The Benefits of Employing Your ChildrenWritten by Collin Almeida
The Benefits of Employing Your Children by Collin Almeida How many times a week do you hear, "Mom, I need a new pair of shoes!" or "Dad, can I have money to go to a movie?" Not to mention cost of school supplies, braces, and college tuition that haunt every parent. If you're like average parent, you probably spend several thousand dollars a year providing for all needs and wants of your children. But unlike most Americans, if you are a home-based business owner, you can make those thousands work for you. The IRS allows you to hire your school-age children as part- time employees for your business. Then, you pay them a reasonable salary for their work that is then used to cover all their expenses. And their salary is completely tax deductible. Plus, as employees, their medical expenses can also count as tax deductions. For example, if you have two children, one age 10 and another age 17, you can officially and legally hire them to work for you. Perhaps ten year old can clean up your home office or sort mail while older child could answer phones, handle filing, or type correspondence. No matter what responsibilities you elect for your offspring, make sure to prepare a formal employment agreement between you, as business owner, and your child. Make sure your agreement includes a list of duties, compensation arrangement, and any special details you want to have in writing. In addition to official agreement, you can create a job title and description for your new "employee". Not only will this help to audit-proof deduction, it will also clearly spell out for your child what his or her responsibilities are. There are some restrictions, however. For instance, child's yearly income (according to 2001 tax regulations) can be no more than $4550. Additionally, pay rate must be comparable to similar services offered by professionals. If you are paying your child for vacuuming or dusting, you should contact cleaning services in your area for a written estimate and base his or her wage accordingly. Also, child must maintain a record of his or her work. The log must include date, type of work, time worked, and hourly rate. The last restriction is that child must be paid what he or she earns. So you will need to open separate checking accounts for children in which to deposit their salaries. All expenses then can be covered from that account, including entertainment, clothes, school expenses, or even a car or college tuition.
| | Profit From On-line Self-SurveysWritten by Stephen Bucaro
----------------------------------------------------------- Permission is granted for article below to forward, reprint, distribute, use for ezine, newsletter, website, offer as free bonus or part of a product for sale as long as no changes are made and byline, copyright, and resource box below is included. ----------------------------------------------------------- Profit From On-line Self-SurveysBy Stephen Bucaro Which subject do you think people are most interested in? a) money, b) movie stars c) themselves. If you answered c, give yourself five points and move on to an interesting Web business opportunity: on-line self-surveys. People love to learn about themselves by taking those little self-surveys found in magazines. Here are some possible survey topics: - Marital happiness - Romantic relationships - Likely success in business - Likely success in career - Healthy lifestyle There are many more possible topic areas like creativity, child rearing, and negotiating. Your Web site provides these surveys and results of surveys on-line for free. You make money with back-end products. Here are some possible back-end products: - Self-help books or ebooks - Training materials - Topic related newsletters - More in-depth self analysis - Personal coaching After taking a survey, many people will learn that they could use a little improvement in that area, resulting in purchase of these back-end products. The interesting thing is that people who receive positive results will also purchase some of these back-end products. People love to learn that they are good at something and this motivates them to further develop that area. The nice thing about surveys is - after an individual receives their results, they develop an insatiable curiosity about how their mate or best friend would score on same test. This results in a flow of referrals to your web site.
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