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                                       The Custodian for service business owners 

Hi everybody, my name is Moe Krappe and I am the new, self-appointed custodian or watchdog for cleaning service business owners.  On my page here at CleanPeers, I will be updating and alerting all fellow business owners to changes affecting your business.  This will cover anything from the IRS rules, regulations and tax code changes, EPA rulings, OSHA determinations and any other information that is important to effectively running your business.  I will not be doing any product reviews, that's for the other experts on other pages of this site.
Thanks for reading and hope you gain some benefit from what the information I gather.
Sincerely,
Moe.

Just starting out? Start the right way, click here to find out what the IRS rules are for your start up business.

The SBA or Small Business Administration is another great resource for people just starting out in the cleaning business.

Here is a complete list of phone numbers for the IRS--Click here

Recent IRS changes that may affect you!

Don't look to hard for those IRS packages at the end of the year, you won't be getting them anymore.

With the continued growth in electronic filing and to reduce costs, individual and business taxpayers will no longer receive paper income tax packages in the mail.



Receive an Audit notice?  Good news!, kind of, IRS will now start accepting email and electronic transfers of data, accounting info etc.. to help in your audit instead of the traditional copy and mail format. Read about it here: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=229050,00.html

Happy Thanksgiving, here's a link to the November calendar page of what forms are due to the IRS in November. http://www.tax.gov/calendar/november.htm

Reporting the cost of employer paid health care premiums will NOT be required on employee W-2's in 2011, read more here:

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=228881,00.html

Are you being audited?
Watch this video to prepare for it. Watch it here.


We have to do what???

Wondering what the EPA has to say about what you should or should not be doing in your state?
Click here:

http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/states/index.html

Here are some OSHA quick links

Get the OSHA Small Business Handbook, free here.


http://www.osha.gov/Publications/hand_hygiene.html -- hand washing guides/info

http://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3084.html -- chemical hazard info

http://www.osha.gov/Publications/3021.html -- employee workplace rights


                  Scam Alerts!

The IRS does not send unsolicited e-mails about account matters.

A recent wave of phony e-mails looks as if they come from the IRS but direct recipients to a bogus site that contains computer infecting malware. 

IRS.gov has information for identifying and reporting phishing, e-mail scams and bogus IRS websites.



Everyone is out for your money, some of them good and beneficial and some not.  Here I will warn you of potential rip-offs and scams.

There is a company called Brooks Partners, they call from 402-982-0861 and other different ending 4 digit numbers.  It is an automated message that tells you to stay on the line to update and verify your Google directory listing and info. This is  a SCAM.  They are not affiliated with Google or any other search engine, if you agree to their terms you will be billed for enormous amounts of money for nothing.


#1  Yellowpages, yellowbook, or any other printed telephone directory.  Nobody uses them anymore. Save your money and put it into other advertising streams.


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