Reduce personal taxes through home business

There are many advantages to owning your home business. Some are purely emotional, and some are based on sound business planning. The potential tax savings related to owning and operating a small home business are often overlooked or simply glossed over. This probably due to the fact that taxes are complicated, that's why they are all kinds of accountants focusing on the wide variety of tax specialities.

There is one company, Wall and Associates, that provides a service to small home business owners in Canada and the USA. The "Easy as ABC" website features a free tax savings calculator that uses their estimated numbers for possible deductions once you plug in your expected income. The system also allows you to change the numbers as you like. As I said the system is free with no strings attached. It's definitely worth checking out because it has tax information for small businesses in both Canada and the USA.

It's a good website to refer prospects to since it is a third party independant accounting company that specializes in the home business tax field. Recommend by Immunotec. 

Colm Maher

colm@wellnessopportunity.org

Skype "colmbonne"

If you are a member of a network marketing company that boasts of having great distributor websites that will generate business for you, think again about their effectiveness. These websites may well bring you business if you personally refer a lot of people to your exact website address but only if your customers spell everything just right. If your customer forgets this address and just types in the name of your host company and your name too--no dice-- your customer may get the company but not you. You could lose him or her right there.

These "distributor websites" are called replicated websites because all distributors have the exact same website except for very minor differences. There's usually not much space for you to get your personalty across or differentiate yourself from others. It's really just like a glorified, very detailed brochure which you hand to people. That means you have to personally hand out this brochure to every single prospect. Sounds just like conventional MLM marketing wrapped up in something of a disguise called the internet. The replicated website idea has it backwards: on the internet, people find you ; if they can't find you, you might as well not exist.

The internet is all about people finding people with solutions for their problems. The new consumer finds you, you don't necessarily find them . The new consumer is being proactive by looking for a new product, new ideas, or perhaps new business concepts. The old consumer watches TV and is told what to buy. Replicated websites are for the old style consumer and the old style salesperson.

In order to be an active player on the internet, you have to learn the new rules. You have to become internet savvy. If you want people to find you on the internet, you will have to bone up on your internet skills. If you plan on being successful in mlm or any small business, the internet needs to be mastered. It's not going away anytime soon so the skills you acquire will always be useful. In such a radically changing environment, the emphasis will always be on learning new skills.

There are many companies out there on the Internet that promote health products that don't actually work but if you pay some doctors enough, he or she will say something that makes the product sounds like it could work for some people some of the time. Doctors can be very compelling even when they are talking about something they basically know nothing about. In some situations, actors are often paid to act as doctors and do a great job most of the time. Executives from "natural health" companies know the rules which have been pretty loose up until now. It's almost unthinkable what some companies have done to promote worthless products that pray on the hopes and fears of sick people or people who are trying to avoid sickness.

So the golden rule is the old axiom "buyer beware". Check out the company as much as you can. Check the research out by reading it yourself. This can be complex but you will get the gist of it. At least, you should have a idea on whether the research is real or sort of made up, or whether the truth has been stretched a little. Personal testimonies, while inspiring, have to be discounted due to their personal, subjective nature. They also lend themselves to hype. People who are trying to sell something sometimes tell lies. I know that's hard to believe---they were so nice. That's why we think so highly of used car salesmen and the like. Scientific research and peer reviewed published works are by far the best source information to look for in evaluating a product and a company. If the claims are made with no back up documentation, it's kind of like buying a "terrific" used car without seeing the service records.

Evaluating a product and a company are really important in maintaining your state of health and wellness but it's doubly important if you want to build a successful wellness home business. Who wants to see your business go to pot after the real facts immerge about the fraudulent nature of the claims made about a product? If you want to waste a lot of time, lose money and lose credibility that's an excellent route to take. If not, the due diligence you undertake before you really start promoting a product line is time extremely well spent. I guess that's why I'm always a little leary about "fast start"  bonuses and the like. The other very famous phrase is "when the dream is big enough, the facts don't count" Really.  It's a message I read as "don't take the time to really check this out, you might find the out the truth". So do your due diligence and make your decision. Once you've done this properly, go for the gold.

Just a little warning: Once you are satisfied don't be a sucker to your own negative thoughts that mascarade as "facts"  manufactured by you to look highly reasonable. They are nothing but doubts thrown your way to block your progress. It's your own mind setting out to destroy your chances of success.

It was a georgeous Spring day. The air was filled with the sweet aroma of fresh cut grass and spring flowers were just beginning to bloom. As I was walking, I thought how nice it was to be quite alone out here. I wondered to my self how this same place would have been very crowded just yesterday. Of course, yesterday was Sunday and now they'll all at work or going to work. It was so much nicer walking down this fairway at 9 am on Monday morning rather than driving for an hour to get to work. As I got closer to my golf ball, I quickly changed my thinking. "What club should I use?" Pondering that for a while I couldn't help but remember that my friend Jack was in just about the same position last week when we both played this hole while he was on vacation. Jack probably just got to work so I thought I'd give him a ring. Jack couldn't quite believe I was calling him so he sounded a little confused. After asking his advice on what club I should use based on his previous experience, he actually sounded irritated with me. Anyway, after exchanging pleasantries and getting his advice, I chose a 9 iron. I had a really good shot and was thankful to Jack. I kind of wondered if Jack was happy at his job even though he said he really enjoyed his job when I approached him about having his own business. I guess maybe, he was just having a bad day. After all, it was Monday morning and he probably had more important things on his mind than playing golf.