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Bad Strategies are Like Undercooked Pasta…Nothing Sticks

Posted on October 2, 2012 by The LA CPA

I worked in my family’s Italian restaurant as a pizza cook during my teen years and even today I still have to taste pasta to know for sure that it is done. Another way is to throw it against the wall … Continue reading →

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The Strategy of Living a Balanced (Business) Life

Posted on September 5, 2012 by The LA CPA

One of my kids, (honorable number one son), is a poet; a comedic poet. He is in graduate school at UC Davis in the creative writing department. He is the first to say that he is disorganized. Even though he … Continue reading →

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Do You Have Trouble Paying Back Taxes? The IRS Cares! No, Really. But to a Point.

Posted on July 10, 2012 by The LA CPA

As CPAs, every year we acquire clients who need help negotiating with the IRS regarding their back taxes. This apparently seemed to be such a problem, that the IRS has actually made it a little easier to satisfy the debt. … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Finances, Tax Planning | Tagged Business Accountant, Business Consultant, business taxes, personal taxes, Taxes | Leave a comment

Toughing it Out in Business Without Being a Jerk

Posted on May 30, 2012 by The LA CPA

Have you ever had a “screamer” boss? I did when I started my CPA career over 30 years ago. Every day I would come to the CPA office on edge, trying to please the tyrant before he yelled at me, or anyone … Continue reading →

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Where Do We Go From Here? Strategic Planning In the Fog

Posted on October 4, 2011 by The LA CPA

The yellow bus lights glowed in the dark as my only beacon. I couldn’t see 20 feet in front of me on Highway 99 in the central California valley, but we had to get to Lake Huntington. The four cars … Continue reading →

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If You Are Reading This, You’ve Proved My Point

Posted on September 30, 2011 by The LA CPA

Last January, I again participated on the planning committee for the 2011 Entertainment Industry Conference for CPAs and attorneys. We agreed on most of the usual topics to be presented at the conference. Then, I suggested social networking. The idea … Continue reading →

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2010 Small Business Tax Breaks Revisited

Posted on September 23, 2011 by The LA CPA

It’s always good to practice the basics, like a major league baseball player who may work on his swing by hitting a ball off a tee. So here I am going back to the IRS tax site to remind small business … Continue reading →

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Business Vision and Goals: Understand the Target You are Aiming For

Posted on September 16, 2011 by The LA CPA

In the early 1970s, I watched a Stanford professor choose Jim Plunkett, (Stanford’s star quarterback) to demonstrate perception and the brain. The professor placed a pair of glasses on Jim that caused his vision to be distorted, shifting everything he sees to the right about … Continue reading →

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Good and Bad Aspects of Small-Medium Sized Business Strategies

Posted on September 6, 2011 by The LA CPA

When I speak of “strategy” to business owners or entertainers, I usually get a blank look. Small and medium-sized businesses usually don’t have a specific business strategies. However, what they don’t realize is that they do have a strategy, formal or … Continue reading →

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Bad Strategies are Like Undercooked Pasta…Nothing Sticks

The Strategy of Living a Balanced (Business) Life

Do You Have Trouble Paying Back Taxes? The IRS Cares! No, Really. But to a Point.

Toughing it Out in Business Without Being a Jerk

Good and Bad Aspects of Small-Medium Sized Business Strategies

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