Entries from February 2009 ↓

side deals and kickbacks?

Every company, large or small, strives to conduct business ethically, honestly and in full compliance with all laws and regulations.  I mean, really, a company’s success is based on creating innovative, high quality products and/or services while demonstrating integrity in every aspect or decision made in the company.
Ah, but there is the rub: decisions.  In [...]

sales commission memo/letter?

So most of you are well into the first quarter of your fiscal year.  Quota’s have been determined, commission rates have been calculated, corporate goals have been established and all of this has been verbally communicated to your sales representatives.  However, most of the sales reps are thinking:
how am I actually going to be paid?  [...]

meals vs. entertainment?

The other day I was working with a client who was setting up their chart of accounts when the Controller asked me:
why do you break out meals from entertainment?
Originally it was because the amounts were taxed differently but it has been so long since I have done a tax return I decided to review the [...]

twitter biz: logo or photo?

I’m a strong supporter of twitter as another medium to get your message out.  The benefits of having a twitter presence have been well documented but lately I’ve been thinking a lot about my ‘twitter business persona’, for lack of a better term.  How much of me do I want to reveal? or you want [...]