Weekly Reports Archive

ROUGHLY TWO THIRDS OF SMALL-BUSINESS OWNERS SAY THEY ‘INTEND’ TO TRANSITION THEIR BUSINESS in the next ten years, yet surveys find six in ten have done “no planning at all” and eight in ten have “no formal advisory team or... Continue

 RESISTANCE TO CHANGE OF ANY KIND IS A HUMAN ATTRIBUTE, manifesting itself in many ways along a spectrum from low-key foot-dragging, to soft sabotage, to outright revolt. In the workplace, employee resistance is mostly based on simple failure to understand... Continue

UNSURPRISINGLY, NEWEST RESEARCH FINDS THAT SPENDING MORE TIME IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS IS HEALTHIER. “Living close to nature and spending time outside has significant & wide-ranging health benefits,” according to global data involving 140 studies of nearly 300 million people in... Continue

AS MORE PEOPLE ARE DRAWN INTO THE CRYPTOCURRENCY WORLD, BE AWARE OF FEDERAL TAX TREATMENT: (1) When purchased, crypto is considered to be capital asset property, but not eligible for 1031 exchange; (2) When as payment for goods or services... Continue

NEW CALIFORNIA RULES FOR ‘INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR’ STATUS: A state Supreme Court ruling last month sets new standards which will require every California employer to reevaluate everyone being paid compensation, to determine supportable overtime & tax reporting treatment. Workers are now... Continue