by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans
Let’s say your Maine-based small business provides a service that involves servicing products that your customers own. Maybe you fix broken construction equipment, make alterations to clothing, frame customers’ art or a repair computers. You provide the service,...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Financial Planning, IRS Regulation
Employers can see advantages from hiring independent contractors for their Maine-based small businesses. They can be hired on a per-project basis and then let go when the project is completed. Also, independent contractors tend to be more experienced workers and...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Financial Planning
Many small business owners would like to expand, in order to generate higher sales and increase profits. But before making moves to buy new equipment, expand your plant or implement a new business idea, you need to fully understand how the profit angle works. Many...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Debt & Financing, Financial Planning
Most lenders require the individual owner of a Maine-based small business to personally guarantee loans made to their business. This shows the owners’ commitment and helps ensure that the loan obligation is fulfilled. The problem is that the personal guarantee...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Accounting Standards, Business Plans, Financial Planning
When a professional corporation sells its assets or liquidates, one important tax issue is whether the corporation or the shareholder-employees own any appreciated professional goodwill. For tax purposes, goodwill is an intangible asset. It represents the value of a...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans
These days, it’s rare to have firsthand knowledge of a new hire, thanks to the mobility of our society. And the days are gone when an employer would dare to hire based solely on a grade point average and a transcript from a school or college. Today, a...