Small Business Finance, Accounting, and Taxes Archives

Barbara Weltman 09/02/2008 Author of J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2008 Are you ready for the next small business tax deadline? Barbara Weltman talks with Jim Blasingame about several of the upcoming tax filing and tax paying deadlines as well as some retirement plan deadlines. Barbara also gives us a look at some of the changes for next year.

John Fox 08/22/2008 Author of If Americans Really Understood the Income Tax How different are the proposed tax policies of the two presidential candidates. John Fox talks with Jim Blasingame about how to differentiate the two plans, plus they debate what the correct tax policies should be.

Sol Roter 08/12/2008 Founder and Director, Liquid Capital Corp. Have you considered factoring to capitalize the growth of your small business? Sol Roter talks with Jim Blasingame about how factoring has come of age in the 21st century as a more main-stream capital option.

Gene Siciliano 07/28/2008 Author of Finance for Non-Financial Managers How could your small business prevent fixed payroll expenses from getting out of hand? Gene Siciliano talks with Jim Blasingame about the concept of "pay for performance," including how to get this compensation strategy started and functioning.

Barbara Weltman 07/23/2008 Author of J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2008 What are some of the important tax issues you should be attending to in your small business? Barbara Weltman talks with Jim Blasingame about some important tax planning tips and deadlines.

Eva Rosenberg 07/18/2008 National tax columnist and author of Small Business Taxes Made Easy What do you know about how to maintain bank deposits within the insured limits? Eva Rosenberg talks with Jim Blasingame about the different ways to maintain high levels of deposits in the same bank with all of them insured.

Brett Wilder 07/14/2008 Author of The Quiet Millionaire: A Guide to Accumulating and Keeping Your Wealth How does a small business owner do financial planning and business planning? Brett Wilder talks with Jim Blasingame about how to combine these two important elements to take care of your business and have it help talk care of you.

Peter Sepp 07/07/2008 Vice President for Communications, National Taxpayers Union How is the fight to hold down taxes going? Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the tax increase implications for the rest of the current Congress, including alternative minimum tax, estate tax, cap-and-trade, plus what is at stake with the upcoming presidential election.

John Fox 07/01/2008 Author of If Americans Really Understood the Income Tax Who is really paying their fair share of income tax? John Fox talks with Jim Blasingame about the truth about which group pays the most in taxes, which is required if we're to have honest debates over future tax policy. John's information may surprise you.

Doug Stives 06/20/2008 Partner, Curchin & Company What is the most important financial document for a small business owner to manage? Doug Stives joins Jim Blasingame as they discuss the critical financial instruments you need, especially the single most important one. Doug also reveals some of the new tax advantages for small businesses.

Robert Klueger 06/18/2008 Author of Asset Protection Are your assets protected against legal exposure? Robert Klueger talks with Jim Blasingame about how to insulate your assets from a lawsuit or other legal claims.

Barbara Weltman 06/13/2008 Author of J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2008 Barbara Weltman talks with Jim Blasingame about the most current tax compliance issues, including filing dates and public policy.

Jim Blasingame 05/05/2008 Creator and host, The Small Business Advocate Show Want to point a finger at someone to blame for all of the debt America's have? Listen to what Jim Blasingame says about America's relationship with debt, and about that finger-pointing thing.

Barbara Weltman 04/10/2008 Author of J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2008 Are you ready for tax filing? Barbara Weltman talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the key tax filing issues, dates and facts that small business owners should be thinking about during this tax filing season, including filing dates, filing extensions, retirement plans, the economic stimulus rebate and electronic filing.

John Fox 04/07/2008 Author of If Americans Really Understood the Income Tax What should the presidential candidates be talking about regarding tax policy? John Fox talks with Jim Blasingame about his ideas for how to reform U.S. tax policy in the next administration.

Eva Rosenberg 03/28/2008 National tax columnist and author of Small Business Taxes Made Easy Are you ready for tax filing time? Eva Rosenberg talks with Jim Blasingame about some important tax tips and tools to help you get and stay organized with your tax records.

Gene Siciliano 03/25/2008 Author of Finance for Non-Financial Managers Cash is always king, but never more so than during a slow economy. Gene Siciliano talks with Jim Blasingame about how to manage your cash requirements by tracking it in an electronic financial spreadsheet. They also talk about how to build one and who should be managing this information.

Gary Moore 03/24/2008 Author of Faithful Finances How will the financial crisis ultimately manifest in the marketplace? Gary Moore talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the things he thinks will happen, including increased regulation of the financial industry.

Bill Rys 02/25/2008 Tax Counsel for NFIB Will the government's stimulus package help small business owners? Bill Rys talks with Jim Blasingame about the specifics of the stimulus package with regard to small businesses.

Reed Holden 02/19/2008 Co-author of Pricing with Confidence: 10 Ways to Stop Leaving Money on the Table Do you really know how to price your products and services? Reed Holden talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the key elements that are required for a small business to price what you sell so that you can be profitable and grow successfully.

Barbara Weltman 01/22/2008 Author of J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2008 Do you know all of the tax compliance dates that apply to your small business? Barbara and Jim talk about some of the key tax dates and compliance steps that are coming up, including some of the retirement fund options that can still impact last year's tax deductions.

John Fox 01/21/2008 Author of If Americans Really Understood the Income Tax Who has the best tax policy of the presidential candidates? John and Jim begin their visit talking about what must be done if we're to have productive leadership, and then they move on to discuss the tax reform both proposed and wished for.

Jordan Goodman 01/09/2008 Author of Fast Profits In Hard Times How do you make money in uncertain financial times? Jordan talks with Jim about some of the things you can do to keep your money working even when the economy is moving the wrong way.

Barbara Weltman 12/24/2007 Author of J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2008 Barbara talks with Jim about the changes in the tax laws recently passed by Congress, including help for homeowners and those subject to the Alternative Minimum Tax.

Wayne Crews 11/26/2007 Vice President for Policy and Director of Technology Studies, Competitive Enterprise Institute What is more than all the corporate taxes paid, or all of the personal income taxes paid? Wayne joins Jim to explain the answer, which is the cost of regulations, and they're going up every year. They also talk about what we have to do to reverse this expensive trend.

Gary Moore 11/14/2007 Author of Faithful Finances Should you be buying stocks, selling or hedging. Listen to Gary as he and Jim talk about what's happening in the capital markets and whether he's buying or selling.

Barbara Weltman 11/13/2007 Author of J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2007 How have small businesses done in the past 10 years with regard to taxation? Barbara talks with Jim about some of the progress that's been made to lower the tax burden on small business since 1997.

Doug Stives 10/16/2007 Partner, Curchin & Company What's the future of our tax system? Doug and Jim talk about the debate that's going to be conducted over the next year or two on tax issues. Doug also offers some year-end tax planning tips.

Barbara Weltman 10/15/2007 Author of J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2007 Barbara joins Jim to talk about end-of-year tax planning, including the steps that you need to take to create various retirement programs for your small business.

Jerry Silberman 10/03/2007 CEO, Corporate Turnaround Are you considering bankruptcy for your business? Listen as Jerry talks with Jim about some ways to restructure your debts so that you can stay in business and out of bankruptcy.

Karen Kerrigan Peter Sepp 10/03/2007 President, SBEC; Vice President for Communications, NTU Pete and Karen joins Jim as they celebrate the life of their friend and colleague, John Berthoud, who died at the much-too-young age of 45. John was a long-time Brain Trust member and a tireless champion of economic freedom, tax reform and efficient government.

Mark Brock 08/24/2007 President & CEO, Brock Financial Group Did you read your property and casualty policy when you signed it? How confident are you that your property and casualty insurance policy on your home and business real estate is adequate for the kinds of risks you could incur? Mark talks with Jim about how to talk with your insurance agent and ask the right kinds of questions so you can make a more informed decision.

Barbara Weltman 08/10/2007 Author of J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2007 What's new with regard to small business taxes? Barbara talks with Jim about some of the things we need to know about taxes right now, as well as a few that we need to be preparing for.

John Fox 07/25/2007 Tax attorney and author of If Americans Really Understood the Income Tax Does America need more public transportation? John thinks so and he talks with Jim about why he things more public transportation is needed to help millions of Americans get to work.

Gene Siciliano 06/22/2007 Author of Finance for Non-Financial Managers Cash is King. Any questions? Gene joins Jim to explain the cash flow cycle and why the success of your business depends on your ability to understand it.

Barbara Weltman 06/21/2007 Author of J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2007 There are a number of new tax issues that impact small business owners and Barbara talks with Jim about them. Later, Barbara and Jim talk about the many opportunities that can be found in selling on eBay.

Eva Rosenberg 05/16/2007 National tax columnist and author of Small Business Taxes Made Easy Do you know what an "enrolled agent" is? Eva talks with Jim about this profession that you can learn and practice from your home-based business.

Steve Martin 05/14/2007 President, Business Solutions and author of Creative Approaches for Creating a Cost-Effective Organization Believe it or not, most businesses have instant profit opportunities right under their noses, and Steve talks with Jim about how to identify a few of them.

Barbara Weltman 05/01/2007 Author of J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2007 Do you know what kind of tax advantages Congress has put into the minimum wage bill to offset the blow to small business' payroll expense? According to Barbara, not much, which she reports in this visit with Jim, plus other small business tax issues.

Rick Pinion 04/20/2007 President, Pinion Financial Services Even though you've just finished with 2006 tax filing, it's not too early to think about 2007 tax planning, and Rick talks with Jim about some of those issues.

John Fox 04/12/2007 Tax attorney and author of If Americans Really Understood the Income Tax You've heard of Fantasy Football, right? Well, John joins Jim to talk about a Fantasy President who tells the truth about our aging tax code. Tune in to as Jim tells John a fantasy president won't work without a fantasy Congress.

John Berthoud 04/10/2007 President, National Taxpayers Union Most economists admit that the U.S. tax cuts of 2003 have been good for the global economy, not just for the U.S., and John talks with Jim about how it's looking with regard to those cuts being made permanent.

Gene Siciliano 04/04/2007 Author of Finance for Non-Financial Managers The economy isn't slow, but it is slowing. Gene joins Jim to talk about what you should be doing to make sure that your business is as successful as possible, even when things are slower than last year.

Macey Davis 03/23/2007 Tax counsel for the National Federation of Independent Business How would you like to reduce your chances of being audited by the IRS? Well, Macey talks with Jim about some things you can do to avoid the dreaded tax audit.

Barbara Weltman 03/13/2007 Author of J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2007 It's time to either file our corporate returns or an extension, and Barb talks with Jim about some of the things we need to know about tax preparation for last year and tax planning for this tax year.