As I write this, the biggest issue on the minds of businesspeople everywhere is “taxes”. Of course, this argument has been going on for centuries (the USA was founded partly due to unhappiness with taxes), but there is a very valid point here. “Enough with the taxes” say small and mid-sized companies, and they’re right. Businesspeople, especially those… Read More »
With the Holidays upon us, let me go over my wish list for this year. First up on my list is always Section 179. But I really don’t need to put it here anymore, because it was made permanent in 2017. Still, I’m used to having it high on my list, so I’ll wish for it to grow… Read More »
2020 is half over, and while most people are saying “thank goodness”, I’m thinking “in all that’s been going on, I haven’t mentioned Section 179 lately.” My wife even asked “are you ok, you don’t seem like yourself”, to which I replied “I’ve been ignoring Section 179”… ok, I’m kidding there. Old Fletch knows that wouldn’t be great… Read More »
Every year, I do a Fletch Predicts post in January, and this year was no different. But then Covid-19 hit, and threw pretty much everyone’s predictions for the year out the window. So I’d like a re-do. Here we go: I won’t predict sports winners, because at this writing, nobody knows if anything will resume. I’m a big… Read More »
I was talking to my friend Edward the other day. Edward owns a landscaping and small equipment repair business, and he’s been very successful over the years. He’s also a customer of ours, and has been for more than a decade. We got to talking about business growth, risk, and what it takes to be successful. And he… Read More »