Now it's personal! This is just for you and really has nothing to do with business and lending. Ready to prepare your 2009 tax returns (or gather your info for your preparer)?Tax Guide from Journal
In case you are talking with an elected official or community leader who needs facts to support the anecdotal evidence, here are some facts gleaned from a recent article, For Want of a Loan, in
While business lenders are well advised to be careful giving advice, you also play an important role in the brainstorming process when talking with your borrowers. Developing your business know-how helps when meeting with:a prospective
SHORT ANSWER in case you cannot read the entire post: Meet with you small business borrowers for a new needs assessment Visit at least 3.3 times each year Understand their business Demonstrate that you understand
Great question, since Schedule B is a mixed bag. As always, check your own guidelines. Here is my short list: Add Interest from banks, credit unions and S&LsWhen interest rates come back out of the
I just updated my SlideShare Presentation. If you sign-up for SlideShare, you can even nominate it for the SlideShare Zietgeist 2009 Community Awards. Green Legos, Six Ns and a Map to Tax Return Analysis Take
Two of the five are for community banks...President Obama recently 'invited' the 'Big Bankers' to the White House to admonish them...Start lending to small businesses! Sam Thacker in his blog at Allbusiness.com has a better
Long before I focused on working with lenders to understand business and make good loan decisions, I focused on working with the businesses themselves. I still do.I am one of the Business Credit bloggers on
I predict the 2009 tax returns will be filed earlier rather than later. Why? The congress has liberalized the rules for carrying back Net Operating Losses. If the business paid taxes in any of the
I'll be presenting a webinar for the Credit Union Executive Society. If you are a CU lender or lending manager...plan to attend. (If not, scroll to the end of this post). From Taxable Income to
Okay, the financial pundits at the Huffington Post are fed up with Wall Street and big banks. There is a fascinating move afoot to, well, vote with our feet. Or I should say, with our
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