Archive for September 2003
Do You Have the Time to Work at Home?
Work at Home Parents: So you’ve made the decision to work at home. Congratulations — You’re about to join a modern movement of over 14 million that grows by about 500,000 every year. If you’ve done your homework, you probably have a good idea of how much money you’ll need to invest to get your [...]
Insider’s Secrets To Your Own Million Dollar Multi-Level Empire
Home Based Business Opportunities: There seems to be any number of appealing Multi-Level Marketing programs available these days. Our researchers haven’t analyzed them all, but based upon the appeal of those for the participants–most of them look as though they could put money in your pockets. However, don’t ever delude yourself into thinking that multi-level [...]
Work at Home: Anatomy of a Work-At-Home Mom
Work at Home Parents: What exactly is “it” about those of us moms (and dads) who work from home? I am in daily contact with other telecommuters and have long discovered that we are, without a doubt, a breed of our own. Many of us formerly held brick and mortar, *real* jobs at one time [...]
Avoiding Patent, Trademark And Copyright Problems
Home Based Business Opportunities: Patents, copyrights and trademarks, as well as know-how or trade secrets, are often collectively referred to as intellectual property. Many firms have such property without even being aware of it or of the need to take measures to protect it. Many people’s notions of intellectual property are unrealistic. Some believe, for [...]
Are My Work-At-Home Motives Selfless or Selfish?
Work at Home Parents: As a work-at-home mom of over 14 years, I am often the envy of other moms that battle the “9 to 5 retrace”. Comments frequently heard are, “You are so incredibly lucky to be able to stay home with your kids. I wish I could work from home and be a [...]
Incorporating a Small Business
Home Based Business Opportunities: The majority of small and medium-sized businesses, especially those whose trade is local in nature, find it advisable to obtain their charter from the State in which the greatest part of their business is conducted. Out-of-State, or “foreign,” incorporation often results in the additional payments of taxes and fees in another [...]
Work at Home? Time Saving Tips for Phone and Email
Work at Home Parents: The telephone is an essential tool in your life, but it can also be your worst nightmare. Then along came email — once the words you’ve got mail” brought joy to our hearts — now they send some of us running for cover. If you feel you are being held hostage [...]
Legalities & Tax Advantages In A Home Business
Home Based Business Opportunities: Every year, several thousand people develop an interest in “going into business.” Many of these people have an idea, a product or a service they hope to promote into an income producing business which they can operate from their homes. If you are one of these people, here are some practical [...]
Organizing Your Home Office and Paperwork
Work at Home Parents: Organizing your home office can truly be a hair raising task! By home office, I mean any area of your house which you pay bills in, write notes, send cards, store paperwork, etc. Some people are lucky to have a separate room for this purpose, and others section off an area [...]
How To Make Sure 2004 Is Your Best (Tax) Year Ever
Home Based Business Opportunities: Sorry to crash your party, but as we bring in the New Year, it’s also time to bring in a New Tax Season. As a small business owner or self-employed person, one of the easiest ways to keep Uncle Sam off your back and out of your life is to file [...]
Work at Home Parents: Long office hours are often necessary for freelance professionals. This is exactly why so many of us have chronic headaches, cracking wrists, tingling fingers, and stiff necks. All of these symptoms can be avoided by designing your home office with ergonomics on your mind. This article will summarize the basics of [...]
Home Based Business Opportunities: Tax season is here so it’s time to be prepared for the scam artists who appear to want to help you keep your money, when in fact they are more interested in stealing it right from under your nose. Worse yet, taxpayers can face heavy fines, payment of taxes owed with [...]
How To Increase Home Office Productivity
Work at Home Parents: Working at home is not always as easy as people with “normal” jobs might think. There are hundreds of distractions home workers must struggle against. Whether it’s your screaming kids and telemarketers or just the constant hunger pains from knowing the refrigerator is just behind you. Only the most diligent worker [...]
Do You Qualify For Home-Based Tax Deductions?
Home Based Business Opportunities: New changes in the tax laws have made it easier than ever to claim Home Office Deductions and keep more of what you earn. If your home is a place of business, many of your personal expenses can be deducted as business expenses resulting in lower taxes. You may be thinking, [...]
Overcoming Isolation In Your Home Office
Work at Home Parents: Like most people, when you think about what it would be like to work from home, you probably think of the obvious benefits such as working your own hours, not having to face a stressful, tedious commute every day, actually seeing what your garden looks like in daylight hours, not having [...]
How To Avoid Getting Burned By Your Own Tax Return
Home Based Business Opportunities: I no longer had a headache. I had a migraine. Enough was enough. I left the store and came home empty- handed. I was in over my head, and it was time to admit it. While driving home I suddenly realized something. What I just experienced is exactly what most people [...]
A Childproof And Workable Home Office
Work at Home Parents: If you have young children, then deciding how to design your home office has probably given you a headache. There have been times of chaos in my own home when my young children have ripped up or colored on important papers, stuck objects into disk drives, and jammed the printers with [...]
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A Big Tax Loophole Just Got Bigger: How To Turn Taxable Income Into Non-Taxable Income — Legally!
Home Based Business Opportunities: Believe it or not, there are ways to convert taxable income into non-taxable income, without any fear of an IRS audit. Here’s one of my favorites. It’s been part of our beloved tax code for over 30 years, yet many still don’t take advantage of it. What am I talking about? [...]
How to Work at Home and Keep Your Sanity!
WAHM: Working at home can be a blessing and/or a disaster depending on how you are able to handle it. A home business or job is not for all of us. I know a lot of people who much prefer to “get out in the world” to work. I absolutely love working at home. I [...]
How To Avoid Double The Trouble: Why A Partnership Can Be Twice As Dangerous
Home Based Business Opportunities: Tony is a computer programmer who always wanted to be “on his own.” One of his co-workers, Kevin, felt the same way. On their lunch breaks they often talked of the day when they’d be calling the shots and making all the money. Before long, they got the guts to tell [...]
