Last Minute Tax Advice for Home Office Deduction

Do you work from home? If so, others share your situation. The U.S. Small Business Administration says 60.1% of all firms without paid employees are home-based. The same ca be said for 23.3% of small employer firms, and 0.3% of large employer firms. Work from home? Determine whether to claim a home office deduction, which effectively transforms some personal expenses into business write-offs.

Small Biz TrendsConcierge Notary ServicesApril 29, 2021taxes, small business, accounting, concierge notary, home officeComment

4 Great Tools that Make QuickBooks Work Better for Your Small Business

QuickBooks is incredibly popular with small business owners, boasting an 80% market share and 29 million small business users. As helpful as QuickBooks is, there are many Quickbooks apps for integration with the software to make it an even better tool for small business owners. Here are four of the best (in alphabetical order).

Small Biz TrendsConcierge Notary ServicesApril 26, 2021small business, accounting, quickbooks, concierge notary, appsComment

4 Reasons Why Every Business Should Invest in Graphic Design

Graphic design is now omnipresent and used across verticals in growing businesses. Brands can leverage it in different ways and its versatility makes it a highly valuable digital asset. With the right graphic designs at your disposal, nothing is “hard to explain” anymore, making it very important if you are looking to make a great impression or connection with your customers.

Small Biz TrendsConcierge Notary ServicesApril 23, 2021marketing, concierge notary, small business, graphic designComment

Four Questions Notaries Should Ask When Choosing A RON Vendor

If you want to start performing remote online notarizations (RON), you will likely need a RON vendor who will provide the tools for you to perform RONs and securely store your electronic records. But how do you choose the vendor that’s best for you? When selecting a RON vendor, be sure to ask these four important questions:

NNAConcierge Notary ServicesApril 20, 2021concierge notary, remote online notarization, questions, fraud, lawComment

How Notaries Turned a National Shutdown into Business Success

For many Notaries, this past year was an unprecedented — not because of economic and pandemic woes, but because the need for notarizations was greater than ever due to a combination of an explosive boom of refinancing and new home sales and COVID-driven demand for notarizations related to increasing numbers of trusts and wills. The same COVID pressures that forced the closure of libraries and other traditional public venues for Notary services drove consumer searches for other notarization options to meet their needs.

NNAConcierge Notary ServicesApril 15, 2021notary public, pandemic, small business, business growthComment

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