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With inflation and rising prices, higher wages and employee benefits, and other pressures on profitability, it’s essential for small businesses to look carefully at ways to reduce expenses. In some cases, it’s merely eliminating fat—big or small—from the budget; in others, it’s adopting different business practices that are less costly. The more you cut, the better your bottom line. And reducing outlays eases up on cash flow demands.
Read MoreInvesting in your business is often necessary to improve operations and increase profits over time. However, those expenses can sometimes grow too much and become unsustainable for small businesses. Currently, many businesses are struggling due to closures and social distancing practices, so they’re looking for cost cutting options to stay in business through a tough time. Whether you’re facing an immediate loss of funds or a prolonged period of cash flow issues, learning how to cut costs in business can be essential for keeping your operation afloat.
In some cases, a few minor shifts can help you save big on your monthly expenses. In other instances, more severe cost cutting measures may be necessary. Luckily, there are cost cutting options big and small that are available to businesses of all types and sizes.
No business wants to slash their expenses to the bare minimum, but when you absolutely must save money in your business, see our list of cost cutting ideas to stop the bleeding, ease cash flow and improve profits.
Read MoreDeductible business expenses help entrepreneurs with many of the costs of running a company. Business owners know that most expenditures can be written off, although there may be limits and timing. Check out the most common tax deductions for small business.
Last Spring the IRS released data showing the common deductions taken on sole proprietorship returns. Other entities claim the same types of deductions — C corporations, S corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies (LLCs), although you may find slightly different rules for some deductions.
See which ones apply to your 2019 tax return and think about which may impact your 2020 tax year for purposes of estimating taxes and business planning.
See a roundup of the most common tax deductions claimed on Schedule C of Form 1040 or 1040-SR by sole proprietors (including independent contractors and one-member limited liability companies not reporting elsewhere) as determined by the dollar amounts. The first three categories produce by far the largest write-offs.
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