Richard Colombik


Banking: Self-Protection Strategies

A lawyer offers some quick advice about the importance of documenting the understandings you reach with your banker.  Read story

Smart Bonus Strategies

Some tips and advice on how and when business owners should give themselves bonuses.  Read story

The Best of Both Retirement Worlds?

Still fantasizing about a corporate tax deduction for a top-heavy benefits plan? One possibility is an age-weighted plan. Age-weighted plans can ma...  Read story

A Charitable Tax Break

The problem with most tax planning is that you have to give up something to get something. To get an income tax deduction you must spend a dollar to sav...  Read story

Index

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the September 1998 issue.  Read story

CEO's Notebook

CEOs discuss: meeting the IRS halfway when trouble's afoot; the advantages of a European road show; the rise of minority-owned businesses; online credit-card...  Read story

Let's Make a Deal

Meet the IRS halfway when trouble's afoot Here's some comforting news if you're in hot water with the IRS: not all transgression...  Read story

Ethics

You make a million decisions in the course of a week, but every so often one stops you in your tracks because it calls up a bigger question of values. Jeffre...  Read story

IRS Preps Study of S Corporations

July 27, 2005 --Internal Revenue Service officials announced on Monday that the organization will examine 5,000 randomly selected S corpor...  Read story

Avoid an Audit: Pay Yourself Right

When it comes to salary, many business owners have no qualms about paying themselves a hefty amount. What many owners fail to recognize, however, is that ...  Read story

CEO's Notebook

CEOs give advice on: identifying good leaders among your own staff; the benefits of offering an executive retirement plan; helping workers relax; and getting...  Read story

How Many Accountants Does It Take to Change an Industry?

Now may be the time to find accountants with upgraded skills, lower prices, and customized services.  Read story

Control Those Credit Cards

Various tax experts offer tips on the special risks entrepreneurs face when they use credit cards for business.  Read story

Resources

A guide to more information discussed in articles appearing in the November issue of Inc. magazine.  Read story

Taxes: Psst. Want to Read the IRS's Mind?

Inc.'s finance editor explains how the IRS's private letter ruling can give you the inside tax scoop.  Read story

Managing by the Web

Inc. asks 34 CEOs to test drive small-business Web sites. Editor's note: inc.com, chosen #1 for entrepreneurs by Forbes , w...  Read story

CEO's Notebook

CEOs discuss: Avoiding audits; communicating with non-English-speaking employees; fishing for big-name partners; and a can't-miss plan for cutting costs. Plu...  Read story

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