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Success Tips for Travel Write-offs
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| Success Tips for Travel Write-offs
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When traveling for business OR when traveling for pleasure, the tax rules are pretty clear. But what about if you mix business and pleasure in your travels? Can you, as a freelancer, fly to Paris and work from there and write off your trip? Can you spend a few days at a conference and a couple days at your parents' house and write off the entire week? The tax code is complex but the IRS doesn't like mistakes! In this article, you'll build a solid foundational base of knowledge about travel write-offs and you'll get some guidance about where to go to learn more.
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How to Evaluate a Franchisor’s Training Program
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| Not long ago I took a trip to Tuscany and spent a week in a cooking class. Before the trip I spent time researching my options. I wanted to know who would be teaching the class, what courses and dishes would be covered, how hand-on the class was, if wine-pairings with the dishes would be addressed and if the class included trips to the local farmer’s markets to select fresh produce. Finding just the right cooking school was important to me because I would be spending a significant amount of money traveling to Italy and I wanted my experience to be well worth my time and effort.
For a woman interested in buying a franchise, evaluating the training a franchise business offers should involve even greater research – after all, this is about your future – not a vacation.
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Travel Insurance
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| You are about to head off with your new husband on your honeymoon to Hawaii. It is going to be the tripped you have dreamed of your entire life. You have packed your bags, got your passport in hand, and locked up your house. But, have you remembered to do the most important thing, the thing that could make the difference between the trip of a lifetime and the trip from hell? Have you remember to purchase travel insurance? |
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What Are The Results of A Recent Poll?
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| In a recent poll eighty-eight percent of the people surveyed reported that they would rather win a travel incentive then a cash incentive. One possible reason for this is that once money is spent (normally it is used to pay outstanding bills) it’s gone. A trip is something that the whole family can enjoy. The stories of a memorable trip are stories that get told years later at family gatherings.
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Which Side Of The Road Am I Supposed To Be On?
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| Years ago, my honey, Robin, and I planned a trip back to his homeland, Australia. Part of that trip entailed me driving. I knew that they drive on the opposite side of the road than Americans do. What I did not pay too much attention to was the fact that the driver’s seat is on the other side of the car. |
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Business Lessons Learned At The Mall
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| No offense to my mall merchant brothers and sisters, but a trip into the deepest jungle is more appealing to me than a trip to the mall. I get no joy out of trudging from store to store, attempting to communicate with salespeople from other planets, browsing discount racks of last season's dollar merchandise and peering into windows at mannequins that seem to be in some sort of inanimate pain (why can't they make a happy mannequin?). |
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Analyst says we shouldn’t expect revamped Mac desktops anytime soon—but I beg to differ
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| Trip Chowdhry, a Global Equities Research analyst, says you shouldn’t expect revamped Mac desktops anytime soon—at least ones with big changes. Tough economic times, a shrinking desktop market and strong notebook sales make this an unwise move for Apple, he told Wired. However, not releasing new desktops is a terrible idea—and totally against Apple’s “DNA,” according to the Sellers Research group. |
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If You Want to Succeed … Have a Plan!
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| Ok well this isn't a trip journal, so I'll get to my point and how this all relates to what I have been writing about on this 30 day experiment.
I have already written about accountability, having a positive attitude, and setting goals to help improve your chances of success. Well, just like my trip out west, if you set a goal that you truly want to achieve, it would be silly to believe you can just do whatever you want to achieve that goal.
Sure you could just set the goal, think about it all the time, and do little tasks here and there that will help you advance towards the realization of that goal, but it would take you much longer to get there ... if you ever did. |
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Are Your Goals SMART?
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| Research has shown that the most successful people are those who regularly set goals. Most people would not start out on a trip without some kind of a map or GPS navigational system on board, yet many people run their businesses with very little directional assistance. This can cause a lot of wasted time and energy, sometimes going in circles or going in a direction that becomes a dead end. You'll end up somewhere, but will it be where you want to end up? |
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5 Home Business Strategies (Part One)
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| One of my children asked me the other day....."Mom, do you dream about having a big impressive office downtown one day?" It only took me three seconds to think and reply "Never!" I LOVE working out of my home! More times than not, I feel unproductive....but the reality is (because I kept a log for a month) I have learned how to steal time and be very effective!
You already know about the unproductive guilt trips.....A trip to the kitchen...."Well I'm already in the kitchen for lunch so I might as well wash these dishes." "I think I'll take a coffee break" (only to find a very good movie on television that sucks you in for the next 2 hours). A trip to the mailbox..... "I'll just open the mail (now you're writing checks out to be paid or you're on the phone disputing a bill). A trip to the laundry room..... "I'll throw these clothes in t |
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Your Reconnaissance Mission. (The Business of Plans)
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| A business plan is a map for your journey. It can identify where the hills are, how far the trip is and how long it might take. Your map will help you to measure your progress, and identify your direction. It is your decision to either stick to the trip you have planned in advance, or to sojourn here and there looking at the sites on the side of the road. Your map is really your plan of execution. It is how you will make the business work. |
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