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How Interns Accelerate the Growth of Your Business
Growing your business means investing in key staff. Before you jump into the hiring process, you may want to consider hiring an intern to strengthen your team. With 75% of college students graduating with at least one internship, the intern talent pool has never been better. Whether they’re pursuing a degree or fresh out of…
How to Retire in 20 Years or Less
Have you ever thought about how many more years you have to work? For someone in their mid-20s, you could have a long way to go considering the official retirement age is 65. That’s forty more years of working in a job you may not love, or forty more years of being obligated to show…
Alimony Tax Rules are Changing
The sweeping changes under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 affect many aspects of our federal tax system. One major adjustment for many divorcing couples is how spousal alimony will be treated. Definition of Alimony Let’s begin by first defining alimony. According to the IRS, alimony is amounts paid to a spouse…
Do I Have What it Takes to Run a Small Business?
Whether you’re thinking of starting your own business or are already running one, you may wonder if you have what it takes to make it successful. With nearly 50 percent of all new businesses failing within their first five years of operation, you have good reason to be cautious. If you have the right combination…
The Freelancer’s Guide to Saving For Retirement
As a freelancer, you have full and total control over your work. You decide what you do, where you do it, and how you get things done. The freedom and autonomy are attract many workers to self-employment in the first place. But if you already freelance, you know this line of work doesn’t come without a…
Hiring Family: A Guide For Small Business Owners
Hiring the right employees is key to running a successful company, but finding them and retaining them isn’t always easy. As a small business owner, you’ll probably consider hiring a family member to work for you at some point. Maybe you need an extra set of hands on short notice. Maybe they really need a…
5 Financial Tips Before You Remarry
When you’re in the throes of a divorce —particularly an acrimonious one with messy finances — the last thing you want to think about is walking down the aisle again. However, after a few years and with a bit of perspective in the marital rear-view mirror, you might meet someone who makes you want to…
5 Financial Milestones to Hit Before Turning 30
Turning 30 is a big milestone in life — and for many people in their late 20s, it serves as a sort of looming, unofficial deadline on when you should have your life together. You don’t need to put quite that much pressure on yourself, as you’re never truly done growing, learning, or changing. But…
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