Archive - April 2003

1. How To Prepare Your Finances For War!, Todd A. Williams

   "The world we once knew is gone.

   "Today we must prepare for our financial future within the context of uncertainty. There are wars and rumors of wars; there is strife and conflict next door, across the street, and around the globe. What happens in a remote location somewhere in the world has an effect on how we feel, what we think, and what we believe the future holds."

2. Taxes, Taxes, Taxes: Who Really Pays The Most?, David Berky

   "Each April our thoughts turn to the coming of spring and the coming of the tax man.

   "I hear a lot of people complaining about taxes at this time of year. Not just that they have to do their taxes and spend hours pouring over old records and trying to figure out indecipherable forms, but also musings and opinions about taxes in general.

   "I often hear the opinion expressed that businesses, property owners and 'rich people' do not pay their fair share of taxes. And I agree. I agree that they don't pay their 'fair share' as defined in most people's minds. But I also think that in certain circumstances, these businesses and people shouldn't have to pay any taxes."

3. 4 Simple Steps To Reduce Your Taxes, Wayne M. Davis

   "Does the New Year cause you to start singing the Tax Season Blues?

   "Here are 4 simple steps that any small business owner can take to lower your tax bill this year."

4. Tax Tips For Home-Based Business Owners, Vishal P. Rao

   "As tax time approaches, many home-based business owners begin completing their forms or paying their accountants with trepidation. This nervousness comes from two sources: a fear of being audited and a fear of having to pay a lot. For the most part, both of these fears are unfounded."

5. Personal Finance 101, David Berky

   "The subject of personal finance is very broad, but as a beginning, I would like to discuss what I consider the foundations of personal finance: Security, Stability, Growth and Protection & Management."

6. How To Make Money Flow Into Your Life Like water;
   An Important Lesson From Life In The Country, Todd A. Williams

   "Being a city boy, I never had the experience of going out back to gather water from a well. A friend of mine told me that as he was growing up in the country, that getting water from the well 'outback' was a daily chore. He told me that one-day he had to pump the well for an hour before he discovered a very simple process called priming. In order to get water to come up from the well, he had to pour 'water' in the pump. Only then did the water come rushing up.

   "Priming by definition means to fill, load, and to start a process. Without priming the pump, my friend would still be somewhere in Georgia pumping his grandfather's well pump.

   "This is a very subtle universal financial principle."