Financial Matters

  • Fight the High Costs of Doing Business

    For some portions of your business, you have been incurring "inflation" every year.

    Article • February 20th, 2006

  • Low Bid vs. Best Value

    Simple steps that can save you money in the long run.

    Article • February 20th, 2006

  • Tax Time Tips

    With the end of the year approaching, it's time to make sure you have everything in order for the tax season.

    Article • December 21st, 2005

  • Get Your Tax Strategy in Order

    Knowing where you stand now can prevent nasty surprises come next tax season.

    Article • December 19th, 2005

  • Editor's Commentary: A Costly Disaster

    Hurricanes blow in higher construction costs.

    Article • November 1st, 2005

  • Paving Your Way to Tax Savings

    Signed into law by President Bush on October 22nd, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 aims to stem the trend toward overseas production.

    Article • October 18th, 2005

  • Equipment Prices On The Rise

    You can push back higher costs by making proactive purchase decisions.

    Article • October 1st, 2005

  • Lower Health Insurance Costs?

    High-deductible plans can make employees more responsible.

    Article • October 1st, 2005

  • Rolling With the Changes

    With equipment costs poised to increase and several other factors in flux, you need to be ready to make adjustments.

    Article • October 1st, 2005

  • Effective Driver Management

    Good drivers = low losses = low auto insurance premiums

    Article • October 1st, 2005

  • Plan for success

    The importance of financial planning can be summarized like this, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”

    Article • September 30th, 2005

  • Lower Your Health Insurance Costs

    You may be asking, How can you possibly use the words health insurance and lower costs in the same sentence, the same paragraph or even the same page?

    Article • September 20th, 2005

  • C Corporation Or S Corporation: What's Best For You?

    Two provisions in the 2003 tax law directly affect whether you should or should not be a C corporation (as opposed to an S corporation)

    Article • August 1st, 2005

  • Are You Being Held Captive?

    Foothills Contracting is benefiting from the captive by becoming a more safety-conscious company.

    Article • August 1st, 2005

  • Make sure

    In the construction context, accord and satisfaction often arises when a contractor offers a final payment to a subcontractor for less than the subcontractor claims is owed.

    Article • June 1st, 2005