If you use your home for work or business, you may be entitled to the home office deduction. The home office deduction is one of those wonderful tax deductions that allows a taxpayer to turn an otherwise non-deductible personal expense into deductible business expense.

Telecom services are an integral component to all businesses.  They include their wireless services, phone lines, internet service, long distance service, data networks (MPLS, T-1, T-3, OC-3, etc.), and conferencing services for the operation of the business.  A Telecom Services Audit will assure the organization has the right services for their operation, makes sure they are paying competitive rates, and they are receiving the best terms and conditions.

 A telecom audit should contain these…

In today's business world, telecommunication services are vital to the success of any organization.  Whether they are for your customers to reach your service organization, sales people to communicate with customers while out of the office, or for staff to order inventory from suppliers via the internet.  Telecommunications services are vital!

The first question you may ask is what is included in the term, "telecommunication services"?  Telecommunications services include your business…

Telecom Toll-Fraud & Risk Management

 Businesses have more control over their telecommunications services than ever before. This shift in control has led to an increased risk of toll fraud for which the business is responsible, not the telephone company. In addition to costing businesses millions of dollars each year, many analysts agree that toll fraud, notably the profitable "call-sell" arrangement, is often used by organized crime, money launderers and even terrorists. Even Small…

A question I hear often is "how do I find a VC to invest in my company?"  First, there are many different institutional equity investors, both private and public. 

Venture Capital companies are best known by startups and early stage companies, because VC's are most likely to be found investing in these riskier ventures.  With the dot.com bubble bursting and the current recession, it is much harder to find the VC we remember.  The reasons they are harder to find is that many of them have subtly…