by | Sep 19, 2016 | Accounting & Bookkeeping, Current Affairs, Income Taxes, Personal financial planning
When you are working with an accountant to do your taxes you are really hiring them to complete a service. This means that you have the opportunity, and should take advantage of, the chance to ask at least a few basic interview questions. Meeting in advance of...
by | Sep 12, 2016 | Current Affairs, Other, Personal financial planning, Small Business Owners
The sign “You break it, you bought it” is ubiquitous, but is it enforceable? Can a store really force you to pay for merchandise you damage or destroy by accident? According to an article on the website Slate, the answer is yes—although many stores don’t...
by | Sep 6, 2016 | Cash Flow, Current Affairs, Other, Personal financial planning
A remortgage is defined as the repayment of one mortgage by taking out another secured on the same property. This is done mainly to get a new mortgage for a lower rate of interest from a different lender for a better rate. An adverse credit remortgage can prove...
by | Sep 5, 2016 | Current Affairs, Other, Personal financial planning
There are a number of good reasons TV finance shows are not the smartest choice for investment advice. For one thing, the aim of these shows is to get the biggest audience they can in order to sell more advertising, with their financial experts there as much to be...
by | Aug 30, 2016 | Cost Cutting, Other, Personal financial planning
An annuity is a contract in which an insurance company makes a series of income payments at regular intervals in return for a premium or premiums you have paid. Annuities are most often bought for future retirement income. Only an annuity can pay an income that can be...
by | Aug 25, 2016 | Business Profit & Cash Flow Tips, Business Success Series, Cash Flow, Cost Cutting, Personal financial planning, Sales & Marketing, Small Business Success Series
When you sell a product that the customer perceives as a commodity, you can only compete on price. A small business owner always loses a price war to the “big boys” who have the ability to buy products in bulk and have cost savings as a result of economies of...
