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		<title>Do you have contractors working for you?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last twenty-ish years, employers have increasingly been categorizing their workers as 1099 Contractors with very little attention to the actual rules governing the employer/employee or owner/contractor relationship. Small business (and not SBA small business, I mean micro-businesses) have historically always abused these worker relationships simply because of the notion that &#8220;we can&#8217;t pay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why do you do what you do?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I spoke on the phone to a potential new client after listening to his voice mail asking me to call back. In his voice mail message, I could clearly hear the pain and resignation in his voice as he described his need to get his tax filings caught up. This is something I experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paying for health insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I posted a note about GETTING health insurance. How about some help in PAYING for the health insurance? The IRS has a YouTube channel (who knew?) with very helpful videos that help explain some otherwise unknown resources for paying your COBRA premiums, your self-employed health insurance premiums, and the like.  Check out these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relief for the &#8220;consultants&#8221; of the world</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["Obamacare" comes early for the self-employed and under-insured in 21 states; Federally administered pool insurance guarantees coverage without pre-existing condition exclusions.]]></description>
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		<title>Tax credits for hiring, retaining and paying for health care</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are tax credits to pay for your new employees that you need, your employees that you&#8217;re training, and for paying health insurance premiums for your employees if you&#8217;re a qualifying SMALL business. There is also training money available from TWC for employers in Texas who are providing training for employees who will be retained, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All of the self-employed tax responsibilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 20:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is pretty sure about filing their &#8220;taxes&#8221;, but when you&#8217;re running a business, there are so many OTHER taxes to pay attention to &#8211; many small business owners get cross-wise with the tax man very easily! Here in Texas, there are a few that are readily overlooked: For everyone - Even if you work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why last week was such a great week</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 20:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I got to do what I love over and over &#8211; and it was great! It&#8217;s very challenging to describe what it is that I do, exactly &#8211; I&#8217;m not a CPA, nor a lawyer, nor really an accountant. I don&#8217;t do books for people, but what I do better than anyone is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Worst Mistake</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t consider myself a paragon of QuickBooks use by any means.&#160; I know enough to spot when something isn&#8217;t correct, and I&#8217;ve first hand experience at just what a train wreck bad QuickBooks entry is. Let no one for a moment consider that this is some curse upon QuickBooks.&#160; I&#8217;ve used their software for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday time &#8211; check your values and renewals!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each year, it is a great idea for you to review your homeowner&#8217;s policies and your real estate appraised value to be sure that automatic increases aren&#8217;t busting your family&#8217;s budget without your being aware. Each year, without specifically telling you, both your homeowner&#8217;s insurance and the local appraisal district will increase the value they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Audi, the automated brand &#8211; FAIL</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, I&#8217;ve been very focused on how auto dealers, independent businesses all, respond to internet inquiries and email communications. Most of them do a terrible job. Case in point, Houston has only a handful of Audi stores, Momentum being the biggest. A few months back, they had a red Audi A6 sitting right out front [...]]]></description>
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