07/22/2016
Deducting Business Travel When Mixed With Personal Travel
With the new year here, many people are making plans to travel so it is a great time to do a refresher on the rules for deducting travel so you can legally write-off your vacation and personal trav…
03/01/2016
Don’t Understand Your Financial Reports? Here’s Why
Have you ever been handed a balance sheet and income statement from your accountant and been told that this is your reporting? When you look at these reports from your accountant, do you scratch yo…
02/01/2016
Did Your Business Name Get Terminated?
Did you forget to renew your business registration? When your business began it had registered with the State of Michigan, probably a while back, however, the annual registration renewal was not do…
12/28/2015
3 Tips to Build Wealth Faster
Most people I speak with are anxious to speed up the process of building their wealth. Here are 3 tips I’ve developed over the years that are effective at doing just that. 1: Treat your investing ...
12/08/2015
Build Wealth By Making Time to Work ON Your Business
People share with me on a regularly basis that they are simply too busy to focus on their wealth. They tell me that dedicating a few hours every week or month to focus on their wealth is simply jus...
11/16/2015
3 Ways to Use Leverage to Build Wealth
Think about how much time you spend earning your money. Now, think about how much time you spend investing that earned money. This is a challenge many people face. Most people spend at least 40 ho...
09/22/2015
Tax Planning Checklist
Year end is an important time in a tax strategy because once the year has ended, some tax opportunities are lost forever. With some planning throughout the year, you can have rest assured that you...
09/14/2015
A Simple System for Documenting Travel Expenses
I love traveling for business. It's a great (and legal) tax deduction and it takes me all over. When it comes to business travel, documentation - particularly your receipts - is extremely important...
08/24/2015
The Hidden Value in Your Tax Return
Tax returns are never given enough credit. Most people dread having to deal with them. And, they are often viewed as a commodity - by taxpayers and tax preparers alike. I see tax returns as a treme...