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Food & Beverage Blockchain: Hit or Miss for Your Business?

By K·Coe Editorial | August 14, 2019
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While much of the “buzz” on blockchain today has focused on its uses in the cryptocurrency world, it has become a technological game-changer for the food and beverage industry from producer to consumer. When paired with the right technology, blockchain has the ability to enhance tracking, transfers, verification, and information-sharing …

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IRS Issues Small Business Reminders

By K·Coe Editorial | May 13, 2019
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‘Small Business Week’ prompted the IRS to publish reminders for entrepreneurs and businesses on how they can better estimate their tax situation and plan ahead.  There are some new credits available, and new guidelines as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that can help generate …

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Executive Fatigue Has Costly Repercussions for Business

Executive Fatigue Has Costly Repercussions for Business

By K·Coe Editorial | May 3, 2019
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If you’ve ever sent or received a text or an email, then you understand the effects that the perceived tone can have on how the message is received.  The same is true for the content of the things we say.  How you project your tone in and around your business …

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How Business Owners Can Avoid Costly Mistakes

How Business Owners Can Avoid Costly Mistakes

By Pinion Editorial | February 25, 2019
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It’s inevitable. One day, you will step down from running your business. The timing and transition for when and to whom you relinquish control are often among the hardest decisions that a business owner will make. That’s precisely why more than 70% of business owners fail to put a strategy …

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How Behavioral Change Benefits the Bottom Line

How Behavioral Change Benefits the Bottom Line

By Pinion Editorial | February 12, 2019
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As a business owner or high-level manager, you have the enormous power to effect change in behavior patterns – for both the individuals and groups within your company. How you’re affecting behavioral change, however, could be a benefit or a detriment to your business. Without realizing it, your daily influence …

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New Opportunity Zone Tax Benefits Make an Attractive Investment

New Opportunity Zone Tax Benefits Make an Attractive Investment

By Pinion Editorial | January 21, 2019
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Established within the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, the new Opportunity Zone legislation was created to develop economically-distressed communities across the United States by incentivizing long-term investments in these communities with tax benefits. The intention of the Opportunity Zone program overall is to stimulate economic development and job …

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Don’t Forget: 2019 Standard Mileage Rates Have Changed

By Pinion Editorial | January 16, 2019
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The IRS issued an increase in the standard mileage rates for business travel, effective January 1, 2019, under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (tax reform). While the IRS states that standard mileage rates can be applied to the use of a car, van, pickup or panel truck …

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Tax Reform Prompts Businesses to Rethink Employee Leave Policies

Tax Reform Prompts Businesses to Rethink Employee Leave Policies

By Pinion Editorial | January 15, 2019
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While there tends to be focus on the larger line items resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, there are some lesser-known tax breaks within this tax reform that have created incentives for business owners to reconsider the benefits they extend to employees when they take paid …

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