Pulse Check

Pulse Check

Don’t let your business flat-line
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Being proactive in managing your business is always good advice – but today, your business survival may depend on it. Stare this recession in the face and pledge to improve your business, instead of waiting to see what happens when it all blows over.

Now is the time to take the pulse of your company, develop business success tools and make a lasting, effective change. With Pulse Check, you’re enlisting a multidisciplinary team of tax, efficiency, financial and industry specialists, who can give you the business assistance you need to ensure your company is operating at its optimal health. Below are some of areas examined during a Pulse Check:

Maximizing Resources

  • Getting Lean – Do you need to increase your business efficiency?
  • Gaining industry insights – What are your industry’s best practices?

Increasing Cash Flow

  • Projecting cash flow – Are you able to control your business cash flow so it’s there when you need it?
  • Cutting costs – Would cutting costs across-the-board give your business a needed turnaround or should you target cost cuts to specific areas?
  • Controlling inventory – Are you maintaining an optimal inventory level?
  • Managing accounts receivable – Are you getting paid on time or do you need a more efficient collection process to manage your account receivables?
  • Renegotiating terms – Do you need to renegotiate terms but don’t want to hurt your business success or reputation?

Discovering Tax Savings

  • Chasing timely opportunities – Are you taking full advantage of the tax breaks offered in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009?
  • Adjusting estimated payments – Are your es­timated tax payments accurate?
  • Planning for operating losses – Are you maximizing your net operating loss carrybacks and carryforwards?
  • Assessing business structure – Would a restructuring of your business offer tax relief?
  • Restructuring employee benefits – Would restructuring your employee benefit plan produce overall tax savings?
  • Protecting business assets – Are your business assets securely arranged to minimize the taxes you pay?
  • Considering gifting options – What is your best gifting strategy when planning for a bad economy?
  • Saving on state and local taxes – Are you concentrating your tax exposure to minimize your state and local tax expenses?

For more information on this cost-effective service, please contact us or e-mail our Director of Tax, Bob Mapes. Or sign up for a free consultation to help you determine if a pulse check is what your business needs to survive and thrive in today's economy.