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My Chattanooga Small Business Health Quiz (Part 2)
Last week, I began asking you a series of questions, and I'd like you to thoughtfully consider the questions I'm asking, and send me back an email through the email button at the top of the page with YOUR answers.You don't have to email back, of course ... but please...
My Chattanooga Small Business Health Quiz (Part 1)
Things are getting busier around Ye Olde Accountacy Shoppe (i.e. Thomas Taylor, CPA) as more and more Chattanooga business owners are touching base to get on our calendar for the next few weeks.Will you join them?If so, great. You know how to find us. Let us know if...
Five Tips To Build A Healthy Company Culture by Tommy Taylor
Like many Chattanooga business owners, you probably set some goals for 2020.So ... hmmm ... how are you doing on those?Based on data collected by Statistic Brain, 27.4 percent of people typically abandon their resolutions within a week. Within two weeks of January...
Tommy Taylor’s 2019 Personal Income Tax Documents List
So yes ... you run a business.Which affords you some massive opportunities not available to Chattanooga wage employees on your PERSONAL taxes (depending, of course, on how everything is set up for you).So that likely means that you have a couple different tax returns...
Influence and Leadership In The Digital Age by Tommy Taylor
Here's a truth that some Chattanooga entrepreneur-types HATE to acknowledge: uptight accountants are a useful bunch.One of the things we really like, btw, is getting AHEAD of the game for our Chattanooga clients.Which, regardless of your entity structure, means that...
The Three Kinds of Customers For Chattanooga Businesses
Bar none, the most important asset in your Chattanooga business is your client and customer list. This is even true if you are in a "capital-intensive" business with significant material assets. In fact, I'd be very interested to hear someone make a strong case that...
Protecting Your Focus At All Costs by Tommy Taylor
War drums beating in Iran.Impeachment (?) proceedings. Democratic primaries.Weird economic signals.There is literally SO MUCH that can rob you of your greatest asset as we move forward into 2020.And in case it wasn't obvious, I'm talking about your focus.As a local...
How Thomas Taylor, CPA Plans to Make 2020 Our Best Year Ever
By the time you actually get to reading this, there is a very good chance that you're reading a voice from the last decade. 🙂 I make it a practice to prepare my posts to Chattanooga clients and friends a few days in advance, and RIGHT NOW, it is still 2019.But 2020...
Tommy Taylor’s Annual Holiday Prayer
In this holiday season full of conflict and impeachment, I'm ever more encouraged to see outside of my own situation, and practice empathy for those around me.And as the years go along, I'm increasingly aware of how this holiday season is a time of joy for many, as...