Alert to Small Businesses that use QuickBooks

I love QuickBooks. I use it for my businesses every day.

So when I saw this news alert from Intuit (the makers of QuickBooks),
I was alarmed!

http://community.intuit.com/posts/alert-irs-is-using-quickbooks-to-audit

Just thought you should know that the IRS has purchased 1500 – 2000 licenses
of QuickBooks so they can train their agents.

Makes you wonder. We know most small businesses use QuickBooks and

we have learned that there are thousands of new agents hired to check up on us. (see my last blog post: http://www.justaminutellc.com/blog/small-businesses-targeted)

What do you think this all means? I think it means we REALLY need to protect ourselves with every means possible. read more

Tip: Use Dropbox to Make Your Life Easier

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Dropbox is one of my favorite tools. I use it everyday. And it’s FREE!!

Why do I love it? Well, it uses the cloud to store all my files so I can access them from anywhere. I can access them from any computer, from my iPad, from my mobile phone, from my laptop……anywhere!

How does it work? Watch this short video and see….and then try it out.

http://db.tt/WuKScUO

Comment below and let me know if this super tool is as useful to you as it is to me.

January News! Change is in the Air

Happy New Year 2011!!

The New Year brings many changes for us at Just A Minute, LLC.
WE’VE MOVED!!

Into a bigger space! That’s right, we are growing and expanding. Our little office was just becoming too cramped, so we have moved (just about a mile away).

Our MAILING ADDRESS remains the same:
2036 N. Gilbert Road, Suite 2-620
Mesa, AZ 85203

ONLY our  fax number HAS CHANGED:
(480) 344-1870 Phone
(888) 552-6552 Toll Free Phone Number
(866) 519-6218 Fax

Just A Minute, LLC new office

Our physical address HAS CHANGED:
1220 N. Spencer Street, Suite 100
Mesa, AZ 85203 read more

November Client Giveaway!

We are thankful for many, many things and you just happen to be one of them!  JAM clients; check your email for a special Thanksgiving surprise.

We appreciate your business, and have enjoyed getting to know you and your company(s).  We hope that we’ve been able to simplify your company minutes and make your business life a little more organized!

Our gratitude goes out to you!  Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Best Wishes,

Your Team at Just A Minute, LLC

October Client Giveaway

Hey JAM clients!  We’re starting something new and fun for you!   We’ve developed a Monthly Giveaway to show you our appreciation all year long.

So long as you’re a part of JAM, you’ll be receiving tips, gifts, and prizes! Check your email during the middle of the month to get your goodie from Just A Minute, LLC.

Gift #1:

Check your email today for a special downloadable version of “Bulletproof your Business from Lawsuits and IRS Audits”.

In this book, created by Kari VanNoy, co-owner of Just A Minute, LLC, you’ll find lots of information about the 13 documents you must have in your minute book. read more

Are you Horizontal or Vertical?

Are You A Vertical or a Horizontal Thinker? The Way You Think Can Make All the Difference…

Funny the things you remember…

Many many years ago while in college, I learn this concept. And it has stuck with me all these years.

My professor asked, “Are you a vertical or horizontal thinker?”

Huh????

Let me explain what each is…..then you can decide.

Vertical Thinkers

A vertical thinker thinks of business — and life for that matter — as a ladder you climb. There is only room for one at the top. In order to get to the top, you have to climb over others and push others down. read more

Top 5 Reasons Company Minutes are Important for Small Business Owners

  • Find More Deductions! – When you follow our memory-jogging questionnaire, you may just find some more deductions you didn’t think about. Be sure to share these with your CPA for maximum savings!
  • Save Your Sanity By Keeping Current! – It is so much harder to catchup than to keep up! When you use our simple online system each month, you actually save yourself time and energy, no need to search back through old documents and bank statements to find what needs to be documented. It will all be fresh in your mind! That’s why we created this system: to Save Small Business Owners Time and Money, while still getting the paperwork done right!
  • To Protect Your Business and Personal Assets in Case of Lawsuit! – the first things and opposing attorney will ask for is business records. If you don’t have any, or you don’t have the correct documents done, forget about saving your personal assets too from scrutiny and the prosecutor. It’s too late!
  • Save Your Deductions from an IRS Audit! – One of the great things about documenting all business decisions and expenses is that you have PROOF. Proof not only that your expenses were really expenses, but that your business is actually running as a business and not just a hobby.
  • Save YOU Time! – This may be similar to #2 , but saving time is so important to a small business owner (it is to me!) that it bears mentioning in its own spot. All you have to do each month is take a few minutes to do your reporting, that’s all you have to do.. and we do the rest! You don’t have to worry about when to hold your Annual Meeting (we do that for you), you don’t have to worry about which form, out of the 600+ to choose or how to correctly word your business actions… We do that for you, too!
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