Great Section 179 News (or was it a fever dream?)

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 »

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Fletch’s 2012 Year in Review

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 »

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A final 2012 Section 179 Plea

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 »

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Fletch’s Holiday 2012 Wish List

The holidays are here, and here’s my wish list for 2012: I wish for a better 2013 in terms of the economy. Listen, I know things have been rough, and I know some people think we’re slowly recovering, but the fact is, for many companies, business is fairly stagnant. I really would like to see a better 2013… Read More »

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Hurry up and wait Part 3 (is it really better to wait?)

I’ve been talking recently about how companies tend to wait until some arbitrary date / time period to purchase / finance new equipment. The reasons are varied – from “use it or lose it” budgets to putting expenses on last month’s / last quarter’s report to making a grouchy accountant less grouchy, and so on. One thing is… Read More »

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