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Five Tips To Build A Healthy Company Culture by McKinley Jones
Like many Indianapolis, IN business owners, you probably set some goals for 2020.So ... hmmm ... how are you doing on those?Based on data collected by Statistic Brain, 27.4 percent of people typically abandon their resolutions within a week. Within two weeks of...
McKinley Jones’ 2019 Personal Income Tax Documents List
So yes ... you run a business.Which affords you some massive opportunities not available to Indianapolis, IN wage employees on your PERSONAL taxes (depending, of course, on how everything is set up for you).So that likely means that you have a couple different tax...
Influence and Leadership In The Digital Age by McKinley Jones
Here's a truth that some Indianapolis, IN entrepreneur-types HATE to acknowledge: uptight accountants are a useful bunch.One of the things we really like, btw, is getting AHEAD of the game for our Indianapolis, IN clients.Which, regardless of your entity structure,...
The Three Kinds of Customers For Indianapolis, IN Businesses
Bar none, the most important asset in your Indianapolis, IN business is your client and customer list. This is even true if you are in a "capital-intensive" business with significant material assets. In fact, I'd be very interested to hear someone make a strong case...
Protecting Your Focus At All Costs by McKinley Jones
War drums beating in Iran.Impeachment (?) proceedings. Democratic primaries.Weird economic signals.There is literally SO MUCH that can rob you of your greatest asset as we move forward into 2020.And in case it wasn't obvious, I'm talking about your focus.As a local...
How McKinley Jones & Associates LLC Plans to Make 2020 Our Best Year Ever
By the time you actually get to reading this, there is a very good chance that you're reading a voice from the last decade. 🙂 I make it a practice to prepare my posts to Indianapolis, IN clients and friends a few days in advance, and RIGHT NOW, it is still 2019.But...
McKinley Jones’ Annual Holiday Prayer
In this holiday season full of conflict and impeachment, I'm ever more encouraged to see outside of my own situation, and practice empathy for those around me.And as the years go along, I'm increasingly aware of how this holiday season is a time of joy for many, as...
Will Your Indianapolis, IN Company Be Giving Year-End Bonuses?
The plot to one of the most iconic Christmas movies of all time, Christmas Vacation, centers on one holiday hope: the year-end bonus.Clark Griswold, as "the last true family man", decides he will use his promised year-end bonus to install a pool in his family's...
Raise Prices For Your Indianapolis, IN Business
Let me start out by once again reminding you that we are nearing year-end (as if you really needed my reminder).And Indianapolis, IN business owners are extremely well-positioned to make a dent through proper tax planning more than any other population.We're right...
Potential Tax Problems For Indianapolis, IN Businesses To Fix Before Year-End
We only have one more month (less!) to make any moves that might affect a whole host of things on your tax bill.I have some examples of what I mean here today, but suffice it all to say: If your business revenues, expenses, structures or results changed in a...
Happy Thanksgiving 2019 from McKinley Jones & Associates LLC to you and yours
Right in the middle of the bloody depths of civil war, President Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a national day of Thanksgiving which should take place every year.His entire Thanksgiving proclamation (written by his Secretary of State, William...
Lemonade Stands And A New Selling Strategy For Indianapolis, IN Businesses
We're turning the corner into the holidays, and it's a massive selling opportunity for your Indianapolis, IN business ... if you use it.But I'm not referring merely to holiday promotions. Those are almost to be expected at this point.What I have for you today is a...