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In your business are you constantly putting out fires caused by cash shortages?  How well you manage your cash flow affects your business’s profitability and longevity.  Here are a few fire prevention suggestions:

Have ethics and values changed in hiring practices and job searches?  As employers, we want to find the candidates with the best possible fit for the company culture, environment and goals.  Obviously, we also want to find the most effective mix of skills, characteristics and attributes as well as work history to fulfill the requirements of the job description we need to fill. 

The Secret is out.  The Law of Attraction is more popular than gravity.  What are you attracting into your life?  Does The Secret leave you hanging?  Do you love the concept, but have trouble applying it to your life?  Well, it’s really no secret.

Early one morning, you are out for a jog.  As you approach an intersection, you notice a no-walk red traffic signal against you.  There are no cars approaching on the horizon so you decide to keep jogging and enter the crosswalk against a no-walk red traffic light.

As computer security becomes better known and an active part in our everyday life, more and more of us are becoming accustomed to safeguarding our sensitive information to prevent identity theft.  Online banking, investments and even contact databases are being secured with strong passwords and secured services.  And now the providers that store this sensitive information are focused on finding ways to improve privacy and security for their client’s information.

Just a little over two years ago, Barrister Executive Suites, Inc. added Valencia to our illustrious list of executive suite locations.  Barrister Executive Suites in Valencia is located at 27240 Turnberry Lane, Suite 200 in Valencia, just off Interstate 5 at the Valencia Gateway.

And this year’s tax scam winners are…

1. Telephone Excise Tax Refund Abuses: Taxpayers request a refund of the entire amount of their phone bills, rather than just the 30 percent tax on long-distance and bundled service to which they are entitled.

Peter Drucker, someone I think very highly of, indicated something that we have seen validated on many occasions over the years.
Many businesses are more than concerned about developing their resources than undertaking processes to help their people become more productive.  This is coupled with the need for life-long learning.  Your business needs to consider that the most valueable resource you have is your people, your employees.

If you have an adjustable-rate mortgage or ARM, there’s a chance it will be heading toward a rate reset in the coming year.  A reset is defined as the change in the interest rate of your mortgage loan after the initial fixed-rate period to the adjustable rate you will pay for the remainder of the life of the loan.  And this year, as rates have increased, such a reset could cost you more money.

What’s the difference between just having a web site and providing a valuable online resource for your business?
You’ve heard it said that real estate is all about location, location, location.  Well, the number one key to every successful website is content, content, content.

On November 3, 1987 voters in the Santa Clarita Valley created a new city composed of the historic towns of Newhall, Saugus, Valencia and Canyon Country.  It was the birth of the City of Santa Clarita. 

Many college graduates are entering the work force this summer and soon may be starting to repay student loans.  One of the first tax lessons they may want to learn is the one about deducting student loan interest payments.  Here are the basics:

Businesses are run on a global scale, 24/7.  If a business is not innovative it will be left behind.  Surviving today’s business competition requires new thinking and new business patterns.  

Even if you’re not necessarily planning on changing jobs, you need to know where you stand.  By consulting with a career professional and talking through your career, you’ll be able to develop solid confidence in the skills and experience you have developed.

California labor laws dictate that if you are injured during the course and scope of your employment, your only remedy is to receive workers’ compensation benefits.  However, there are exceptions to this rule.

It sounds like some kind of science fiction movie, doesn’t it?  In fact, it’s a significant tax break for our local business owners.  The inside secret is that the Business Advisory Group of Santa Clarita has their own expert on this outstanding opportunity. 

Domestic Violence is a terrible thing.  I was watching the news recently and heard about a case in Washington State where a University of Washington researcher was gunned down and killed by her former boyfriend, who then turned the gun on himself. 

If you are operating a business without placing the business in an entity, you and your personal assets may be subject to business creditors’ claims.