August 11, 2018
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
Weekly Report 18-33
August 3, 2018
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
Weekly Report 18-32
July 27, 2018
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
Weekly Report 18-31
July 20, 2018
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
Weekly Report 18-30
July 15, 2018
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