SBDC Orientation
This workshop will provide attendees with information about the program requirements and the different services and training offered at the center. Attendance is required for pre-venture and early start-up businesses. Orientation is offered two-three times per month so check the calendar for additional dates.
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NEWS & INFO FOR ENTREPRENEURS
It's Tax Time. Are You Ready?
If you're like most taxpayers, you always end up with with an ominous stack of "homework" around tax time. Unfortunately, the job of pulling together the records for your tax appointment is never easy-or even fun-but the effort usually pays off when it comes to the extra tax money you save from being prepared.
When you arrive at your appointment fully prepared, you'll have more time to:
The tax law allows a variety of methods for handling income and deductions on your return. Choices made at the time you prepare your return often affect not only the current year, but later year returns as well.
When you're fully prepared for your appointment, you get more time to explore all avenues available for lowering your taxes.
For example, the law allows choices in transactions such as:
Ideally, preparation for your tax appointment should begin in January of the tax year with which you're working. Right after the new year starts, set up a safe storage location-a file drawer, a cupboard, a safe, etc.
As you receive pertinent records, file them right away, before they're forgotten or lost. By making the practice a habit, you'll find your job a lot easier when your actual appointment date rolls around.
Other general suggestions to consider for your tax preparation appointment include:
Being prepared and making sure you have the basic details of your tax return covered will make it so your tax preparer can spend more time on what matters most-making sure you don't pay more tax than you are required to pay.
Source:
Eric Levenhagen, CPA CTC, Managing Member at ProWise Financial Coaching
Mr. Levenhagen is a Certified Public Accountant and was one of the first thirty tax professionals in the country to earn the Certified Tax Coach designation. He is the managing member at ProWise Financial Coaching. Eric specializes in helping small business owners minimize their taxes, maximize their profits and enhance their life through entrepreneurial abundance. In 2015, Eric was selected by his colleagues as the Certified Tax Coach of the Year. Eric is also a contributing author to the best-selling book, Secrets of a Tax Free Life.
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Please note that the El Camino College SBDC is not on the campus of the college.
Due to the amount of material to be covered and out of respect to workshop attendees who arrive on time, late admittance to workshops is not permitted. Please plan for traffic and parking conditions to ensure you arrive on time for entry into a workshop.
Workshops that charge a fee are non-refundable or transferable unless the SBDC changes or cancels the event.
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