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Khan’s 5 Retirement Money Mistakes You Can Avoid Ahead of Time
We're turning the corner into November this week, which means that 2017 is close to being over. And based on what I've heard from more than a few of my Jackson Heights and Queens clients, turning the corner into 2018 is going to be a welcome event. It's been a rough...
Will a Trump Tax Cut (or Raise) Affect You in Jackson Heights and Queens?
There's a lot of chatter around Washington and the media (at least the media which cares about such things) about a tax cut, and whether or not the Trump administration is actually going to do anything of substance in this area. And, of course, there's talk about tax...
9 Key Questions for Your 2017 Taxes by Eakub Khan
Now that extended returns have been filed, we set our gaze towards year-end around here, and on making sure that YOU are doing everything possible to ensure that your 2017 tax burden is as low as legally and ethically possible. I did receive some feedback and...
A Credit Freeze How-To, and Why Eakub Khan Recommends It Now
I hope you're well today. This is the final week before extended returns are due (Monday, October 16th is the due date this year), so we are working hard with those clients who placed an extension on their filing to make sure that everything is set up and filed...
Should You Set Up A Trust? 5 Questions For Jackson Heights and Queens Families
We all woke Monday morning to news of more senseless tragedy and horror, this time, as you no doubt have heard, from Las Vegas. Yet another picture of a kind of terror that I cannot fathom; imagine going to a simple music festival and suddenly having death rain down...
Tax Planning Strategies For Jackson Heights and Queens Individuals and Families
As a planner, I hate speculation. I would much rather plan for what I can control, and harvest the fruits without surprise. And that's exactly what we do with our Jackson Heights and Queens clients -- at least with those who are smart enough to take us up on it -- we...
Three Keys To Shorter Meetings For Your Business
Last week I wrote about working less and testing the 80/20 hypothesis for your Jackson Heights business work cycle. I'd love to know if you had a chance to consider putting this into practice, send us an email using the email icon at the top right-hand corner of our...
A Few More Common Marketing Mistakes Made By Businesses
Seeing what has happened in our nation's fourth-largest city has been a sobering reminder of the fragility of life, and business. It's helpful to be reminded that threats and disasters can (and do) strike from directions that you might least expect. And while this is...
Keeping Your Business Focused On Revenue Growth and Customer Retention
We've been talking about meetings, efficiency, and how Jackson Heights small business owners simply have to stay laser-focused on tasks that will bring them and their business towards actually achieving their goals. Especially with all of the political and cultural...
The Pareto Principle And Your Company’s Work Cycle
Slogging through the summer, and with the weather still hot, it can be really tempting to sort of press cruise control for the month of August until Labor Day hits us, and *then* really put that nose to the grindstone. But could it be that a rhythm of working a little...
Marketing Tips for Small Business Owners
As you may have heard, "Labor Day" originated during the time of 7-day workweeks of 12-hour days, in the late 1800's, as our country was in the throes of the Industrial Revolution. Times have certainly changed since then -- and our economy is no longer driven by the...
Why Price Reductions are Bad Positioning for (Almost) Any Business
Our hearts remain with those in Houston and, now, South Florida, who has been dealing with such a massive disruption of their lives -- and during a time of year that is already one of the busiest. The IRS has set up a "catch all" page for those cleaning up from...