any child under 18 including any baby born by...
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