Insurance

  • Insuring Your Spouse

    If you hire your spouse, even part time, you can deduct the cost of health insurance offered as a benefit. --Howard Scott is a business writer and small business tax preparer in Pembroke, Mass.

     
  • How Much Does an Employee Cost?

    Even if you accurately estimate the hours required to complete a project, you may be losing money if you're not charging enough for labor.

     
  • Controlling Operating Costs

    I find that service contracts on copiers usually make good sense, but not those on computer hardware.The effective interest rate charged may be higher than what you would pay to finance a purchase.

     
  • Liability Premiums Spiking

    Liability insurance is becoming increasingly expensive and is often completely unavailable to builders and remodelers in California, Mike Pattison, head of the California Building Industry Association, told state lawmakers at a legislative hearing in December.Jim Sasko of Teakwood Builders in...

     
  • Know your insurance policy

    General liability insurance covers bodily injury, property damage, personal injury, and advertising injury arising out of your operations, products, and premises. I can't tell you how often a client of mine hasn't read his insurance policy," Dallas construction attorney John Sloan says. "If you can...