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Business Legality

We live in litigious times. It’s just an unfortunate fact of life, especially in Illinois. So we need to arm ourselves with the basics of doing business legally and ethically, so you can avoid the headaches later. That along with our insurance company is why we...

Business Social Media

Social media is necessary to branding, building and growing your business. But alas contrary to popular belief social media not free. It requires the investment of time.  I am currently spending a Sunday morning working on multiple posts. But with some technical...

Shared Work Spaces

As more and more small companies are opting shared work spaces; looking for offices with hip designs and short-term commitments that are shared with other firms. The appeal of co-working spaces started along with freelance workers, these independent contractors and...

Self-Filing Error

In a recent court case, a couple’s e-filing error does not allow them to avoid penalties for late filing and payment, according to a federal district court When e-filing their return through TurboTax, the husband input a wrong Social Security number. IRS rejected the...

Property Ownership

The new tax law wiped out a number of benefits of home ownership, which is vexing the National Association of Realtors. You can still write off the mortgage interest on your primary mortgage.  But there are hoops to jump through and records to keep for deductibility...

College worth the money?

According to my youngest, who is currently a senior in High School a large number of his peers are not planning on going forward to college.  While the decision to forgo a four-year degree still runs counter to 30 years of conventional wisdom.  These kids are not...

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