In this evening’s class, students learned different ways to enter bills and pay vendors and expenses in QuickBooks. Â Looking forward to next week where students will learn how to enter customer and sales transactions.
Our next 4 week session has only a few openings left and begins June 6th. Call 239-321-7085 for information on how to register.
Tonight we had our first session of our May 2018 Small Business Owner Accounting School series. This series of 4 classes was sold out three days after it was announced.
Tonight’s class covered a number of accounting concepts, Quickbooks features, desktop vs (cloud) hosted program implementation choices, and provided hands on training on Quickbooks menus and program navigation. Looking forward to next week’s session two.
Because our May Small Business Owner Accounting School session filled up in three days, Empowerment Works is offering an additional 4 week session beginning June 6th. Join us at the Southwest Florida Enterprise Center in Fort Myers on the 4 Wednesday evenings beginning on June 6th and ending on June 27th from 5:45 PM to 7:45 PM. Class size is very small. As of today there are only 5 more openings in the current session.
Participants learn how to keep track of their small business’ accounting through hands on training using QuickBooks software. The class fee is $50.
Due to limited seating, payment is required to register. Payments can be made at the SWFL Enterprise Center, 3903 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Blvd., Fort Myers, 33916 (cash or check) or City Hall, 2200 Second Street (cash, check, or credit card). If you would like to mail a check please call 239-321-7085 to check availability.
Empowerment Works is announcing their last Small Business Owner Accounting School session until Fall 2018. Join us at the Southwest Florida Enterprise Center in Fort Myers on the 4 Wednesday evenings beginning on May 9th and ending on May 30th from 5:45 PM to 7:45 PM. Class size is very small. As of today there are only 5 more openings in the current session.
Participants learn how to keep track of their small business’ accounting through hands on training using QuickBooks software. The class fee is $50.
Due to limited seating, payment is required to register. Payments can be made at the SWFL Enterprise Center, 3903 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Blvd., Fort Myers, 33916 (cash or check) or City Hall, 2200 Second Street (cash, check, or credit card). If you would like to mail a check please call 239-321-7085 to check availability.
NEW BUSINESS STARTUP: FASTTRAC SW FLORIDA, is an eight-week, fast-paced entrepreneurship training course, to help you develop your idea into a successful business.
Don’t yet have an idea, but have a burning passion to run your own company? No problem. This course will help you determine if your idea is viable. Even if you don’t yet have an idea, we’ll show you how to go about finding one that works and that matches your unique skills, talents and passions. We’ll cover idea formation, market validation, market assessment and positioning, product launch, customer acquisition, business planning and financing. You’ll meet like-minded entrepreneurs, speakers, and mentors who will help guide you on the journey.
The sessions will be held once a week for eight weeks, on Monday evenings, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, at the SW FL Enterprise Center, 3903 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, in Fort Myers. Session 1 starts on April 2. The last session is May 21.
Cost: The full course is $74.20 per person, payable AFTER the first session — to make sure it’s a good fit for you. You may bring a spouse or business partner for an additional $37.10 ($111.30 for two tickets). A $40 deposit is required to secure your spot in the course.
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If you cannot attend all sessions in person, the course materials will also be available online. The course facilitators are Michael O’Donnell, a serial entrepreneur and angel investor; and Mike Love, the Director of the SW FL Enterprise Center. The program is normally $400, but the majority of the fee (up to $325.80) is underwritten by the SW FL Enterprise Center and its partners.
Space is limited, so if you are located in SW Florida and driven to start a business this year, grab a slot before the course is full!
We held our fourth and final session Wednesday in our Small Business Owners Accounting School February class series. Students who attended all four sessions received a certificate of graduation.
Wednesday evening we covered month, quarter and year end reporting in QuickBooks and learned how to create and setup a new company file in QuickBooks efficiently with the least amount of extra effort.
Look for our next session of the Small Business Owners Accounting School to be announced soon with a start date later in March or in April.
Tonight we had our first session in the current Small Business Owner Accounting School series. This series of classes was sold out in December. Looking forward to next week’s session two.
Our upcoming Small Business Owner Accounting School is now full. Look for the next session sometime in March or April.
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Come join us the 3rd Wednesday of every month for our Business to Business Networking Luncheons. On top of having a chance to do some important networking, we also have a speaker that will discuss various topics like: Business Startup, Best Practices, Networking, Financing/Loans, Credit, Bookkeeping, Marketing/Social Media and much more. A light lunch with drink will be offered.
Speaker: Peter Busch, NBC2 New Anchor Topic: Business & The Media |
Peter Busch is a multiple EMMY award winning journalist who anchors NBC2 News at 5, 5:30, 6 and 11pm. He won three consecutive Emmys for news reporting during his time at KPHO in Phoenix. More recently, Peter won the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for a series of stories on Rio de Janeiro’s preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games. Peter has covered major national stories over his 15 years in television news, including Hurricane Katrina and the 2016 presidential election. He learned to speak fluent Spanish when he lived in Mexico City in 1999. Peter then went on to graduate with honors from the University of Arizona, where he was a member of the swim team. Peter now lives in Lee County with his wife Rachel, their three daughters, and their dog, Edison. |
Register Here for the B-2-B Meeting
The Rotary Club of Cape Coral Sunset invited us to speak during their Vocational Service Month on Empowerment Works programs and how they impact vocational training. We had a good time with great discussion and friends!
I wanted to look into some real life examples of how the new tax law will effect small business owners and others so I computed several different tax scenarios and compared the tax results under the old law with what they would have been under the new plan just passed into law.
Here is what I generally found.
If you are a small business owner, the 20% deduction for pass through income should reduce the amount of tax you pay significantly, particularly if your business makes you a higher income tax payer. This is should be an incentive for anyone who is thinking of starting their own small business.
If you are not a business owner and are not a high income tax payer; AND you currently do NOT itemize your deductions, you will probably pay a little less tax under the new plan.
If you are not a business owner and are not a high income tax payer; AND you currently DO itemize deductions, it is POSSIBLE that you may actually pay MORE tax under the new plan.
These calculations were just examples based on prior tax returns. I found a tax calculator online that will do a comparison of how the tax cuts will effect YOUR situation.
Click here to go to the tax law comparison calculator
Get out your 2016 tax return and use the following link to do your comparison. Use the “Create Your Own Scenario” link to customize it to your 2016 return or enter your estimates for 2017 and 2018.
I found it to give very close to the same results to my analysis above, but much easier than what I went through to compute it.
You should check with your tax advisor about your situation.
This is a four session class on Wednesday evenings from January 31, 2018 through February (no class on February 14th). This session will teach entrepreneurs who own their own business or individuals looking for a new career the basics of keeping track of a business’ finances. Sign up and pay soon to guarantee your seat!
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