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What SBS clients are saying about ADP

The VERY Factor in action …  

• “Everyone is always very helpful and the service is very easy” 

• “ADP RUN is easy to use and customer service is very helpful.”

• “Customer service people are AWESOME!”

• “Extremely friendly, helpful customer service.”

• “The staff is very knowledgeable and friendly! I know my questions will be answered correctly the first time I call.”

• “Very helpful and knowledgeable staff.”

• “ADP is fantastic. Everyone has gone over and beyond to help with any questions I have.”

TOP 10 reasons why our clients say they are Promoters …

• “As a small business owner having ADP has enabled me to focus on other aspects of my company without worry. That's a huge helping hand for the little guy.”

• “Everything is great.  Best thing I have done for my business”

• “The customer service is fantastic- if I ever have a questions or need assistance all I have to do is place a call and immediately I have an answer which allows me to focus my time and energy on other aspects of my business.”

• “I am a very small business but you have always treated my account as if I have  a hundred employees”

• “We signed up for the HR411 and I am really glad we did, it has helped me tremendously.”

• “24-hour services, since I work crazy hours”

• “Love the hours!”

• “24/7 hours and excellent service.  The addition to 24/7 has made it even superior”

• “The website is fabulous. This is more user friendly and comprehensive than your competitor's sites.”

• “Not having to fuss over the IRS changes is priceless!!!”

Small Business Health Care?

With so much change how are companies keeping up and able to provide benefits for their employees?

Learn how other small businesses across America dealing with Health Care and changing policies:

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Franchise Operational Performance Summit

The President of BizUnite, Barth Getto, will be speaking this year at the Franchise Operational Performance Summit. The Franchise Operational Performance Summit is "The only franchise executive conference dedicated to performance operations execellence--will be held on July 18 and 19 in Denver, Colorado. Franchise OPS focuses exclusively on how C-level franchise executives can improve their respective franchise operations."

 

To read more: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9524537.htm

Attention Payed to Cooperatives at the White House

Many Cooperative leaders made a visit to the White House to discuss the future of cooperatives, the economy, and possible growth in the future. Paul Hazen, Executive Director, OCDC said: “The White House is looking for actions that will spur the economy.  We offered a number of changes to Federal policy that will allow cooperatives to create jobs and increase incomes.” The large group of cooperative leaders that were present created many noteworthy topics about the future of our economy and each cooperatives roll. CCA Global Partners was among many that were represented at the national briefing. To read more visit the link below:

http://www.thenews.coop/article/historical-meeting-us-co-operative-leaders

Discounts on Ink!

New Promotion from Office Max:

We know you need Ink to run your business. Why not spend less on it!

Buy More to Save More: When shopping for ink and toner at OfficeMax, make sure to look for dual or multipacks instead of single packs to save both time and money.

For example, HP LaserJet multipacks cost on average 10% less than their stand-alone counterparts and reduce time associated with ordering and receiving inventory.

 

More For Your Dollar: Look for high-capacity or high-yield cartridges to increase efficiency and decrease costs. For example, HP LaserJet high-capacity cartridges save you up to 35% because they produce more pages than standard cartridges, so you gain the benefits of less printer interaction and reduced cost-per-page printing.

 

Our Ink and Toner Finder is the fast and easy solution for finding the right ink and toner for your machine. Its guided search options allow you to find your ink and toner by manufacturer number, cartridge number or OfficeMax® product code.

 

FACT:

In one year, if the world's discarded cartridges were stacked end-to-end, they would circle the Earth more than three times.
(Source: thedailygreen.com)

Do your Part: Recycle your old cartridges!

Video Series

Castle Wealth Advisors. Gary Pittsford is an expert on business valuation and succession planning. He has produced a video series that is detailed below.

Introduction:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_2zGB39KjA

1. “Two Year Window”

This video is intended to give you a few ideas to think about pertaining to selling your business in the next one or two years while we are sure what the tax rates will be. In this short video we will briefly touch upon long term capital gains, ordinary income, tax ideas that would be good for the seller, and tax ideas that would be good for the buyer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ1QEOdsOMs

 

2. “Transferring within the Family”

This video discusses a few ideas about possibly selling your company to children or perhaps key employees. If you are an owner who is thinking about retiring and selling your business in the next three to five years then perhaps you may find the ideas in this video helpful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSj1QoU_6DA

 

3.  “Valuing Your Business”

This video briefly reviews a couple of different valuation techniques for closely held family businesses. Valuations are very important if you are planning on selling the business to family members, key employees, or another coop member.  This video may be helpful if you are planning on retiring and selling the business in the next three to five years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71OhORQkPCo 

 

4.  “Protecting Stock and Stockholders”

This short video will cover briefly ideas that are very important to business owners when children, in-laws, or key employees become stockholders. In this video we will cover the idea of proper Wills and Revocable Living Trust for business owners, and also buy-sell agreements which are very important. These documents help protect the company and keep the stock within the family. The provisions within these documents are very important to maintain control of a privately held family business.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3EV1kfU1Q4

 

 5.  “Retirement Income Ideas”

When current business owners think about selling the company their future retirement income becomes very important. There are many ways that owners can design the sale of a company in order to retain future income. This video will touch upon selling stock, selling goodwill, deferred compensation, consulting fees, board of director’s fees, and several other ideas for you to consider.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td3zS6fwlPg

 

 6.  “Reducing Taxes”

When it comes time to sell your company saving income taxes becomes very important. There are many different ways to sell a company, but the best plan must combine good ideas for the seller and the buyer. There is only so much useable cash flow that the owner of a business has to work with and the plan that you choose must successfully reduce taxes and have enough cash flow so that the buyer can make all of the necessary payments to the retiring owner and still have plenty of cash flow for the buyer to live on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKer1gsohjk

 

7. “Types of Businesses”

There are several different types of businesses that you can use. For example, C Corporations, S Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Family Limited Partnerships, and others. If you are planning on selling the company in a few years you want to make sure that the entity that you are using currently for your business will give you the least amount of tax obligation when it is time to sell. During the years that you have owned the company has your basis in the stock increased? When you sell your company will you and the company both pay taxes on the sale? This video will cover briefly a few ideas about corporations and give you ideas to think about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H0wmexkGWY