Business Development

Tax Tips for Real Estate Agents

Tax Tips For Real Estate Agents You, as a real estate broker or agent, have two ways to grow your real net income: 1. Financial Offense 2. Financial Defense Financial offense boost your income. Get more listings, more showings, more closings, sell more expensive properties, add additional services and the like. Financial offense is hard …

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Tax Deductions – Travel, Meals & Entertainment

Travel, Meals and Entertainment Expenses Commuting Expenses.  To open this section I want to be sure we understand that, in general, the costs of commuting between a taxpayers home and work location are nondeductible commuting expenses.  But under certain circumstances these commuting expenses can be deductible if: 1)      The expense is for going between the …

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Tax Deal Made

Well, they did it. They drug it out to the last minute, but they did it. Weeelll, they did some of it. And I’d really like to thank all of them in Washington for dragging us through this during the holidays and leaving us to sort this all out this morning while at the same …

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June 2011 Newsletter

Sales Tax Rate Drops July 1st Effective July 1, 2011, the combined statewide sales and use tax rate will decrease from 8.25% to 7.25%. The temporary 1% increase implemented in April 2009 expires June 30, 2011. Remember that district taxes are still applicable, so the tax rates in most areas of California will be greater …

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