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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. A business (company, enterprise or firm) is a legally recognized organization designed to provide goods or services, or both, to consumers, businesses and governmental entities. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies. Most businesses are privately owned. A business is typically formed to earn profit that will increase the wealth of its owners and grow the business itself. The owners and operators of a business have as one of their main objectives the receipt or generation of a financial return in exchange for work and acceptance of risk. Notable exceptions include cooperative enterprises and state-owned enterprises. Businesses can also be formed not-for-profit or be state-owned. The etymology of "business" relates to the state of being busy either as an individual or society as a whole, doing commercially viable and profitable work. The term "business" has at least three usages, depending on the scope — the singular usage (above) to mean a particular company or corporation, the generalized usage to refer to a particular market sector, such as "the music business" and compound forms such as agribusiness, or the broadest meaning to include all activity by the community of suppliers of goods and services. However, the exact definition of business, like much else in the philosophy of business, is a matter of debate and complexity of meanings. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Can I deduct a business mortage payment or only the interest and why? Q. I need to know if I can deduct the mortage payment on a business. Our business mortage is a commercial loan and only the business is on it. Or, is only the interest on the business deductable. If so, would it be in our best interest for the business to rent from us this year? Asked by tru_belle - Thu Feb 7 17:49:43 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. The business can only deduct interest expense. If you own the property personally, and the loan is in your personal name (OK if business is a co-borrower), then the business could deduct the entire payment as rent expense. However, you'd then have a separate schedule on your tax return for this commercial real estate. You'd show the rent payment as income, and then deduct the interest expense there. If the business is an S-Corp then shouldn't be much of a difference either way. . . If you're a business owner with commercial real estate, you really should have a CPA (or experienced tax accountant) prepare your taxes. . . . Oh, you can't deduct the entire loan payment, as principal paid is a repayment of money lent to you! Answered by Jonathan B - Thu Feb 7 21:22:11 2008 Do you think a fee based business acquaintance service can be a profitable industry? Q. Everyone has some business acquiantance that can help others to do successful business. How to let all of them know each other. Fee based business acquitantance service may do it. Big business service ? Profitbale business service ? Let me know. Great thanks. Asked by energyquotenet - Mon Aug 14 04:13:03 2006 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. Yes -- it is called linkedin.com Answered by Mr. PhD - Mon Aug 14 04:17:09 2006 Over 60% of small businesses fail due to a lack of planning and execution of a business plan.?
Q. Over 60% of small businesses fail due to a lack of planning and execution of a business plan. When businesses are so small it is rare to have an HR manager, because of that training and follow-up is non-existent. Who would be accountable and how could management implement a training routine to make it beneficial and cost effective? Asked by babydollof4kids - Sat Sep 29 11:11:36 2007 - - 3 Answers - 3 Comments A. If you're only really asking about training, then it would depend on the size of the business. If there's only about 1 - 10 people, then it would usually be the duty of the owner to train new staff, as he or she would be the person with the most interest in ensuring that everyone knows what they are doing. If you go into 10 - 30 or so staff, you'd probably have an operational or production manager who should take care of training. Most businesses don't fail because of inadequate training though. As you pointed out, it's more about lack of planning. I ran my own small businesses for a few years, and I made sure to only hire people that didn't need any training! Is your concern that businesses fail because of no proper training programs? Answered by Jger - Sat Sep 29 11:32:40 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Business"
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