Why Your Business Needs an Employee Email Policy

Whether your business is large or small, if you have a company with any number of employees then you should have an email policy that is clearly communicated to everyone in the company. Even if your business does not routinely monitor employee emails, you, as the...

Implement These 5 Estate Planning Essentials

Resist putting off implementing these five estate planning essentials: Will. Look around you right now. Everything you see has to be distributed in the event of your death. Your Will names the person you want to handle it all and can also indicate who you want to...

Top 10 Asset Protection Guidelines for Small Business Owners

Here are 10 of the best asset protection guidelines for small business owners: It’s too late to put together an asset protection plan after you are sued; The best time to create an asset protection plan is prior to having a claim made against your business....

Ways To Secure Your Personal Information Online

Most people conduct a lot of our personal business, including banking, online these days, so the need to be savvy when it comes to internet security and protecting personal information online has never been greater. Hackers can scour our online lives – including...

Tips On How To Reboot Your Retirement Plan

Planning for a long and prosperous retirement these days is no longer just about money; because of the recession, boomers are needing to reboot their retirement plans. Here are some tips to help get you on the right track again: 1. Get healthy. Exercise more, eat...

Social Security Payroll Tax Hike: How To Ease the Pain

While the fiscal cliff tax deal passed by Congress in January 2013 targeted primarily higher wage earners, Social Security payroll tax went from 4.2% to 6.2%, and every American worker is feeling the effects. According to the Tax Policy Center, the average employee...

Big Entrepreneur Tax Break Proposed in Congress

The Startup Innovation Act of 2013, a new congressional bipartisan bill, promises a significant business entrepreneur tax break via a new research and development (R&D) tax credit. If the law passes, it will allow businesses that are less than five years old and...

Estate Planning: How to Ensure Your Kids Inherit Your Home

If you are trying to figure out what is the best way to leave your home to your children as part of your estate planning process, you should first be sure that your children actually want the property. Too many parents take on unnecessary financial hardship in order...

What You Should Know About Starting a New Business

There are certain steps every new business startup needs to take, whether you’re an entrepreneur who prefers working for yourself or a baby boomer who wants extra retirement income. These steps include: Business structure. You have several choices when choosing the...

For Most People, the Fiscal Cliff Tax Deal is a Wash

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 passed by Congress on January 1, 2013 to avoid the so-called Fiscal Cliff, extends Bush era tax cuts. However, the benefits of those cuts for most American taxpayers will be offset by a 2% increase in payroll tax. Here are some...