The Definitive Guide to Common Business Deductions Advertising & promotion Overview Advertising activities include most of the things you do to get the word out about your business or draw attention to a product or sale. Criteria Ordinary and necessary: An expense is ordinary if it's common to your profession. What is deductible Business cards Mailing lists / mailing list software Brochures Branded giveaway items Posters Web site design, development and maintenance Goodwill advertising: brand building that fosters a positive image for your business Ex: sponsoring a little-league team Case: The tax court allowed a gas station owner to deduct the cost of providing free beer to customers as a good-will advertising expense since it improved business. What to collect Name of vendor Date Amount of expense What you used to pay for the expense Enter all of this information into your Expense Tracking System Gotchas Personal expenses, even if they might help your business are not deductible. Top of page Bad debts Bank fees & loan interest Casualty losses
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Get Paid to Travel the World - Travel Writing Tips Travel Writing — By Lost Girls on January 30, 2011 at 2:20 pm Be sure to check out our new Pitching 101 Series, including interviews with: BootsnAll editor, Katie HammelNew York Times’ deputy travel editor, Monica DrakeThe Expeditioner’s founder and editor-in-chief, Matt StabileGalavanting‘s managing editor, Joseph HernandezTravel Belles’ publisher and editor, Margo MillureGo NOMAD‘s general edit Max HartshorneTravel Agent senior editor Joe PikeTravelingMom‘s editor Cindy RichardsRecommend‘s managing editor Paloma Villaverde de Rico Want to get paid to travel? If you’re interested in sharing your travel experiences, there are several travel websites that accept pitches from freelance writers. Travel Websites That Pay for Freelance Articles and Posts Travel Belles $10 per post. Travel sites that accept submissions for experience, rather than a payment Some ideas and rates courtesy of Matador.com, JoAnna Haugen Tags: get paid to travel, travel freelancing, travel writing
9 Tips for a Fearless Life When you give in to your fear, you are stuck in inaction, procrastination, or obsession over perfection. When you give in to your fear you lose out on discovering new places, meeting new people, finding a soulmate or living your wildest dreams. When you give in to your fear your life is void of possibility, imagination, and creativity. Books are unwritten, movies are not produced, ideas are left in the dark, love lies dormant, and the world is robbed of your gifts and talents. My daughter Kristy was born without a right hand. One exercise Kristy was unable to do in the past was pull-ups. She can now do over 100 pull-ups with the rest of the class. When we hold back out of fear, we hold others back as well. I write in order to help you move forward when you are afraid. The following tips will help you let go of your fear. Don’t believe everything you think. ~ Byron Katie Become aware. Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
Stories about Land Cruiser eBay Find: 500-Mile ’71 Toyota Land Cruiser We hoped too this was a preserved car like that Mark III Supra we showed you a week before, but in fact it is a restored 1971 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40. Still, it looks absolutely fresh and doesn’t cost a fortune. The owner here says this F... Australian Dad Builds Miniature Toyota Land Cruiser for His Son As young car enthusiasts, some of you reading this might have had pedal cars or one of those late plasticky electric 4x4s. This Toyota FJ55 Moose Can be Yours for $3,100 In case you’re wondering what’s this abomination, we do understand you as the most famous Toyota off-roader was the FJ40. Behold the Forgotten Toyota Land Cruiser DS Model Along with the introduction of the Land Cruiser 80 Series, Toyota hired a French coach builder to design a limited edition DS version for clients also concerned about looks along with off-road performance. ▶ Toyota Land Cruiser Gets In Your Face Black Bison Kit [Video]
Lista mostra o quanto você gastaria por dia em diversas cidades do mundo É inegável o valor das viagens na construção do ser humano e na descoberta de si próprio e dos outros. Mas como nem todo mundo pode pagar certo tipo de viagem e destino, é bom saber que há opções baratas que valem bem a pena. O site Price of Travel (Preço de Viajar) tem várias dicas de como correr o mundo sem estourar a conta bancária. E agora compilou uma lista com 116 cidades, indo da mais barata pra mais cara. O Sudeste Asiático, com Tailândia, Vietnã e Camboja, e a Ásia Meridional, com Índia e Nepal, dominam as primeiras posições. O levantamento foi feito com base no valor que você gastaria em um dia nessas cidades. 1 – Pokhara, Nepal – US$15.83 Imagem via Imagem via 17 – Cidade do México, México – $25.56 18 – Siem Reap, Camboia – $25.70 19 – Kuala Lumpur, Malásia – $25.72 20 – Phuket, Tailândia – $25.87 21 – Belgrado, Sérvia – $26.00 22 – Vientiane, Laos – $26.03 23 – Deli, Índia – $26.08 24 – Cairo, Egito – $26.23 Imagem via Imagem via Imagem via Imagem via Imagem via Imagem via Imagem via
Free electricity Video - 5min.com I discovered a secret source of electricity that the power company and phone company do not want you to know about. It is also a great source of emergency electricity if your power ever goes out. All you need to tap into this secret power source is phone line. Every phone line is between 40 and 70 volts running through it, 24/7. In my case, it measure around 57 volts. After some bench testing, I discovered that all you need are 4 components to use this power source. My test subject is this LED light, I picked up at Wal-Mart. I begin assembling the small circuit, using the 2 resistors, the regulator, and the bridge rectifier. I also use the small hobby box to mount everything in. Then, I made an interface cable for the light to connect to the phone jack. In most cases, phone lines will stay up, eventhough the power goes out in your out. So, for emergency, this is a great way to power small lamp. It is even design to let your phone operate normally. And, if your phone rings, (Phone Ringing)
As 116 cidades mais baratas para mochileiros. | Vagabundo Profissional O site americano Price of Travel fez um levantamento das cidades mais baratas para mochileiros pobres como eu. O site ordena da mais barata para a mais cara e foram levados em consideração, por dia: - 1 cama em um hostel bom e barato. - 3 refeições baratas. - 2 bilhetes de transporte público. - 1 entrada para alguma atração cultural. - 3 cervejas baratas (para servir como uma “opção de entretenimento”). Os valores estão em dólares americanos (US$) e levaram em consideração a cotação em janeiro de 2012. Fonte: Price of Travel Avalie: i 20 Votes Curtir isso: Curtir Carregando...
Things My Father Didn't Teach Me&-& this isnt happiness™ ABOUT ARCHIVE FOLLOW Facebook Twitter Instagram Google+ Ads Via The Deck Things My Father Didn’t Teach Me share it happyfathersday 4,393 notes s Basic Recipes - Biscuits and No-Yeast Breads - by Robert Wayne Atkins, P.E. Copyright © 1976,2007 by Robert Wayne Atkins, P.E. All Rights Reserved. Yeast causes the bread to rise and become light. Eggs add protein, color, and bulk to the bread. Eggs also increase the shelf life of the bread. Therefore, most bread recipes require both yeast and eggs. The following recipes don't require yeast or eggs. Pancakes (No Eggs) Mix all ingredients together well, and then fry the pancakes on medium heat in a skillet, turning once. Flour Tortillas (14 six-inch Tortillas) Preparation: Sift flour and salt together. Salt-Rising Bread (Recipe One) Preparation: Bring milk almost to a boil. Salt-Rising Bread (Recipe Two) Preparation: Bring milk almost to a boil. Irish Soda Bread Substitution: 2 tsp. baking powder can be used to replace both the baking soda and the cream of tartar.Preparation: Mix flour, baking soda, tartar, and salt in a bowl. Choctaw Indian Fry Bread (Requires no sugar) (14 Pieces) or Navaho Indian Fry Bread (Add 1 tsp. Baking Powder Biscuits
CD3WD Archives the Information Necessary to Rebuild Society @Eric Geller: It reminds me of the OLPC project, straight from the ivory tower of MIT. It lacks a sense of priority... where the industrialized Western world thinks that so called 'third world' countries will do ok if tech is thrown at them. Imo it's an arrogant attitude, and an attitude that says that if we give them tech first, then everything else will follow. "So you're infrastructure is down and disorder is everywhere and there's no food or fuel.... @Eric Geller: More like a monetary problem. I don't know about that. Technology can be used as a multiplier to better utilize the resources that already exist. Think of this as the lifehacker for the rest of the world.
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