Finance Your Business

Tax-Deductible Startup Expenses

By Janet Attard March 3, 2023

Starting a business is costly, but some of your startup expenses are tax deductible. Make sure you don’t miss out on any tax savings by finding out which of those expenses you can write off. Did you start a business last year? Here are deductions you may be entitled to for your startup expenses. (Please ...

Self-Employment Tax Deductions: How They Work

Team ZenBusiness March 2, 2023

Have you become self-employed and begun working from home? If so, you need to be aware of all your legal tax deductions so you can avoid overpaying your income taxes. Here’s how tax deductions work. According to the Census Bureau, there are more than 26 million businesses in the United States that don’t have employees. ...

PPP Loan Forgiveness Status for 2023

By Bill Bauer March 2, 2023

If you received a PPP loan for your business during the pandemic, you may still be able to get forgiveness for the loan. We’ll discuss the requirements and steps for applying. As we enter 2023 and the fourth year of the “new normal” with COVID-19, many small businesses are still struggling. The U.S. Small Business ...

6 Tax Hacks For Small Business Owners and the Self-Employed

Team ZenBusiness March 1, 2023

One of the best ways to save money and meet your obligations is by paying more attention to your taxes. With a few simple, and most importantly legal, tax hacks, you can enhance your small business in more ways than one. Here are a few tax hacks for the self-employed: Tax Hack 1: Use Tax ...

8 Steps to Establishing Business Credit

Team ZenBusiness February 13, 2023

It’s probably no surprise to entrepreneurs that checking and cleaning up your personal credit report is important to your business. However, you might be surprised at the number of small business people who have not separated their business and personal credit. And that’s really too bad, because comingling personal and business credit can have disastrous ...

Cost-Cutting Tips for Small Companies

By Cathy Zimmermann February 2, 2023

Whether your business is facing challenges during this tough economy or is doing just fine, the more you can trim off your business expenses, the better off you’ll be. The savings can be used to keep your business afloat, expand into new ventures, or improve your bottom line. Here are 47 cost-cutting strategies for your ...

Qualified Business Income Deduction Could Cut Your Tax Bill by 20%

By Jonathan Medows February 2, 2023

The qualified business income (QBI) deduction can save owners of businesses whose income passes through to their personal returns up to 20% on their taxes. Find out how this pass-through deduction works below. One of the newer tax rules that business owners should be aware of is the Qualified Business Income Deduction (QBI). The deduction, also called Section 199A, ...

ZenBusiness Money: The Best Invoicing App 2023

Tony Hagen January 8, 2023

As a small business owner, it’s essential to have a system to track and maintain your invoicing. Many business owners do this manually with spreadsheets. Wouldn’t it be nice to have an app that can take the stress out of finances? With advances in technology, there are various types of software and apps that remove ...

How to Write an Elevator Pitch

By Janet Attard January 1, 2023

An elevator pitch, or elevator speech, is a short, powerful description of what you do and why it’s important to customers or investors. Here’s how to write an elevator pitch that gets attention. You’ve just encountered a potential customer or someone you’d like to have invest in your business. You’ve got less than a minute ...

Slash Your Heating Costs This Winter

By Patricia Schaefer December 1, 2022

Use these low-cost and no-cost ways to lower your heating bill, regardless of your heat source. Read on if you’d like to save 20% or more on your heating bills this winter. The cost of heating your home — and your home office — could put a huge hole in your budget this winter whether ...

Year-End Tax Strategies

By Janet Attard December 1, 2022

Here’s a novel thought. Let Uncle Sam pay for your holiday gifts and entertaining. No, I’m not talking about anything illegal. You can’t buy personal gifts and bill them to your business. That’s called fraud. But if your business uses the cash method of accounting (as most sole proprietors do) you may be able to ...

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