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Mail That Caters To Kids With A Side Of Education

Sher-Lee’s kids were intrigued by the idea of receiving mail but, unfortunately, they almost never received any. Inspired by their interest, Sherri-Lee formulated a business that would deliver postcards to those kids who loved to receive mail.

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35 Minute Video: How To Make Facebook Make You Money

Facebook Fan Pages are changing marketing for the better. Watch this video and find out how.

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How Much Should You Pay Yourself

Microsoft:

It seems like a silly question, but it’s one that owners of business startups have to answer. How much of a salary should they receive?

Depending on how the business is structured, the answer can be, “What the market will bear,” “Just part of what I’d make otherwise” or even “Nothing at all — at least for now.

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  • Not only how the business is structured, but also on tax consequences. Salary is taxed in multiple ways: fed tax, state tax, social security, medicare, for you as an individual, plus workmens’ compensation, unemployment insurance, etc., for you as a business.

    Minimizing salary minimizes taxes. Let the business buy things you use in the business instead of paying you, and then your buying those same things, and you bypass taxes in two ways: the salary taxes, and the profit taxes (profit is lowered by the expenses). The company (if you are set up as a corporation) does not have to pay social security or medicare on its income, but you do, if you take it as salary.

  • I was 6 years short of my compulsory retirement when I was retrenched after 31 yrs of service. I dont what to do now? I can use computer. What job/business can you recommend?

    Please advice. Thank you

  • When I had my own business, I paid myself whatever I could afford that week. sometimes it was a decent payweek, but many times it was barely nothing at all. That’s the ups and downs of being self employed. Now I work for a hotel.
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