You know, I realize I talk about some seriously smart, highbrow topics here in this blog. I mean, it’s so “up there” that my audience has to be incredibly up on finance and such, right? Ok, I’ll admit, my audience IS pretty finance savvy, but, as my wife reminds me, I’m no Rockefeller. I mean, my last post… Read More »
Happy New Year everyone. I was e-mailing with a friend the other day, and we were talking about golf (and equipment financing and section 179, but that’s beside the point – this post is about golf). My friend was telling me that he’s about an 8 handicap, and really can’t seem to get any better than that. I… Read More »
So while the rest of you were reveling it up for the New Year, yours truly was sick in bed with the flu. And I mean siiiiiiiick…. That type of sickness where just looking at things is exhausting. I came down with it Sunday, 12/30, and the entire New Year thing was a blur. In fact, I had… Read More »
Here we are, at the end of 2012. The holidays are upon us, and the parties are in full swing. And since you are reading this, it’s clear the world didn’t end on 12/21/2012. The Mayans probably just ran out of paper (or stone tablets or whatever they used.) It was a rather ho-hum year, dominated by an… Read More »
This is it folks, the homestretch. If you want to use Section 179 for 2012, you’d better buy (or lease) your new (or new to you) equipment by midnight on 12/31/2012. Actually, it goes one better than that – you have to have the equipment installed / put into use by then. So just “buying” the equipment isn’t… Read More »