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Barton’s Best Practices for Terminating an Employee

Barton’s Best Practices for Terminating an Employee

We’ve all got a bit of FOMO about FOMC’s (Federal Open Market Committee’s) big meeting this week, waiting to see if yet another interest rate hike will be coming. Most indicators say likely.Since March 2022, there have been NINE such increases to interest rates...

Smart Pricing Tactics for Research Triangle Businesses Right Now

Smart Pricing Tactics for Research Triangle Businesses Right Now

Before I dive into those smart pricing tactics your business will want to implement right now, let’s revisit something I wrote about last week: planning for a Q1 analysis. Have you jumped on it yet? If you haven’t, let me just say, how well your 2023 shapes up could...

Leadership Development in Your Research Triangle Business

Leadership Development in Your Research Triangle Business

 Unless you’ve been living in a cave like this woman, you know that business ownership is a tough gig right now — it’s nearly an Olympic sport to keep things running and moving ahead. But, despite all that, being a business owner is also pretty great....

Easy Ways to Manage Money, Research Triangle Strugglers

Easy Ways to Manage Money, Research Triangle Strugglers

 Did you travel for spring break? I know it’s come and gone for most Research Triangle families and college students. Maybe you traveled, maybe you didn’t, or maybe the nice weather has you planning for summer.You know when you’re returning home from a road trip...

Prioritizing Employee Wellness in Your Research Triangle Business

Prioritizing Employee Wellness in Your Research Triangle Business

It’s a bit of a dog-eat-dog world for businesses these days. (Feel that sentiment in your bones?)Inflation is pervasive. Supply chain issues still have you jumping through hoops to get products. The hunt continues for good help… proving the adage. Covid-era debts now...

Making a Plan to Reskill and Upskill Your Staff

Making a Plan to Reskill and Upskill Your Staff

Well, here we are — just like that, we find ourselves already a quarter of the way through 2023. While people everywhere are breaking out the deep cleaning sprays and scrub brushes to get a little springtime sparkle, you might want to be thinking about a similar...

Do All Research Triangle People Pay Taxes on Social Security Benefits?

Do All Research Triangle People Pay Taxes on Social Security Benefits?

We’re in the last leg of the regular tax season here. My office has been working overtime (often literally) cranking out returns for our Research Triangle clients. If you haven’t touched base with us yet, and still need to process and file your paperwork, things will...

Need Extra Time to File Your Taxes?

Need Extra Time to File Your Taxes?

Spring has truly sprung in Research Triangle, and also did you know that we’re two weeks away from the tax deadline?Here at Billy Barton-Accountant, the home stretch means our heads are all wrapped up in paperwork, but we’re still able to notice that lawn mowers have...