When I read the recent news of Southwest Airlines canceling thousands of flights, I couldn’t help but think of software financing. To refresh your memory, during the busy holiday travel season, Southwest Airlines canceled a great majority of their flights. At first they blamed the weather, but that narrative didn’t last long. After all, every other competing airline,… Read More »
Every year, I do a wish list around the holidays, and 2021 is no different. Let’s see what I’d like under the tree for this year. A Nice Increase for Section 179 Section 179 was made permanent a few years ago, and it’s received small annual increases since (this year it’s $1,050,000, up 10K from 2020’s $1,040,000). Ok,… Read More »
As many readers know, I’ve usually written my yearly “hot and not” posts in the spring or summer. However, I didn’t write one last year, because it seemed wrong when everything was shut down due to the pandemic. But here we are in 2021, COVID restrictions are easing (if not gone), and many industries are returning to normal.… Read More »
Here’s my second post on financing retail equipment to better help a retailor compete. When we last left my pet supply store friend, he had upgraded all of the shelving fixtures and displays in his stores. Now it was time to venture into the world of cyberspace and perhaps dip his toe into online ordering and similar. This… Read More »
In this blog, I talk a lot about equipment financing and leasing, Section 179, how they relate, and a myriad of other topics. But it occurs to me that I never discuss the actual products that are financed and leased, and why a company would want to do such. So that’s what this post (and others in the… Read More »