OSYB Blog: Number Crunch!
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Series: How to Market Your Small Business
August 28, 2013 by OSYB Staff
Small business marketing strategies have to be well planned in order to succeed. Not only do you need a great business idea and plan, but you must have an amazing marketing strategy to go along with it. Marketing and sales are not interchangeable. Read these great ideas and tips.
Small Business Marketing: Tips From Peter Drucker
August 28, 2013 by OSYB Staff
Marketing for small businesses is tough to say the least. You have a limited budget for small marketing programs. You cannot afford to spend on something that is not going to bring a good ROI. One of the tips in Peter Drucker’s series is “Find something broke in the industry and fix it”.
Are You Using Technology to Hide From Your Customers?
August 28, 2013 by OSYB Staff
Do your clients feel like you are losing personal contact with them due to social media and technology? Businesses that were thriving before jumping into social media and websites, may now be hurting. Customers want to feel important, especially if you are a small service business. Read more about this technology trap.
Free App for iPhones with the 2013 Tax Rates (and More)
August 28, 2013 by OSYB Staff
If you are a tax professional or a tax savvy person that people ask tax questions. Then you need the new free iPhone 2013 Tax Rate App. There are just too many things that are ever changing in the tax world to be able to remember everything. This app gives you information at your fingertips.
Can I Deduct the Costs of a Spouse on a Business Trip?
August 28, 2013 by OSYB Staff
If you are wanting to take your spouse with you on a business trip. You may be able to deduct come of the expenses. There are very strict rigid guidelines to what you can or cannot deduct. And there is a catch in order to deduct any of your spouse’s expenses.
Employers in 17 states could face higher unemployment taxes
August 28, 2013 by OSYB Staff
Unemployment claims at the lowest level since October 2007. Great news for our economy. But the issues of the economy and high rates of unemployment are affecting states individually. Many states had to borrow money from the Federal Government to cover rising unemployment payments to their residents. Employers may have to pay.
Eight Facts on Filing an Amended Individual Tax Return
August 28, 2013 by OSYB Staff
For those who have had to file an amended tax return, you know it is not any fun. It means there was some mistake that you need to correct. And you cannot do it by e-file, it has to be on paper and mailed. For great facts about amended return filing read here.
Tax-related identity theft: Its growth and IRS efforts to stop it
August 28, 2013 by OSYB Staff
Tax fraud is a huge issue. IRS identity fraud has increased 413% in the last five years. Many drug dealers are turning to IRS identity fraud because it is more lucrative and less risky. In 2011-2012 there was an increase of 78% in identity theft cases at the IRS, costing $70 million.
