Do you want to green clean your home but don’t know what you need to get started? That’s exactly how I felt until I did some further digging and discovered lot’s of useful and very practical information. So I’ve put together a list for your quick & easy reference of what I found to be […]

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Lance Wallach is a pension expert who has written and spoken extensively on the benefits of a VEBA. I recently had the opportunity to be on a conference call with him and Tim Metz, CPA. Mr. Wallach explained the benefits of a VEBA under IRC 419(e). There are huge advantages with this type of plan […]

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Just “walk-away”? You know the saying – there’s no such thing as a free lunch. And that is true for everything. Manufacturers are offering “walk-away” fire truck leases that give you a chance to just hand the keys back if you don’t like it. If you’d like to know why and how the manufacturer offers […]

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The IRS defines goodwill as “the value of a trade or business based on expected continued customer patronage due to its name, reputation, or any other factor.” IRS Publication 535: Business Expenses, Ch. 9, Cat. No.15065Z. The American Society of Appraisers defines goodwill as: “that intangible asset arising as a result of name, reputation, customer […]

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We go to meetings to share information, to report on project status, to make decisions, to get the free lunch, and because we were invited. (Sorry that I digressed). This is only a partial list – there are many other valid reasons for holding meetings. Perhaps the most common and best reason for a meeting […]

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How many times have you been on, or heard about a team that got frustrated? Or felt like they weren’t making progress? Or weren’t completely clear on what they were expected to do? Or didn’t feel like they had support from those above them? If you are like me and most people I know, you […]

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While cell towers actually started being built in the late 1970’s, the boom in development did not really start until Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Instead of having two wireless providers in any one area, customers now found that there were up to eight companies with licenses from the FCC to provide Personal […]

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One of the tasks that come with being a leader is setting goals. Goals for ourselves, to be sure, but often we need set goals for our groups/teams or the larger organization. While we may instinctively know that we should include people in the creation of goals they will be working to achieve, too often […]

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