Wednesday, May 6, 2009

If You Don't Have A Home-Based Business, Start One Today!

Sandy Botkin is a CPA, attorney and former trainer of IRS attorneys nationwide. He lectures all over the nation on tax planning for self-employed and corporate taxpayers and can be seen in the big events with Donald Trump, Anthony Robbins and many others. He has been written up in Newsweek and in many other magazines. He is also a syndicated writer and noted author of this famed tape series "Tax Strategies for Business Professionals" and " Tax and Financial Strategies for Residential Real Estate."

Part 3

Why a Home-based Business Makes So Much "Cents"

There are many reasons why so many people are favoring home-based over traditional business.

There is no commute ( unless you have a really big home), no boss, little if any chance of lawsuits, much lower overhead, no employees, ( or few ), and far fewer government restrictions. In fact, many of the laws previously cited don't apply to small firms with few or no employees. It is for these reasons, according to Entrepreneur magazine, that 95 percent of home-based businesses succeed in their first year and achieve an average income of $ 50,250 per year with many earning much more.

There are really two sets of tax laws in this country. One is for employees, and it allows deductions for individual retirement accounts, 401 (k) s ( if you have one set up by your company ), interest and property taxes on your home ( which some in Congress want to do away with ), and charity. Then there are the laws for home-based business people who conduct their business either full-time or part-time. They can deduct, with proper documentation, their house, their spouse, and even children (by hiring them ), their business vacations, their cars, and their food with colleagues. they can also set up a pension plan that makes any government plan seem paltry by comparison.

For Lori-and for you-the meaning of all this is simple:

Lori earned $ 15,000 in salary as an employee, but took home only $ 1,156. She could have netted the entire $ 15,000 had she earned it in a home-based business!

This is an increase of almost 13 times her take-home pay as an employee.

Notice that Lori is not spending dramatically more money than she is currently spending. She would eat out anyway, go on trips and drive her car the same as before. By having a home-based business, however, many of their expenses become deductible. This concept is known as "redirecting expenses." With a legitimate home-based business, she can now deduct some of the expenses that she is incurring anyway.

More to come for the next two days. For today, please leave your comments.

Go to this site for more information on Sandy Botkin .

6 comments:

Peter Baca said...

Hi Dan & Deanna,

Thank you for your post on the tax advantages of having your own home business!

The no commute is a super advantage also!

Best Regards

Pete Baca
The Car Enthusiast Online

Unknown said...

Hello Dan and Deanne,

The more I read your article, I become more confident on what I decided to do and continue to do.

Thank you for your sharing and good advise.
Shaw Funami
Fill the Missing Link

Marketing Unscrambled, Home edition said...

Peter, the tax advantages and the no commuting are the best. Doing my own time not someone else. We stay up late, it is nice to get up late as well.
Dan and Deanna"Marketing Unscrambled"

Marketing Unscrambled, Home edition said...

Shaw, you have made the best choice. You did not need us to tell you that. Have a good day.
Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"

Hilary Melton-Butcher said...

Hi Dan and Deanna .. it's interesting to be made aware, for people who don't know, that of course everything you bring in is yours when you run a home based business ..

Thanks - Hilary Melton-Butcher
Positive Letters

Marketing Unscrambled, Home edition said...

Hilary, thank you for your comments. It makes a big difference when you have a home-based business. You do keep more of the income that comes into that business.
Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"