With the holidays fast approaching, our thoughts turn to “end of the year” business activities – particularly the financial reports that are due for the upcoming tax season. 

A little panic sets in wondering if we kept every receipt, tracked all our expenses in QuickBooks, and if we took advantage of the many deductions available to us as business owners.

 Here are 3 simple tips for lowering your taxes during the holidays:

1. Turn your road trip into a tax deduction: Schedule to meet with a client or a vendor on your way to the in-laws, and the mileage to the meeting (and back) is tax deductible! (Doesn’t the client deserve a nice holiday gift anyway?) Now you can truly laugh at your father-in-law’s corny jokes because you know the trip was partly paid for by the IRS!

2. Get the gift of tax deductions: Did you know that home office furniture is tax deductible even if you don’t take the home office deduction? So take advantage of the holiday sales and buy that new desk you’ve been eyeing for an extra 20-35% off! (Depending on your tax rate.) Talk about hitting the jack pot!

3. Getting your records in order will save you money: To do this we found a product created by one of our favorite tax experts, Sandy Botkin (a former IRS trainer, CPA and Tax Attorney), that we love because it has solved our Holiday Financial Panic and made taking tax deductions so easy. Taxbot is an amazing digital tax tracker that automatically tracks business mileage with a GPS Mileage Tracker, records expenses and intuitively makes them IRS compliant. It even has a built-in receipt scanner! It even syncs to a secure web portal that offers detailed integrated reports and expert tax training and tips. They really thought of everything!

This holiday season you, too, can take the stress out of tax planning with this ingenious app! 

Get your free 2-week Taxbot trial right here!

Want even more tips and tricks to get the most tax deductions possible as a business owner? Join us for a live webinar from Sandy Botkin on December 15 from 10-11 a.m. PST.

Click here to reserve your spot for “5 Strategies To Maximize Your Tax Deductions And Stay Out Of Trouble With The IRS!”

*Thank you to Sandy Botkin and the team at The Tax Reduction Institute for providing these helpful tips. 

Carson City, NV—CEO SPACE, the largest entrepreneur support program in the world, has exclusively endorsed Laughlin Associates as the premier incorporation services provider for small business owners looking to form an LLC or Corporation.

 Says CEO Space Founder Berny Dohrmann, “CEO SPACE has created what we call Trade Show 3.0. This revolutionary model of cooperative capitalism ensures that the diverse needs of our members are constantly being met. The 5 times per year CEO Space forums bring together hundreds of business owners, angel investors, and corporate leaders in a community of support with a focus on hyper-growth opportunities  There is no selling, just sharing, and potential clients can decide if the math makes money sense for their business.”

Many Laughlin clients have benefited from CEO SPACE affiliation for years but with this alliance they now formally endorse Laughlin Associates as their exclusive incorporating recommendation for their 80,000 members nationwide. Laughlin offers Corporation and LLC formation in all 50 states in the U.S.

Aaron Young, Laughlin Associates’ CEO, is particularly encouraged about the CEO SPACE endorsement, “Our two teams have now become one family and we love supporting one another’s customers with a kind of sacred regard for entrepreneurs.”

Young will now participate on the prestigious CEO SPACE faculty board, where he will teach along-side the likes of Les Brown, Bob Proctor, T. Harv Eker and other well-known professional speakers and business coachs specializing in the “Law of Attraction.”

Young further explained how the affiliation between CEO Space and Laughlin Associates is such a natural fit for small business owners looking to accelerate their wealth and success.

“We know how hard it is to run a small business. I’ve been there. I live this every day. At Laughlin, we help remove the burdens associated with running a business. Our goal is to help you speed things up and help you make a lot of money faster. We believe the affiliation with CEO SPACE is a recession buster for all of our customers. Our clients can prosper in the double dip and we plan to make sure they do,” Young concluded.

The partnership between Laughlin Associates and CEO SPACE will provide clients with the opportunity to reclaim some tax dollars, substantially upgrade their business skills, improve their business plans, open new markets, get new customers, infuse capital into their businesses, develop upgraded branding strategies, and resolve challenges while saving oceans of time and money.

Young believes the materials and training resources found at CEO SPACE to be one of a kind. “The solutions provided at CEO SPACE are truly off the charts from anything small business owners have previously seen.

He continued on to say, “If you want to make more money faster, I can’t recommend CEO SPACE enough. My request to clients is that they explore CEO SPACE as a hyper-growth opportunity – just dip your toe in the water and see if you are not delighted with the help and support you discover from this affiliation. I am really excited about this alliance. Now we can do even more to benefit the clients we cherish so much.”

 For more information regarding the partnership between Laughlin Associates and CEO SPACE contact Shannon John, Marketing Manager, at 1-800-648-0966 or sjohn@laughlinusa.com. All media inquiries welcome.

Carson City, NV—Laughlin Associates, one of the nation’s oldest incorporation services providers, will hold an open house event at their headquarters on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The event entitled, “The Ultimate Success Accelerator Workshop,” is intended for small business owners either running a sole proprietorship and have interest in learning more about a Corporation or Limited Liability Company, or currently have an incorporated company and want to discover the further benefits attached with such.

“We get so many questions from people wondering what the next step is for them after incorporating a business,” said Meghan Cole, VP of Sales and Marketing for Laughlin. “We want to open our doors, meet face-to-face, and give people the answers they are looking for in an intimate setting where they can really benefit and get a lot of out it. This is not just another small business seminar. We’ll really get to the root of the issues business owners want to talk about here.”

The workshop will feature two short 20 minute presentations and offers complimentary consultations for all attendees. Anyone attending will also receive a free USB drive packed with business owner resource guides, whitepapers, past webinar presentations and videos.  

The schedule is as follows for this event:

Refreshments will be served 5:30 – 6:00 p.m. 

Risk vs. Reward—Using Corporate Recordkeeping To Strengthen Your Business 6:00 – 6:20 p.m.

The 5 Things You Must Have In Your Business 6: 30 – 6:50 p.m.

Takeaways include:

• Achieve all of your business goals
• Discover how owning a business has tons of privileges you’re not taking advantage of
• Slash your taxes to ribbons
• Make real money and keep it
• Stay in business for years to come
• Don’t work IN your business, work ON your business
• Meet other business owners and gain knowledge from their experiences

To RSVP please visit http://ultimatesuccessaccelerator.eventbrite.com or call 1-800-648-0966 and ask for Shannon John. This event is completely free to attend.

The CEO of Laughlin Associates, leader in small business incorporation services and seminars for small business, Aaron Young was on hand for the launch event of the An Empowered Woman Foundation on September 11, 2011.

Laughlin served as sponsor of the “Do I Feel Lucky” scholarship that was awarded to Bridgette Shemone, a Northern California actress and entrepreneur.

The event took place on the largest yacht in Marina Del Rey, CA. Among the guests and participants were financial guru, Loral Langemeier, Radio Personality and author, Les Brown, and CEO Space California President, Chimene Holmes.

The An Empowered Woman Foundation (AEWF) was organized to assist women striving to start a business but are in need of resources including mentoring and funding. Each year the foundation will sponsor 100 aspiring entrepreneurs and help them on their path to business development.

The scholarship winner, Shemone, accepted her winnings and promptly returned that amount back to the AEWF to help future female entrepreneurs achieve success and reach their dreams.

Desiree Doubrox, the CEO of An Empowered Woman, enthusiastically declared, “Now that’s what I call ‘An Empowered Woman!’” when asked about Shemone’s donation of her scholarship funds.

The AEWF mission is to annually support 100 women in launching a sustainable business that would positively impact their families and communities. This mission is supported and actualized by companies like Laughlin Associates that are contributing education and resources to assist such female entrepreneurs. For more information visit www.AEWFoundation.org.

 Laughlin Associates offers small business incorporation services in all 50 states, seminars for small business, advice for entrepreneurs on choosing an LLC vs. a Corporation, consultations on how to properly protect your assets, and Nevada resident agent service.

*Thank you to Ian Foxx of Foxx Media Group for the photos from this event.

Nevada Incorporation Services – Choosing Your Provider

When it comes to business incorporation and Nevada incorporation services, there are many different things that you will need to think about. Usually take the time to consider what companies offer the things that you need, in which professional services have the best reputation for helping businesses to incorporate themselves. Of course, if you read up on your information, you might not even need assistance from Nevada incorporation services in the first place. If you do, they are definitely out there to help. However, if you’re not interested in that type of assistance, you don’t have to take it.

The advantage of using Nevada incorporation services to help you out informing your business is that you’ll have less to think about and even less work to do then you would have with the arty simple incorporation process by doing it on your own. If you decide you want to enlist the help of professional services, all you need to do is take the time to check a few of them out and see who can offer you what you’re looking for when it comes to business incorporation in the state of Nevada.

Like the Nevada incorporation process itself, Nevada incorporation services are fairly simple in their design. Nevada is quite possibly one of the easiest ways to incorporate in. However, if you have a privately held company with only close associates and family members owning shares in the company, you can often have the paperwork done within a few hours and have your company incorporated within a matter of days. Between the ease of incorporation in the state of Nevada, and all of the advantages offered to those who incorporate, Nevada incorporation services really have something for just about everyone.

Take the time to study up on business incorporation in the city of Nevada, and you’ll be better for in the end. It doesn’t matter whether you have a business that really needs to be incorporated, or even if you’re just incorporating for the sake of protecting your personal assets. The state of Nevada will take it either way, and you will be able to incorporate your business with ease. Whether you are well educated in the realm of business ownership and incorporation, or new to the entire concept, Nevada incorporation services can certainly help you along the way. Just make sure that you take the time to find the help that you need, and are able to accept the assistance that is being given to you.