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| "Not Much Help From The New Tax Law " |
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This time of year a person’s thoughts turn to taxes, and the latest tax act is euphemistically called “The Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007.” This new tax act does not have a lot of good news, but it does provide a few special benefits to the franchise owner. |
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| "Current Tax Ideas " |
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Every year just before year-end most of us receive newsletters that set forth various year-end tax planning ideas. Unless there is a new tax bill, most of the information sounds exactly the same year after year. This month’s column is early in the year and hopefully presents new tax ideas and highlights recent tax law changes which may specifically apply to the franchise owner. |
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| “Creative Ideas For Tax Year-End Planning” |
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Once a year this column attempts to provide the franchise business reader with tax savings and year-end planning ideas that are unique to the franchise world. The ideas in this column are starting points to discuss with your tax advisor and possibly incorporate into your year-end planning. |
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| “Accounting
Rules Do Matter” |
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| Providing effective financing ideas
to franchise companies is a goal of this column.
A key element in obtaining financing is strong, clear
and concise financial statements. Recently, certain
accounting issues have surfaced which have an affect
on the multi-unit retail and franchising world. |
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| “Non-Public
Income Deposit Securities...” |
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| Recently, there has been a great deal
of discussion concerning a new type of security known
as Income Deposit Securities (IDS) or Enhanced Income
Securities (EIS). An IDS is a publicly-traded (AMEX)
combination equity and debt security designed to
enable companies to distribute a substantial amount
of their free cash flow to investors. |
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| “New
IRS Guidance On Restaurant Cost...” |
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| The practice of utilizing cost segregation
in order to maximize tax benefits associated with
placing new assets in service has become an increasingly
popular tactic in the restaurant industry. |
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| “The
Enron Accounting Changes Are Going to...” |
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| In recent months, the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (“FASB”) has come up
with far-reaching new disclosure rules in obvious
response to the abuses that led to the current debacle
in historic reporting requirements. |
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| “New
Tax Act Fuels Acquisition and Expansion” |
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| An exciting new tax law went into effect
in March when President Bush signed the Job Creation
and Worker Assistance Act of 2002 (the "Act").
This law provides significant incentives to encourage
new business investment as well as relief for struggling
businesses. |
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