The tax law permits you to deduct home office expenses if you "regularly and exclusively" use an area of your home as either:
•Your principal place of business.
•A place to meet or deal with clients, customers or patients in the normal course of business.
In the News
Thursday, December 3, 2020
The death of an employee who fell two stories to his death at a Massachusetts construction site might have been prevented if his employer had supplied the required fall protection, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Construction site theft is an expensive, growing concern. Costs rise as contractors lose building materials, tools and equipment and liability insurance premiums rise. Often those losses are passed on to customers.
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Want three ways to cut Workers' Compensation premiums? Safety, safety and safety. Make it a priority and charge everyone who works for you with responsibility. One company, which made a top-down commitment to safety, reduced accidents and injuries by 50 percent in five years and saved more than $800,000 in Workers' Comp premiums.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Construction employers are fined millions of dollars each year for OSHA violations. The citations that result in fines are often overlooked by supervisors. Although employees usually receive generic information about OSHA standards in most workplaces, it's important to implement training procedures that make OSHA's rules clear.
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Job costs are the lifeblood of your construction business and accurately estimating them will determine if a project will make money. Managing job costs across the life of the project will ensure that your firm makes money on every job. Moreover, those job-by-job profits make the office and your executive salary possible.
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Throughout the year, businesses like yours need to be able to provide verified financial results to others. This may be your tax preparer, a lender or investor, a potential purchaser of your business — should you decide to sell — or another interested party. Not to mention that you, as the company owner should know your books are being done with accuracy and completeness. For all of these reasons, you should consider having your accountant prepare certified financial statements for your business, rather than always relying on internally generated reports.
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Creating a formal debt management plan for your construction company will save you thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars in interest, over haphazard borrowing.
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Best practices for containing insurance costs are critical because insurance is one of the biggest costs in the dangerous construction environment.
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Joint ventures are common in the construction industry, especially with large long-term projects. These collaborative arrangements allow construction firms to work together, for a limited time period, on one or more construction projects.