Small Business Tax Blog by Fletcher Tax Accountants

Not all business is good business. Keep certain questions in mind to prevent unnecessary complications in the long (or short) term! [...]

We all all time poor. We are constantly bombarded or choose to increase our knowledge of what’s going on within our community, industry or world at large. Emotional, financial and educational headers seems to win in the end. What do you think of these header examples? [...]

Recently I’ve been thinking more and more about etiquette within relationships – specificaly business to client relationships.

At what point does business become personal? Or at what point should business become more personal?

It seems that this question depends on your own sense of limits and willingness to share. [...]

An article kindly contributed by Gina Lofaro aka ‘the wordmistress’

Are you a numbers person or a words person? … and does it affect the way you do business?

Left brain, right brain, we all operate more on one side of our cranium than the other. Some of us are more adept at handling complex mathematical equations whilst others of us are more proficient at articulating things verbally.

For me – a writer, copywriter, some-time stand-up comedienne – words are my easiest tools to work with. But put me in front of a pad of numbers, and I’m prone to panicking. Once upon a time, I was accused of not doing my best where my accounting paperwork was concerned. This was entirely unfair since I was doing my best, but my best was far, far inferior to his best paperwork efforts.

So I posed an interesting challenge. “How about you write for me, a 1,000-word article on any topic of your choosing? It has to be 100% grammatically correct with no spelling errors or typos and it has to be interesting!”

Well, he just laughed. At first. [...]

We are on a social networking frenzy in 2010, learning about LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and any other platform that comes within our midst.

As a lot of business owners have not as yet jumped on the Twitter bandwagon or know if its relevant to them or their business – I’d like to share what I’ve learned about Twitter so far.

Twitter may not be for you or your business. Considering how many people and businesses are starting to use Twitter as part of their daily marketing schedules – can you afford not to try it?

… So you got your customer and you can see dollar signs written all over them – now what? What will make you stand out from the crowd or from their previous provider? If you have competition – chances are there are a lot of people that do what you do or sell what you sell. So how do you stand out? Try asking some of these questions. [...]

Do you hate keeping your books upto date? You know you need to, but you don’t want to? Enter (drum roll): a bookkeeper. A professional bookkeeper can work wonders for your efficiency and productivity levels.

Have a read of what they can do for YOU (and how you can help them!) [...]

How do you keep employees motivated enough to sell your product and/or services as they did on Week 1 of their employment with you? It’s not always just money that keeps an employee happy and loyal![...]

A common situation I find on forums, and shamed to admit – with my own clients (sometimes!), is that they are scared to ask questions as and when they come up.

What’s your view? Do you contact your accountant as the need arises, or worse – when the transaction/event has already happened and nothing can be done?! [...]

A client of mine recently asked me to intervene and help him select a suitable receptionist/admin position for his Company.

I rivaled through all 110 applicants and wanted to share my observations [...]