Established almost 20 years ago, Butler CPA, S.C. is a full service accounting firm providing accounting, tax, auditing, trust and estate, and management advisory services to a broad range of clients, including growing businesses, start-ups, closely-held companies, not-for-profit organizations, and individuals and families with substantial financial resources. Our business clients represent a wide range of industries including service, construction, real estate, manufacturing, and retail. Business Success Seminars You have probably heard that nine out of ten small businesses fail in the first five years. Dunn and Bradstreet determined that “90% of small businesses that fail do so because of a lack of skills and knowledge on part of the owner”. Therefore, the vast majority of failed businesses cannot maintain that a bad location, low-priced competitors, or poor economic conditions caused their demise. They failed because they did not have the tools they needed to run a successful business. Whether you are considering incorporating, have just incorporated, or have been operating for only a few years, this four-hour seminar will help give you the tools to support a successful subchapter S corporation. If your business deserves better than 1 out of 10, read more. Our Business Success Seminar is coming up this fall. Call 1(800) 685-6792 to register. Are you ready for more in-depth, tailored business guidance? Ask about our Business Success Roundtables. Call Barbara at 1(800) 685-6792 to learn more. Your advisor asks questions for a reason. WEEKLY TAX TIP: July 21, 2008 During tax or financial planning sessions, you may expect to ask lots of questions. What can be unexpected is the number of questions your advisor will ask you — questions that might leave you wondering, why do you want to know that?...(read more) Should you lease or buy business equipment? MONTHLY BUSINESS TIP: July 2008  Manufacturing equipment, computer networks, fleets of automobiles, you name it — all can be leased. But is leasing always a good option? When does leasing make sense? When is it a poor alternative?....(read more) Teach your kids about money. MONTHLY FINANCIAL TIP: July 2008  Knowing about money — how to earn it, use it, invest it and share it — is a critical life skill. Unfortunately, such skills are often given short shrift in our education system and homes. Recent surveys have highlighted an astonishing level of ignorance in today's teenagers when questions about simple financial concepts are raised. For example, one survey found that only 26% of teens understood credit card interest, and only one in three could read a bank statement or balance a checkbook.....(read more) The information contained in this site is of a general nature and should not be acted upon in your specific situation without further details and/or professional assistance.