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Increasing your profits requires selling more and\/or spending less. While building up your sales may require an extended effort, business costs are often very ripe for a quick trimming. Here are some possibilities.<\/p>\n
Supplies and Other Purchases<\/strong><\/p>\n Usually in any business, relatively few items represent a very large share of all outlays. The first step in cutting expenses is, therefore, to identify your highest<\/em> costs. You may be able to trim many of these costs by making sure you always bid out significant purchases or by more actively seeking less expensive alternatives.<\/p>\n For many companies, inventory carrying costs are a very significant expense. Focusing on matching your inventory quantities more closely to your short-term needs could result in significant savings.<\/p>\n Telecommunications and Other Services<\/strong><\/p>\n The ongoing services you buy may also offer the potential for cost savings. Revisit your choice of telecommunications vendor and your usage.<\/p>\n Look carefully at your costs for financial services. If you borrow or maintain a line of credit, always compare the rates from more than one financing source before you commit. Make sure you are not paying higher-than-necessary fees for your company\u2019s checking and deposit services.<\/p>\n Cash Management<\/strong><\/p>\n To control cash outlays, take advantage of discounts for early payment whenever possible. And look to delay payments for as long as you can without giving up discounts.<\/p>\n On the receiving side, deposit all receipts daily. And always actively pursue collection of any invoices that are past due. To help control your working capital needs and, therefore, your credit costs, try to match any new liabilities to your anticipated cash flow.<\/p>\n Fixed Expenses<\/strong><\/p>\n One other category worth examining is fixed expenses that are long-term commitments. While you usually can\u2019t change these quickly, be aware of when a window for change will open and prepare well in<\/em> advance<\/em> by considering lower cost alternatives.<\/p>\n To learn more ways to control your business costs give Rickard & Neal CPAs a call today. Our trained staff of professionals are always available to answer any questions you may have.<\/p>\n Send us an e-mail<\/a>\u00a0or call us today at\u00a0901-685-9411<\/strong>\u00a0to discuss your business needs with an experienced CPA. Or,\u00a0request a free consultation online.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Increasing your profits requires selling more and\/or spending less. While building up your sales may require an extended effort, business costs are often very ripe for a quick trimming. Here are some possibilities. Supplies and Other Purchases Usually in any business, relatively few items represent a very large share of all outlays. The first step […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-68","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business-tax","7":"entry"},"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rikardneal.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rikardneal.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rikardneal.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rikardneal.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rikardneal.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rikardneal.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74,"href":"https:\/\/www.rikardneal.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions\/74"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rikardneal.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rikardneal.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rikardneal.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}