Avoid growing pains in your business
One way to kill your business is to grow it too fast. Many profitable small businesses have expanded at the wrong time and at the [...]
Keep an eye on your company’s cash
Do you regularly monitor your company's cash accounts? You should. Even if you leave the job to your bookkeeper or accountant, you should stay aware [...]
Make the most of your professional advisors
Who's on your team? No, not your sports or reality-show dancing team, your business team, that group of professional advisors who are ready and willing [...]
Credit life insurance can be expensive
Many people have paid for credit life insurance without understanding what it is or how expensive it can be. If you borrow money for any [...]
Follow the tax rules when you borrow from your corporation
If you're a business owner and your company lends you money, you'll enter it in the books as a shareholder loan. However, if your return [...]
Have a financial talk with elderly parents
One day you may find yourself taking care of an elderly parent who is in declining physical or mental health. This can be stressful, both [...]
Taxes and your child’s summer job
With the school year over, your teenager might be taking a summer job. If so, you both may have questions about taxes. Here are some [...]
Six rules for avoiding credit card disaster
Here are the rules to help keep you from becoming a credit card victim. Credit cards should be a convenience for payment, not a source [...]
Ideas for helping your child buy a home
Are you looking for a way to help your child with buying a home? Some strategies you might consider include lending your child money, gifting [...]
Tax records: What should you keep, and what can you toss?
Once you've filed your 2012 tax return, you may wonder what records you can toss and what you should keep. Here are some suggestions. Keep [...]
