by J.R. Martin & Associates | Jul 26, 2026 | Blog
The IRS doesn’t care what you meant to do. It cares what you can prove, and that’s the part most business owners find out too late. You meant to log that mileage. You were pretty sure those meals counted. But when a letter shows up asking for proof, good...
by J.R. Martin & Associates | Jul 19, 2026 | Blog
Most business owners think about taxes once a year, in a rush, right before a deadline. That’s exactly where the trouble starts. The bill is bigger than expected, the deductions are gone, and there’s no time left to do anything about it. There’s a...
by J.R. Martin & Associates | Jul 12, 2026 | Blog
We’ll say it plainly: Google has no business doing your business taxes. Not the easy questions, not the hard ones. A search engine can define a word for you, but the second it comes to real decisions about your money, your entity, and your filings, you need a...
by J.R. Martin & Associates | Jul 5, 2026 | Blog
Most owners wait too long. They decide to sell, call a broker, and then learn the business is worth less than they hoped. The work that would have fixed it took years they never spent. Here’s the part nobody mentions. The same work that makes a business sellable...
by J.R. Martin & Associates | Jun 28, 2026 | Blog
“I’m not planning to sell anytime soon.” We hear this from business owners all the time. And it makes complete sense — you’ve built something you’re proud of, and walking away isn’t on your radar. But here’s what a lot of...
