2008 Local Business Tax Changes

    You probably already received a notice from Multnomah County regarding upcoming changes for the 2008 tax year, and if you actually read it - congratulations!  You are probably among the 5 to 10% that actually read these type of notices - most of whom are probably accountants.  Since most people rate tax law updates right [...]

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What you can learn about product pricing from prostitutes.

Sometimes the best thing to do when facing competition is to raise your prices. I found an interesting take on the Spitzer saga in the Washington Post. Columnist Harold Meyerson writes about high end prostitutes as positional goods.
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Small Business Tech blogging

If anyone would like to write about technology and its use in the small to medium sized business, I’d be all for it.  I occassionaly get asked about different POS systems or inventory management systems and I really have no clue about most of it.  If this is something you would be interested in, send [...]

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2008 Local Business Tax Changes

You probably already received a notice from Multnomah County regarding upcoming changes for the 2008 tax year, and if you actually read it - congratulations!  You are probably among the 5 to 10% that actually read these type of notices - most of whom are probably accountants.  Since most people rate tax law updates right [...]