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Accounting - Net Operating Losses
A Net Operating Loss is considered when the total income of a business or profession is less than its expenses or losses. A net operating loss (NOL) can apply to individuals, estates and trusts, if deductions exceed their income from all sources, personal or business-related. However, a business cannot operate at a lost forever. Normally, a business is expected to realize a profit within three to five years. These entities are expected to keep its accounting records accurate and in order, so that required information is readily available. The information will reveal the overall financial condition of the owner and the business.Accounting for a Net Operating Loss of your business is outlined in income tax laws, which require each owner of a business to report the details of the business operation as part of the owner's personal income tax return. A net operating loss is normally carried back over the two preceding years to offset taxable income. This process requires an amended return for the years involved. If the carry-back does not use up the loss, it can be carried forward until the remainder is used up. In 2001 and 2002, Congress extended the carry back period from two years to five years. If you incurred a net operating loss during those two years and did not specify a carry-back period, you were bound by the five-year rule. The NOL was only extended for those two years and reverted back to the original law in 2003.The normal process of claiming a NOL is to carry it back two tax years before

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Nevada Incorporation Tax Advantages - Deductible Employee BenefitsIncorporating in Nevada usually provides tax-deductible benefits for you and your employees. Even if you are the only shareholder and employee of your business, benefits such as health insurance, life insurance, travel and entertainment expenses may now be deductible. Best of all, Nevada incorporation usually provide an increased tax shelter for qualified pension plans or retirement plans (e.g. 401K's).Easier Access to Capital FundingIt's easy to raise capital for a corporation through the sale of stock. Investors are much harder to attract to sole proprietorships and partnerships because of personal liability. Investors are more likely to purchase shares in a corporation, where there is a separation between personal and business assets. (Some banks, as well, prefer to lend money to corporations.) This is not as common at the small business level as it sounds, because the process can be complicated and requires the proper attorneys to make sure you are not violating any security laws. Unfortunately, many small businesses seek investors and never consult with a securities attorney.Nevada Incorporation - An Enduring StructureA Nevada corporation is the most enduring legal business structure. Corporations may continue on regardless of what happens to its individual directors, officers, managers or shareholders. If a sole proprietor or partner dies, the business may automatically end, or it may become involved in various legal
This to enlighten who that think they are getting back at credit card companies, when in reality they are hurting local businesses. The media blitz is always on the consumer. How credit card fraud effects the seller is never the focus. Due to these inadequacies, those of us running businesses are fed up. We are tired of only hearing how the consumer is effected. What about the many legitimate businesses that are getting ripped off by consumers. No one addresses all the moneys we lose when customers commit fraud. We are charged fees when someone orders something and when they return it. We lose out when a customer falsely claims he never received an item.

All the news items you see in print or on television are about consumers. No one talks about the hit the seller takes when the consumer returns the product, or claims they never received something and they did, they just don’t want to pay for it.

To give you some insight on how the process works; when a business takes credit cards, they pay for that privilege. The credit card companies (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover) charge us a fee for taking their cards. Then the company we have our account with charges us for this privilege. When a customer uses a card card, we have to wait for the money to be transferred to our account. This can take anywhere from 2-8 days. Meanwhile, the customer has the product. When a customer returns a product, we are charged again by the credit card company and the company we have our account with. If a customer claims they didn’t receive the product when they did and dispute the charge, again we are charged a fee and we lose the money we paid for the product.

Now, I am not saying if a product is inferior or not as advertised you should not return it. That is not the point of this article. It is about customers who victimize businesses.

Too many consumers think it is great fun to order products, and then ask for a refund. Many people do this around New Year’s to clothing stores. They buy it, wear it and then return it. My opinion, but I think this is downright criminal. This is only one example of where this happens, there are many others. Too bad, we couldn’t all be like the bookstores, you buy it, you keep it. Another thing that consumers do, is say they never received the item when they did. Again, the business loses.

A practice that is becoming very prevalent with on-line e-products is to go on line, order it, copy it, and then decide that they “don’t like it”, “it’s not what they thought”, you name it, they have an excuse.

I think that all of these people should have to run a business of their own with a merchant account, and then see how they like it done to them.

Newsflash, Mr. and Mrs. Consumer, you are hurting your local businesses, not the credit card companies. These people are your neighbors, in some cases your friends. Although, with friends like you, who needs enemies.

So, while yes there are businesses that are ripping off the CONSUMER, it’s the BUSINESS PERSON who is getting ripped off also!

Hopefully, this article will enlighten those of you that think it’s just the credit card companies losing out. It’s not, it’s the businesses you use that are, your friends, your neighbors, your local economy!

Copyright 2004 DeFiore Enterprises

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All Change Please
Restructuring, redundancy, redeployment; mergers, acquisitions; downsizing, upsizing, expansion, streamlining; cost cutting, cost savings, cost justifications.All the above signal change, and if you're like most people, change might just sit a bit uneasily with you. This is true whether you're changing where your desk is positioned or changing jobs. It's very rare to have no reaction to change.Though, of course, some people thrive on it and actually have a hard time maintaining any kind of status quo.In this day and age of working practises, it's unusual to exist with no change in your job or working environment. Yes, some people still do stay in one job for life, but that is no longer the norm as it was just a decade ago. People change jobs and even careers at a remarkable pace these days and yet, somehow, their emotional reaction to change hasn’t caught up with what they're actually doing.Now all the psychologists will tell you that even when you're doing something by choice and that will supposedly make your life better (like changing job or moving house), you will still experience stress. So imagine how stressful things can be if you didn't choose the change yourself; if it was imposed on you.In the workplace you can almost be guaranteed that in most cases, one change after the other will indeed be imposed, not chosen. When this happens, there's all kinds of resentments and disgruntled feelings that sweep around the office like flu: Why weren't we consulted? It's not going to work an
hould not return it. That is not the point of this article. It is about customers who victimize businesses.

Too many consumers think it is great fun to order products, and then ask for a refund. Many people do this around New Year’s to clothing stores. They buy it, wear it and then return it. My opinion, but I think this is downright criminal. This is only one example of where this happens, there are many others. Too bad, we couldn’t all be like the bookstores, you buy it, you keep it. Another thing that consumers do, is say they never received the item when they did. Again, the business loses.

A practice that is becoming very prevalent with on-line e-products is to go on line, order it, copy it, and then decide that they “don’t like it”, “it’s not what they thought”, you name it, they have an excuse.

I think that all of these people should have to run a business of their own with a merchant account, and then see how they like it done to them.

Newsflash, Mr. and Mrs. Consumer, you are hurting your local businesses, not the credit card companies. These people are your neighbors, in some cases your friends. Although, with friends like you, who needs enemies.

So, while yes there are businesses that are ripping off the CONSUMER, it’s the BUSINESS PERSON who is getting ripped off also!

Hopefully, this article will enlighten those of you that think it’s just the credit card companies losing out. It’s not, it’s the businesses you use that are, your friends, your neighbors, your local economy!

Copyright 2004 DeFiore Enterprises

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The Reality About Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
While Customer Relationship Management (CRM) technology has promised much, the reality for many has been disappointing. Industry analysts estimate 50-60% of implementations fail, or produce marginal return on investment. Our exposure to small and medium enterprises (SME) suggests that this rate may well be significantly higher. The irony is that the problem lies less with the technology itself (though that may receive much of the blame), but in much more easily addressed flaws in the way that organizations approach and implement CRM projects.CRM technology should help organizations generate more leads, convert a higherproportion of them, and retain customers longer through enhanced service, and more profitably through the more effective promotion of additional products and services.CRM technology is a unifying technology supporting the operational needs of ‘front-office’ departments such as sales, marketing, and customer support, sharing a single database of information about customers, prospective customers, channel partners, suppliers, competitors etc. The CRM database works as a central repository of data typically integrated into other key systems such as finance. The system is designed to be accessed remotely to meet the needs of organizations spread across multiple locations, and staff who may not be office based. Typically this unifying CRM technology aims to benefit marketing, sales and service departments.Successful CRM isn’t that difficult, but there’s more complexity involved, and mo
ative real estate investing business? Chuck and Sue have been helping folks start successful home based businesses for over 19 years, and we can help you too! To see how, visit http://www.homebusinesssolutions.com for the latest FREE tips and tricks, educational products and coaching in creative real estate investing and home based businesses. No time to visit the site? Subscribe to our "how to" Home Business Solutions Digest, it's like having your own personal coach: mailto:subscribeHBS@homebusinesssolutions.com
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Do Women Rule by Committee?
Every day decisions are made that influence our lives or businesses. With men and women occupying the same space in corporate American, the Glass Ceiling is busting wide open. Men by nature want to conquer and dominate and always have, but women have arrived on the scene with full force and a different style that men sometimes find hard to understand. Women tend to tackle the matter at hand by looking for a sequential set of maneuvers that will have an outcome of a win/win situation.Why do we communicate so differently and why do we tend to be so vastly dissimilar when it comes to making decisions? What causes men to want to conquer and women to have the need for order and sequence? My uncle gave me a funny example the other day of how men see women's thought patterns when it comes to making decisions. I thought that this insight was a great example of men conquering and women looking for sequence and order before they tackle the matter at hand.Here's what he had to say: "Men rule by action. Women rule by committee. For example: Man sees hill, climbs hill. Woman sees hill, forms discussion group, sets up hill climbing committee, votes for hill climbing team, schedules climb date, checks rain fall charts, does studies to locate best path, sends out scouts, and much, much, much, much later... finally climbs the hill."So what is the answer to the question of our differences? Part of the answer is in the fact that we are born chemically different and the other part of the mystery is solved when we f
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Pssst ... Did You Hear We're Being Sued?
Imagine this scene -- it's a quiet Tuesday afternoon at your office...Then, suddenly, the tranquility is shattered when a process server arrives. Of course, the receptionist doesn't really know what to do and doesn't want to be responsible for signing for something like this. So, over the loudspeaker she pages someone above her to come out front to sign for the service of process.In just a few minutes, everyone in the office is asking, "What is a service of process?" Once they figure it out, they all start guessing as to why your company is being sued.Now, we know that lawsuits are a part of business. But, to those who are on the outside, all they think of are the disastrous and negative connotations that come with the word lawsuit. So before you know it, hours of productivity have been wasted by employees trying to figure out the drama behind the lawsuit.What could potentially make this situation worse is the fact that potential clients or customers might be present. Again, we know that this is part of business in the United States. But, for a potential client, it's not reassuring to hear that the company you are dealing with is being sued. Additionally, just as it raised suspicions in the mind of your employees, it will more than likely create some questions in your potential client's mind that you rather not have him/her thinking.To sum it up, a day has been ruined by gossip. Productivity went down the drain and a relationship with a new client has been jeopardized. I'm sure many of y
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