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IFS Repair Or Replace - Suspension UpgradesPosted in How To on June 1, 2013
Technology has a funny way of changing the world. Sure, we love our modern cellphones and appreciate that with the push of a button we can order just about anything our hearts desire on-line, but there are certain things that we are just not ready to let go of. A prime example of this is the solid front axle. Despite the fact that it's been well over a decade since the last straight-axle ½-ton pickup was produced in the U.S., we are slow to rally behind the modern independent front suspension that took its place.
Part of the problem is the complexity and frailness of the components fitted with stock IFS. While stock IFS vehicles have drawn aftermarket support, the cost of the independent component upgrades is largely out of reach for the average consumer. For our use, a solid-front axle, such as the tried-and-true kingpin and ball joint Dana 44 and 60, is what works best off-road. The function and components of the straight-axle make it easy to build and maintain, and the robust design allows for a more controlled and predicable suspension configuration.
The want for a solid front axle under a late-model 4x4 hasn't been overlooked by the aftermarket. And probably the vehicles with the most draw and demand for the straight-axle conversion are '88-'98 Chevys and GMC ½- and ¾-ton trucks and SUVs. With thousands of the GM 4x4s still on the roads today, the square-bodied fullsize rigs continue to gain support in the enthusiast market. This is largely due to their low price, reliable powertrains, and roomy interiors. So this got us thinking about just how much money it would cost to swap in a solid axle under an '88-'98 GM. And, could you actually save money by ditching the costly and weak IFS setup under your rig? The following is what we found.
Front Axle Options
The first item you'll need to source before you can even think of making your solid-axle swap dreams a reality is a solid front axle. Since nearly all '88-'98 4x4 fullsize GM trucks and SUVs were fitted with a driver-side-drop transfer case, you'll need a driver-side-drop differential. Sure, you can swap out the T-case and convert to a passenger-side drop, but you've just increased the time and complexity of the swap.
Your fabrication skills and type of suspension you plan to use may narrow your axle options. Many of the solid-axle conversions that use leaf springs suggest sourcing a late-'70s Ford high-pinion Dana 60 front axle. Later-model high-pinion Dana 60 front axles are just as strong, but more kits are designed for the spring-perch offset of the late '70s axles. A late '70s Ford high-pinion Dana 60 on enthusiast forums and on-line auction sites tends to list for $800 to $1,200.
In the September '12 issue we did a cost-comparison Dana 60 article ("Rebuilt Dana Sixty vs. Dynatrac 60") that focused on what it would cost to build a used Dana 60 front axle versus purchasing a completely-built new unit from an aftermarket company such as Dynatrac. Ultimately, going junkyard will still save you that initial wallop, but you'll be pretty close to the same amount spent when it's all said and done. If you are on a budget, we suggest swapping in a fresh set of spindle bearings, new calipers, and rotors at the very least. Of course, you'll also need to inspect the kingpins or ball joints for excessive slop or wear.
Another axle option is a driver-side-drop Dana 44 or 10-bolt. If you can get an 8-lug high-pinion Dana 44 and only plan to run up to a 37-inch tall tire, it's worth it. We wouldn't bother with the 10-bolt. What type of traction aid, axleshafts, and gearset will all directly affect how much you'll have invested in the axle. About $5,000 is a pretty common figure when building a Dana 60 and some well-built Dana 44 front axles.
Estimated cost: $1,200 to $7,400
IFS Replacement Parts
The harder you use your truck, the more likely and often you'll need to replace the stock components. When combined with larger tires, the stock components can also fatigue more rapidly. Below is a list of the most common items serviced under high-mileage and well-used '88-'98 GM pickups and SUVs. The prices are approximates complied from comparing a handful of replacement parts stores such as Auto Zone and Car Quest. Assuming you could R&R (remove and replace) all of the parts yourself, this would be the cost breakdown and total before taxes.
Upper ball joint: $39.99 (x2)
Lower ball joint: $24.99 (x2)
Idler arm: $45.99
Pitman arm: $27.99
Tie-rod end: $30.99 (x2)
Unit bearing: $207.99 (x2)
Sway bar bushing kit: $29.99
Steering stabilizer: $29.99
CV axle: $58.99 (x2)
Front differential actuator: $92.99
Total cost: $952.85
Solid-Axle Parts
Determining the exact amount that it will cost you to perform a solid-axle conversion is a little tricky. There are certain tools that you may need to purchase along the way, and professional help that you might need to sub out. We used the bolt-on straight-axle conversion from Offroad Design as a template and divided the prices into the following. Some prices are approximate and range depending on the brand type or source (i.e., a junkyard shock mount will cost you much less than a new one). As before, this cost breakdown is pre-tax and without labor.
Offroad Design '88-'98 solid-axle conversion: $525
Offroad Design crossover steering: $440 to $800
Front leaf springs: $399
Front driveshaft: $300 to $600
Ford drill-in shock mounts (PN E5TZ-18188-A): $46
Shocks: $39.99 (x2)
Front brake lines: $112
Total cost: $1901.98 to $2,561.98
Rear Fees
Congrats! You've just installed a solid-axle under the front of your 4x4! Now, you just have to finish the back! This is where the cost of the total build can get messy. If you started with a 3500 series GM truck, then you already have a 14-bolt full-float 8-lug rear axle. This means you just need to raise the rear of the truck to match the front. If however, you are working with a ½-ton platform, you will need a bit more to finish out the swap. Here are a few items that we commonly encountered on past straight-axle conversions and how they've added up.
Exhaust modification: $100 to $300
Rear axle (14-bolt or Dana 60): $150 to $3,500
Rear leaf springs: $399
Rear driveshaft: $300 to $600
Rear brake line: $80
Rear shocks: $39.99 (x2)
Total estimate: $1,108.98 to $4,958.98
Sticker Shock or Not?
So, now that you've had a little time to adjust to the sticker shock of just how much the parts needed to perform a straight-axle conversion can cost, the question may be, is it worth it? The answer is often found when you look at how you actually use your truck and how important the conversion is to you. Is it feasible that you could perform a sold-axle conversion in your driveway for a few grand? Sure, but most solid-axle wheelers we've spoken to have all invested closer to the $8,000 to $10,000 range.
OK, $10K is no small figure, but when you look at the cost of adding on an IFS suspension lift and replacing many of the stock frontend parts, it's not an unreasonable figure, especially when you break it down a little at a time. With a solid-front axle the truck will be twice as reliable off-road, which is peace of mind that can be priceless when you are on the trail and far from home. One item that we haven't mentioned much is the labor involved. If you have to pay someone to work on your truck, then understand that this can nearly double your investment.
Sometimes you can work with shops by doing all of the teardown and prep-work beforehand to save a little dough, but not all shops are open for this. Some of the solid-axle conversion kits are very installer-friendly and can be installed in your driveway over a weekend. Welding used to be the largest hurdle for many at-home installers, but bolt-on conversions overcome that issue.
Conversion Contacts
Below are a handful of the companies that offer solid-axle conversion kits and components for the '88-'98 GM trucks and SUVs. Many of the systems listed work with two- and four-wheel-drive models.
Bolt-on leaf spring conversions with different height, component, and steering options. Works with GM and Ford Dana 44 and 60 axles. Kits are offered in a raw or powdercoated finish.
Info: 707/578-9679, www.fabworxoffroad.com
Offroad Design
Bolt-on kits for two- and four-wheel-drive ½- and ¾-ton trucks. ORD suggests the use of leaf springs from '73-'87 Chevy trucks. Additional steering, suspension, and axle options are available.
Info: 970/945-7777, www.offroaddesign.com
Off Road Unlimited
Complete leaf-spring systems for two- and four-wheel-drive trucks. Off Road Unlimited also offers multiple lift height and steering components, along with complete front axlehousings.
Info: 877/563-1208, www.offroadunlimited.com
Sky Manufacturing
Sky offers both complete and partial solid-axle kits that are designed to use leaf springs. A variety of shock and width options are available.
Info: 541/736-3743, www.sky-manufacturing.com
XXX Traction's solid-axle conversions use coilovers and a four-link suspension design. The conversions can be optioned from 7- to 13-inch lift heights. The XXX kit requires the use of a '05 and newer F-350 Dana 60 front axle.
Info: 831/899-2144, www.xxxtraction.com


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YORK, Pa. – The York College men's soccer team suffered a 2-1 loss to #1 Messiah on Wednesday afternoon in York. With the defeat, the Spartans drop to 3-5-3 while the top-ranked Falcons improve to 10-0-1 on the season.
The Spartans jumped on the board first, taking a 1-0 lead in the 14th minute. Sophomore midfielder Justin Facer knocked a 35-yard free kick from the left side of the field, lofting the ball toward the goal. Striking the ball just right, Facer's ball flew toward the Falcon net, over the outstretched hand of goalkeeper Jake Berry, and into the top right side of the goal. The game's first score proved to be Facer's second of the 2011 season.
However, that lead turned into a 1-1 score in the 23rd minute, as Messiah's Danny Thompson posted the equalizer. After a flurry of shots in front of the Spartan net, including one that was saved off the line by Spartan defender Trey Good, Thompson put away the rebound for his seventh tally of the year.
In the second half, it was Thompson who provided the game-winner for the Falcons. Thompson collected the ball in the midfield and then outraced the Spartan defense, getting behind the Green and White. Now in a 1v1 with York goalkeeper Ethan Kavanagh, Thompson calmly finished giving his squad the 2-1 lead in the 78th minute.
Before Thompson's second goal, Kavanagh posted a tremendous save in the 64th minute on a Messiah free kick. From approximately 22 yards out, Brian Ramirez knocked a free kick headed toward the left side of the Spartan net. Kavanagh athletically laid out to his right, holding the attempt and keeping the score 1-1.
For the game, Kavanagh posted eight saves in the York net while Berry recorded two stops for the Falcons.
The Spartans return to action on Saturday, October 8, when they host Capital Athletic Conference foe St. Mary's (Md.). Game time at Graham Field is set for 2:00 pm.
Justin Facer wins a headball during York's Wednesday match with Messiah. Photo courtesy of Theresa Dark - York College (Pa.) Athletic Communications Student-Photographer

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I am an avid PC Gamer, but I have been out of the "game" for a couple years raising kids and focusing on work. I am finally able to get back to the world I love, and I have a better income to get it donw than I did a few years ago!!!
I have decided to build my first new PC in about 5 years, so let me show you guys what I either have, or speculate buying in the next few days/weeks.
I have built 2 gaming rigs in the past, but I am getting ready to embark on a journey I have little experience with. I want to RAID hard drives and put 2 graphic cards in SLI.
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Intel i7 3770K
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Originally posted July, of 2011..and yet.
I'm gonna need more than a bucket of buttered popcorn for this movie....dunno what that means, but I reckon folks will figure it out. I'm hopeful for all of us on spaceship earth
Alfonso My Dear,
You are one of the very rare, consistent and none muddied bloggers that doesn't feel the need to bark at others and I for one, I love you and your work for it. Thanks for what you do.
you want more of this crap? Spend some time on one of those wine forum sites, where not one person is wrong--ever--not even the ones who don't know what they are talking about!
The nitpicking at minutiae on the forum sites makes bloggers seem incomprehensibly ill-informed--wait a minute.
More?! I didn't even take the time to re-write or re-vamp this steaming piece. Just goes to show that nothing changes but the seasons....
Forums are for trolls. Can't stomach that bullshit, hell I can't even muster a Twat so I'm not built, as they say, for that snarling and chest pounding of forums. I'm more of a gently groaning, sometimes ranting, "please just shhhh and share a glass with me" kind of gal. Explains why I'm not a fancy writer, or blogger.
My Gorgeous Samantha,
You move into a neighborhood where the Poodles bark incessantly, the only way to get them to stop is to poison their food. They have no reason to stop. It's the sound of their own barking they love, not what they're barking about.
But, as always, you're right. Except about Pinot Noir Rose. I may not like it, but I'm happy for those who do.
Alfonso is the Yoda of wine bloggers. Notice his green profile photo. Coincidence? I don't think so. The rest of us just babble on endlessly, pretending someone understands or cares. The best way to get noticed by the ugly pack of Poodles is to poop in someone's front yard, mostly Parker's. Everyone stops to sniff the poop, leaves a little of their own, and the whole pack is happy. As this repeat proves, 'twas ever thus.
Meanwhile, why ain't you writing more?
I love you so, Baby.
Ron My Love,
Lack of inspiration I think. You think you can fix that?
I love you too
My favorite Columbo episode not co-starring Patrick McGoohan( BTW, Samantha, if you're not familiar with McGoohan you might check out some videos from Danger Man: it might stimulate your...flow of words) was Any Port in a Storm, with Donald Pleasance playing a connoisseur with a gripe. Great episode, and respectful to us Fools For Wine.
Redmond Barry,
Well welcome to my little corner of the wine blog world, always nice to see...well to see any faces but new ones can be really fun! Thanks so much for the tip, I am not familiar with McGoohan ans lawd knows I can use anything to start this here flow! I'll check it out and as I said, thanks for taking the time to comment.


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Saturday, July 31, 2004
SSA delivers long awaited next generation version of Baan
The ARC Advisory Group has a good overview of SSA Global's release of Baan ERP LN. Baan had been working on this next generation version, prior to the SSA acquisition, but the effort had been hampered a lack of focus and missed delivery milestones.In addition to its large customer base, one of the main attractions of Baan for SSA was the completely new platform, Baan ERP 6.0 (code name Gemini), which Baan was on the verge of releasing prior to the acquisition. Upon acquiring Baan, however, SSA management took a long hard look at Gemini and decided that it just was not ready for prime time, postponing release to a later date.ARC lists the main enhancements from a technical perspective, including a thin-client browser-based user interface, a service oriented architecture (SOA), and support for web services standards such as SOAP and WSDL to promote ease of integration.
But ARC points out that the biggest story concerning Baan is what this new release means for the Baan installed base:
SSA has often been chastised for simply being a company that is acquiring distressed ERP companies, stripping them down to lower costs and making healthy margins off of the maintenance contracts. Nothing could be farther from the truth. This release is the clearest signal yet to the market by SSA that it intends to be much more then just a graveyard for distressed and disparate ERP systems.I attended an SSA road show in Southern California last year, and there were a lot of Baan users in attendance that were quite vocal about their concerns for SSA's support. The release of this new version should go a long way in addressing those concerns.
One of the primary reasons SSA delayed the launch of Gemini was that this product, as architected by Baan, provided absolutely no clear migration path for a significant majority of Baan's customer base who were still on version IVc4. SSA correctly saw the danger in releasing this product early as many Baan customers would have more then likely fallen into the arms of a competitor. And SSA did not stop with addressing only the needs of Baan's customer base.
In addition to providing a clear and smooth migration path for Baan customers on version IVc4 or later, ERP LN has been architected to also provide a clear upgrade path for both the ManMan and MK installed bases [i.e. two legacy SSA products that SSA is not investing much in--Frank]. Simply put, with ERP LN SSA has consolidated the three discrete ERP solutions into one, single unified source code base. While Baan customers should be pleased with this upgrade, both ManMan and MK customers will be elated as they now have a truly viable upgrade to bring them forward.
ERP LN will be offered to all existing customers on maintenance as a standard upgrade (e.g. no cost for the software itself). SSA spent a significant amount of effort to insure that upgrades go smoothly developing several implementation tools to accelerate, as well as simplify, the upgrade process. The product has been fully vetted at a number of Beta sites, the largest currently live with over 1000 users.
Although right now SSA is mainly targeting Baan ERP LN at Baan's existing customers, it will be interesting to see whether this new version gets Baan in the door for new deals. Baan has always had Tier I functionality for its targeted verticals, such as aerospace and defense, automotive, hi-tech electronics, industrial equipment, make-to-order and even engineer-to-order manufacturing. But with questions about Baan's future, it's been quite a while since I've felt confident enough to short list Baan for new clients. Maybe it's time to take another look.
I know there are quite a few SSA and Baan readers of the Spectator. If any of you have any first hand experience with this new Baan release, please let me know.
Related posts
Baan users flock to SSA road show
SSA's strategy: acquire customers and technology on the cheap
SSA Global plans to consolidate product lines
ERP ecosystems: a sustainable business model?
SSA GT rumored to be leading contender for Baanby Frank Scavo, 7/31/2004 09:14:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Friday, July 30, 2004
Her Majesty chooses IFS
While the U.S. Army is implementing SAP (see post from earlier this morning), across the ocean, the U.K. Ministry of Defense has selected Lockheed Martin UK as the prime systems integrator for the Joint Asset Management and Engineering Solutions first increment (JAMES1), a system to manage defense fleet assets worldwide. IFS is providing the core software, IFS applications, and implementation services for the deal, continuing the joint venture between Lockheed Martin and IFS for defense related applications and services.
The deal is estimated to be worth $4.1M (USD) to IFS, a nice boost to the efforts of IFS to continue its strength in the aerospace and defense vertical.
More details are in the IFS press release.
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Latest from the IFS World conferenceby Frank Scavo, 7/30/2004 10:20:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Uncle Sam wants SAP
Never one to shy away from a mission-critical project, SAP has announced that the U.S. Army is implementing SAP supply chain applications worldwide. The offering, dubbed SAP for Defense & Security, will replace 13 existing systems that the Army custom-developed in the 1960s and 1970s.
Although the SAP deal appears to have been in the works prior to the recent Iraq war, the Army no doubt elevated the priority of the implementation because of serious problems in resupplying material during the invasion.
According to project leader Lt. Col. Forrest Burke, the implementation will take 2-3 years to complete. It is "on an order of magnitude more complex than most companies' installations of SAP," he said.
Computerworld has details on logistics problems during the Iraq invasion, as well as a summary of the Army's SAP project.by Frank Scavo, 7/30/2004 07:04:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Thursday, July 29, 2004
Some analysts fail to see Conway's elephant
Some market analysts are not buying PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway's argument that Oracle's takeover bid is the main cause (or, as Conway put it, the "elephant in the room") behind PeopleSoft's latest earning shortfall. In particular, Charlie Di Bona writes in a research note (quoted in an article in The Street):Let's take a closer look at what Di Bona says are the strategic factors that are working against application software vendors today:
We remain unconvinced that this [the Oracle hostile bid] was the sole factor behind the shortfall. Instead, we believe PeopleSoft was impacted by the same market factors impacting Siebel Systems and other applications vendors that missed: namely an infrastructure-focused software spending cycle; systemic pricing pressure exacerbated by the declining cost of custom development; and overblown expectations for the past several quarters that had pressured companies to meet numbers even if that meant draining pipelines.
- At this point in the economic cycle, customer spending appears to be oriented more toward infrastructure software (operating systems, databases, messaging, middleware, etc.) than application systems.
- The cost of custom development is declining, probably due to cheaper labor offshore, which is putting pricing pressure on application software providers. I'm not sure I buy that for general purpose applications (e.g. financials, HR, manufacturing), but it might be the case for company-specific applications.
- In order to pump up their financial results, application software vendors have been discounting heavily in the past several quarters, which has "drained the pipeline." This is exactly the point that I made in my post yesterday.
As evidence that it's not delayed sales that are the problem, Di Bona pointed out that the total number of PeopleSoft sales transactions increased in the quarter from 596 in Q1 to 725 in Q2, and the number of new customers increased from 120 in Q1 to 160 in Q2. At the same time the average selling price dropped from from $382,000 in Q1 to $346,000 in Q2.If customers were delaying deals based on Oracle concerns, it doesn't seem logical that transaction volumes should be up sequentially given the abundant press reporting of the trial in the second quarter....If customers are truly delaying purchases because they are concerned about PeopleSoft's future independence, then price should be immaterial and even heavy discounting would not drive any sales.
So, if Di Bona is correct, PeopleSoft's problems go beyond the uncertainty around Oracle's takeover bid. We already know from the Oracle trial that in competitive situations the major application vendors are discounting to a much greater extent than most of us realized. Although PeopleSoft is the latest example, most of the major vendors, with the exception of SAP, are posting disappointing performance. Apart from a general lackluster recovery in the tech sector, perhaps Di Bona has identified some of the reasons. If Di Bona's analysis is legitimate, it's going to mean continued tough going for most vendors.Related posts
PeopleSoft earnings coming up short
SAP keeps on keepin' onby Frank Scavo, 7/29/2004 07:23:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Wednesday, July 28, 2004
PeopleSoft earnings coming up short
PeopleSoft announced Q2 financial results yesterday, and numbers don't even meet the lowered expectations that the company set just three weeks ago. The firm is still profitable, at 3 cents per share (down from 11, same quarter last year). But most significantly, Q2 software license revenue was only $130M, far short of the $150-170M that PeopleSoft forecast in April. Although the $130M in new license sales is up from $112M last year, last year's numbers did not include J.D. Edwards. Therefore, license sales now from the combined company are up only $18M from the PeopleSoft-only numbers a year earlier.
PeopleSoft is blaming the poor showing on prospect uncertainty around the Oracle anti-trust lawsuit. During an analyst conference call, CEO Craig Conway said that the Oracle takeover bid was the "elephant in the room" whenever PeopleSoft visited sales prospects. He also said that several deals had been either lost or delayed due to the uncertainty around Oracle's takeover bid.
No doubt, buyers are finding it easy to push off a decision until the judge rules whether Oracle can continue its quest to acquire PeopleSoft. I might add that over the past 12 months PeopleSoft has been desperate to keep up its financial performance and has been providing lots of incentives to pull revenue in to current periods. That would have left fewer deals in the pipeline, which could be contributing to the weakness of Q2 results. It's a vicious cycle: your revenue is short, so you provide incentives to pull in deals from future periods, leaving future periods weak, which means you need to cut more deals. At some point, you run out of deals and you take a hit.
No matter how you slice it, it's not going to be easy for PeopleSoft. As I indicated last week, some observers think that it's quite possible that the judge could rule in favor of Oracle. If so, it will be difficult for large institutional shareholders to say no to Oracle's tender offer, in the face of PeopleSoft's financial performance. When software buyers look at this scenario, it's easy to for them to say, let's just wait a few months to see how this thing is going to turn out.
Reuters has a summary of PeopleSoft's results.by Frank Scavo, 7/28/2004 06:31:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Oracle anti-trust lawsuit concludes
The Oracle antitrust trial wrapped up this week. From the news reports, it appears that the judge directed some pretty tough questions to both the government and to Oracle, making it difficult to discern whether he will decide in favor of the government, or allow Oracle's hostile bid for PeopleSoft to move forward. However, several reports I've read indicate that Oracle appears to be in better shape after the trial than it was going in.
Among the many software industry people I know, few expect this deal to go through. But we might all be in for a surprise. If it does go through it will send shock waves through the application software industry.
The San Jose Mercury news has a summary of the final day.
Related posts
Blogger in the court
Quick look at DOJ's complaint against Oracle
U.S. to block Oracle's takeover of PeopleSoft
Oracle: It ain't over till it's overby Frank Scavo, 7/21/2004 10:57:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Thursday, July 15, 2004
Aligning IT, when there's not much to align to
There's an interesting discussion going on over at TechRepublic between Michael Sisco, a writer for TechRepublic, and a reader, "Rob_Pro." Sisco first wrote an article, "Practical tips for aligning IT strategy with company needs," that, predictably, advised CIOs to do a better job of aligning IT with the business.
Although Sisco's advice was good, Rob_Pro would not let him get by with the usual motherhood and apple pie, such as "Tip #1: Communicate openly with operational groups and clients," and "Tip #2: Find out what's needed." In an insightful comment, Rob_Pro pointed out that while the alignment problem is common at many companies, one should not assume the problem is all on the IT side.While this is common at many companies, what I have yet to see are any articles on how to resolve these issues from the other direction. The advice given is usually to align the IT plan to the business plan, or something similar. Here are a few questions I would like insight on:With that set-up, Sisco had enough of a prompt to write another whole article, entitled, Aligning IT with the business: The other side of the story." This second article was more insightful than the first, and included good first hand experiences.
Almost every article I have read lately puts the task of correcting any misalignment squarely on the shoulders of IT management. What happens when the problem isn't necessarily the IT department? Here is the challenge: How do you address the alignment issue from the other direction?
- What happens if your company doesn't have a business plan?
- What happens when there are no strategic goals for you to try and align your support efforts with?
- What happens when you sit down with the business unit managers and they claim they are getting all the support they need from IT, but tell a very different story to the CIO?
- What do you do when the business units don't know what their needs are?
- What are some strategies you can use to convince the CEO that you are a support department and need a direction to align yourself to?
- What strategies can you use to persuade the business units to develop the business case for adding technology so you can show that IT is contributing to their success and the success of the company?
But Rob_Pro was still not satisfied. In a comment on the second article, he expanded on the problems that CIOs experience in trying to get users to clearly articulate their business needs:I'm not looking for a department manager to tell me what their technology needs are, that would be hoping for far too much, and besides that's what they pay me for. I'm just looking for a clear understanding of their business needs. If I sit down with ten business managers and ask them where the company is going in the next year and what our top goals are I will get ten completely different answers, many of them contradictory.In my experience, the situation Rob_Pro describes is very common. Many companies have much less clarity around strategy, goals, and objectives than one would like to believe. It is difficult if not impossible to develop a coherent IT strategy in a company where the business strategy is ill-defined. Not only is there not alignment between IT and the business, there is also little or no alignment between various parts of the business itself. When working on IT strategy with companies like this, I have found it more useful to back up and help the business leaders in a strategy roadmapping exercise, to first formulate and communicate a coherent business strategy. Then it is a much simpler task to derive a strategic roadmap for IT.
For example, if I ask the CEO what the sales goals for the next year are he will tell me we are doubling sales. If I ask how we are going to accomplish this goal he will tell me we are diversifying our product mix and increasing our client base.
If I then sit down with the VP of Sales, he will also tell me we are doubling sales next year. If I ask him about diversification, he will tell me we don't want to go down that road, but instead we will sell more of the same product mix.
If I then sit down with the Director of Business Development, he will also tell me we're doubling sales and we're going to do it by utilizing a CRM package to better leverage client relationships and attract new customers with the same product requirements. Of course he doesn't want to pay for the CRM package, or try and cost justify it. That, he believes, is my job, but it should be obvious to me that we need a CRM.
Finally, when I sit down with the Plant Manager, he will tell me there is no sense in doubling sales because we lack the capacity to produce that volume of product anyway. And building a new line and hiring staff so that we can diversify is far too cost prohibitive.
This is the situation I face in trying to develop a plan. They can't tell me the business needs of the company, much less the technology needs. The answer to this problem might well fall outside the scope of "normal IT," yet from experience I can honestly say this is often the norm that I have encountered. Never mind having a written business plan to follow, there is no agreement on a non-written business plan.
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Monday, July 12, 2004
SAP keeps on keepin' on
Many major applications vendors are reporting a slide in license revenue sales in the most recent quarter. License revenue is traditionally considered a better indicator of overall trends, since it pulls maintenance revenue and professional services in future period. Here are some numbers for the most recent quarter vs. same quarter last year, as calculated in research from Schwab Soundview Capital Markets:Based on interviews in the field, Soundview attributes SAP's positive momentum to the following:
Oracle Applications: down 6% PeopleSoft: down 15% Siebel: down 14% SAP: Up 15%
Clearly, SAP is executing well and is continuing to build market share.
- Success in moving down-market. "SAP began morphing its organization to target smaller deals a couple years ago to better leverage a maturing applications market and to accommodate changing customer buying patters."
- Focus on under-served verticals. "According to [system integrators] surveyed, SAP is taking share in verticals historically under-penetrated, including broad-based US, with increased traction in higher education, public sector, and retail."
- Competitor problems. "Close competitors Oracle and PeopleSoft appear to be somewhat distracted by their trial and other best of breed apps competitors including Siebel and Manugistics, appear to have some underlying execution issues (large deal focus, poor sales execution)."
- Perception of SAP as the safe choice. "Customers surveyed are shying away from those vendors who might be acquisition targets or are less financially viable. Importantly, SAP's products are generally credible and vision compelling, which enables customers to think more seriously about move to a single source vendor."
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Saturday, July 10, 2004
Software customers learn to just say no
Charles Cooper comments on recent disappointing earnings announcements from some major software vendors and wonders whether it's a sign that companies are no longer cooperating with vendors' never-ending upgrade cycles:
Folks are simply tired of running like hamsters on the software upgrade mill. Unlike years past, they can select viable alternatives, such as open-source software or rent-an-application providers such as Salesforce.com. The upshot is IT directors have options that won't lock them into expensive upgrade cycles or onerous maintenance contracts. That's a handy club to beat down an obnoxiously aggressive software salesman.My own observation is that in the past there has been a definite pick up in activity by companies to improve their information systems. Unfortunately for software vendors, that doesn't necessarily mean that companies are willing to rip out and replace existing systems as they did in the run up to Y2K, or do a major version upgrade just because the vendor says they should. The smartest companies have learned that getting the benefits from enterprise software has more to do with business process improvement and change management and less to do with simply installing the latest and greatest new version.
For traditional enterprise software providers, any challenge to the software upgrade cycle is bad news in bells. They prefer to keep things just the way they are. The industry's dirty little secret is that in many cases, their customers do not really need to install an entirely new CRM (customer resource management) or ERP (enterprise resource planning) system. Truth be told, many probably can't even use the one they already have!
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Tuesday, July 06, 2004
Microsoft slowing down Project Green
Somehow I seemed to have missed this last week. Microsoft has decided to slow down development of its next generation ERP offerings, code-named Project Green. This is according to Doug Burgum, SVP of Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS), in his testimony last week in the Oracle anti-trust lawsuit. The number of developers assigned to Project Green will be reduced from the current 200 to about 70, with the first release scheduled now for 2008.
I have a feeling this delay has more to do with the delay of Microsoft's next generation operating system, code-named Longhorn, than with anything else. If Project Green is designed to leverage Longhorn, and Longhorn's schedule is slipping, then it makes sense to slow down Project Green.
The silver lining to existing users of MBS existing products--Great Plains, Axapta, Navision, and Solomon--is that Microsoft appears to be redeploying many of those Project Green developers to work on enhancements to the current products. Existing customers and new prospects are likely to get improved functionality quicker under the new arrangement. It also removes the concern that I voiced previously that the existing products might become quickly obsolete if Microsoft was seeking to replace them quickly with Project Green.
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Monday, July 05, 2004
Microsoft seeking mind-share with free versions of its tools
I don't really know how many marketing folks at Microsoft read this blog, but back in April I wrote that Microsoft appears to be losing mind-share among developers, partly because free open source databases and tools are enticing young developers away from Microsoft.
Now, it appears that Microsoft is doing something about it. Last week, Microsoft announced that it is offering free "express" versions of its Visual Studio tools and SQL Server database to encourage learning and use by new developers. Express products include:
In the past, Microsoft did offer some free versions, such as Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Edition (MSDE), but those tools generally had a number of restrictions to make them less attractive than the new Express editions of these products.
- Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition, a lightweight tool for building dynamic Web sites and Web services,
- Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition, a streamlined programming tool for learning how to build Windows applications,
- Express Editions of Visual C#, Visual C++, and Visual J#, which are tools for learning the fundamentals of specific programming languages, and
- SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, an entry-level database.
Clearly this move by Microsoft is aimed at the threat of open source tools. The Microsoft press release announcing the Express products refers repeatedly to "students," "hobbyists," and "entry-level developers," the constituency most likely to be enticed away by open source tools. Nevertheless, it is a welcome move. It not only helps young developers that are trying to learn new skills. It also helps small IT shops and small consulting firms that may not be able to afford full developer licenses for all of their staff. In addition to the initial license fee, being able to get by with fewer licenses also reduces software maintenance fees in the future, which is a sore point among many Microsoft customers.
You can learn more about the free versions at Microsoft's FAQ page on the Express products.
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Friday, July 02, 2004
SSA adds Arzoon and Marcam to its deck of cards
SSA Global shows no signs of slowing down its acquisition binge. Last month it added Arzoon, a supply chain management vendor, to its collection. Then, just yesterday it picked up Marcam, a well established process manufacturing ERP system from Invensys, from which it also picked up Baan last year.
The analyst community has had good things to say about the Arzoon acquisition, praising Arzoon's functionality for transportation management, global trade management, and supply chain process management. When Arzoon is combined with SSA's previous acquisition of EXE's warehouse management and Baan's CAP Logistics, SSA now has an extensive set of supply chain management solutions, arguably more than Tier I vendors such as SAP and Oracle have. Of course, SSA's solutions are separate point solutions, not yet integrated, so the comparison is really not fair.
With the acquisition of Marcam, SSA's continues to expand its presence in the installed base of IBM iSeries (formerly, AS/400) customers. Unfortunately, Marcam has languished in the hands of Invensys, as did Baan. Process manufacturers need more good solutions to choose from, and hopefully, SSA will be able to breathe new life into Marcam's host-based PRISM system as well as its newer Protean solution.
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Selma: Afternoon seventies..
Seventies: Hi Selma!
Selma: Looks like we are the only 2 today
Seventies: Yes indeed.. everyone is probably out enjoying themselves!
Selma: Must be.... I washed my car finally yesterday (or lets say I hosed it down)..the pollen was awful
Seventies: Is awful. My boys are already using the meds I bought them.
Selma: Right you must be at least 2 weeks behind us..
Seventies: exactly..
Selma: Almost had to hose down my grands after they finished playing outside..their jeans were yellow
Seventies: wow.. They would've loved it! lol
Selma: yes they would have..but I didn't..if it was warmer I might have
Seventies: What's going on new with you and genealogy/history?
Selma: seventies..right now I have a lot going in in my REAL life..so not too much time for research..
Seventies: lol Sometimes its like that.
Selma: Yes it is..
Seventies: I'm going to be e-mailing Bernice the copy of my talk on Mississippi records this weekend.
Selma: I do have something I have to post about contraband going to Haiti from VA and returning in a year I saw..I am very excited for you seventies
Seventies: oh really. That sounds interesting.
Selma: that is the 1863-1864 time frame.. You will find it interesting...
Seventies: From RG105? or the US records set?
Selma: Nope..will explain when I finally post.. LOL
Seventies: Aw shucks! lol
Selma: Hold on gonna find you a link to two articles that appeared in my local paper and NY Times about the event..so you have the background.. BRB..
Seventies: okay.. Was this posted on Bennie McRae's facebook site. he's been posting several articles from the NYTimes series on the Civil War.
Selma: Don't think so..Nadia Orton posted Times article.. What is your email address..
Seventies: firstname.lastname@example.com
Selma: I just sent you my draft of the email I am going to send out..as soon as I get some time It has the 2 links.. Maybe Bennie did post.. Think I need to friend him
Seventies: I thought you were friends with Bennie?
Selma: Heck maybe I am ..
Seventies: Or at least following his Civil War group.
Selma: We correspond..seventies ..its hard to keep up
Seventies: Selma, you know, maybe its just me but I have completely fallen in love with the Reconstruction Era of Black History. I have to agree. It can be information overload at times.
Selma: I fell in love after I heard Jimmy Walker speak..and I went and saw it myself and wept The whole time period is crucial to the work we have to do
Seventies: It seems as if a lot of my reasearch now falls into that category.
Selma: Most folks just jump from 1870 back into slavery and don't have a clue where they are or what they are looking for.
Seventies: Nope.. they don't. Sometimes its an uphill battle getting to 1870.
Selma: that is not to say that there is information being generated during that time frame for everyone..but folks need to take a look
Seventies: Local records are great...
Selma: Yes..they are..
Seventies: And there are so many of them...
Selma: and most of them are NOT online..at least not yet
Seventies: Now what is interesting to me in one of the counties I reasearch, they have the original copies of the county newspapers at the chancery court.
Selma: Is this one of the places that you will visit this summer..
Seventies: One of the two counties that has two seats. I haven't even been to the other county seat yet. Yes if the creek don't rise or the Mississippi river.. lol
Selma: LOL
Seventies: Wilkinson County, MS... I have a lot of work to do there as many family members migrated from that county to Adams County after the CW. As a matter of fact, on my FB page I uploaded several headstones from a church cemetery this morning. Many of those people I've seen on the Woodville, MS census records from 1870 - 1880
Selma: I will have to take a look
Seventies: Here's the link http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Family-Griot/234904386554328 Make sure that you like the page in order to get my updates. slip of the fingers?? lol
Selma: Oops I liked you and clicked my self out of the room
Seventies: lol That's all Internet Explorer that does that.
Selma: Did you take those pictures last summer
Seventies: No back in 2009 I'm almost scared to post this link to you.. lol Vicky's brother's obit is out.
Selma: no send to me.. Why did you laugh
Seventies: Laughing because I don't want you to get 'clicked' out again.. lol
Selma: Ok..
Seventies: http://www.hughescrownhill.com/book-of-memories/1563024/Daviss-Theodore/obituary.php
Selma: Handsome man
Seventies: Yes he was... this is the brother who was genetically linked to my grandfather.
Selma: Oh... are you all trying to figure out the how?
Seventies: No not really.
Selma: LOL
Seventies: Probably some deep deep connection back to the early colonial times that we'll never make. lol
Selma: It is interesting though
Seventies: It is.. I wouldn't have ever thunk it!
Selma: I thought only alt was the "six degrees of separation" person
Seventies: oh no... lol Do you know how many times I get asked if I'm related to Bob Lanier? lol
Selma: LOL Seventies..I have to run you have a great day
Seventies: You Too Selma
Selma: Go to the gym
Seventies: I will.. lol
Selma: and excercise for both of us
Seventies: I don't know if I can do that... lol
Selma: Bye


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Jose Mourinho has confirmed that he will welcome back Juan Mata back to his starting XI after being impressed by the Spaniard.
Mata has been limited to appearances from the bench so far this season with Mourinho claiming that the Spanish playmaker didn't fit in to his tactical makeup.
Not using him had linked Mata with a move away from Stamford Bridge with a host of clubs ready to take him of Mourinho's hand.
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With Chelsea 1-0 down, his probing passes helped Chelsea find the equaliser with John Terry's header coming from a Mata free kick.
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I covered the Miss Universe pageant just for fun, not because I expected it to generate a political story. But it did, as the Mexico City crowd's rudeness to Miss USA angered many observers and took on symbolic importance in the context of the current debate over immigration. Michelle Malkin made the incident the subject of her syndicated column this week.
Today, ABC News reports on the story. They get off on the wrong foot with a picture of Miss USA, Rachel Smith, just after she slipped and fell down during the evening gown competition. The photo has an erroneous caption by the Associated Press:
Monday was a rough night for Miss USA Rachel Smith. After being booed by the crowd during the interview portion of the Miss Universe pageant, she fell during the evening gown competition.
Actually, as I described here, the evening gown competition preceded the interviews; only the final five contestants answered a question. So the AP got this simple fact sequence wrong, even though the event was observed by many millions of people. That doesn't inspire a lot of confidence in the AP's reliability when it reports on facts that, to say the least, are more obscure. The sequence of events has some significance, too, as the most charitable interpretation of the crowd's boos is that they were upset that Miss USA made the final five despite her fall, while Miss Mexico, who was also one of the last fifteen contestants, did not.
ABC interprets the event in the context of the ongoing debate over immigration:
Miss Universe officials and observers say the Mexico City audience's incessant booing of Miss USA Rachel Smith during Monday night's pageant was not personal. Instead, they say it was a sign of the increasingly tense relationship between the United States and Mexico at a time when the immigration debate is hot. ***
Resentment has grown since [2004 and 2005, when American athletes were booed in Mexico], as the United States sent the National Guard to help beef up border security and build a wall to keep immigrants out. Many Mexicans are also anxious about the new immigration bill which they fear would split Mexican parents from their American-born children.
"People in Mexico get a flavor of that debate and it's irking them, and I think what occurred is indicative of what happened in the manner and tone of Congress in the debate," said Nativo Lopez, president of the Mexican American Political Association.
I think those observations are probably correct. It's interesting, though, that, while we are often quick to ask, "Why do they hate us?"–"they" being just about anybody–we relatively seldom hear the question, "Why are we not so crazy about them, either?" (That would be "nativism," I guess.) For what it's worth, I think this kind of episode has more impact on Americans' attitudes toward other countries than is generally recognized. The fact that millions of Americans witnessed the rudeness in Mexico City will not make matters easier for those who are pushing immigration legislation in Congress.
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One question though; I have read from a few sources that few riders were complaining a bit about where they ended up after their heats. Of course this is subjective but nevertheless, how do you guys feel about this?
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My sweet tender hearted, yet always moving and having his volume stuck on the loudest possible setting eldest son, HATES snakes. I mentioned it before. Darn that parent that let him watch Indiana Jones.
Just to prove that this truly still bothers him, I give you Exhibit A from before…the puzzle missing the Nevada/snake infested piece:
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In Health class, the kids were asked to draw something that they are afraid of. Lanham picked snakes. Shocker!
I didn't make a big deal out of it because I didn't want to belittle his fears. Everybody has them. I'm scared of this freaky guy from those Leprechaun movies.
He's lurking under my bed. I swear.
The funny (scary?) part of this happened the next day when I asked his buddy Owen about Health class assignment. His reply, "I drew a man with guns…it is REALLY scary to me." Whoa! Snakes vs. guns. Should I be happy that my kid's fears were of a more innocent nature or should I be nervous that he doesn't have more real world fears?
I laughed. Probably shouldn't. However, the range between what the two boys were afraid of was just so crazy I couldn't help myself. Thoughts?
Love my carpoolin' kiddos. Love my 2nd grader. Hate that Leprechaun.Pin It


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oh I'm sorry did I get off topic? was there a drama? I just wanted to vent on our team.
12 years without nelson SUCKED, two years with nelson over 500 ball which would you rather havegsweastbay wrote:This team is causing a lot of disappointment. Sorry to all don nelson lovers out there but I think the problem is with the coaching. We have a pretty good line up. The problem is we cannot stop the other teams momentum. Once the other team starts to get hot don nelson does not seem to know how to slow them down. If you read cj watson's blog he said he was shocked because nelson will call a time out then during the time out will not say anything. . When the other team is on a roll you call a time out and run a play for a quick score to stop the other teams momentum. I'm sorry but nelsons coaching is lazy coaching relying too much on individual talents. BUZZZ time out warriors.... they stare at each other... nelson scratching his head....BUZZZ okay lets play one on one streetball.
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Point taken. Thanks for reminding me how we suck the last 12 years.


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Do you have a closet of 'keepers?' You know, financial records—invoices, receipts, revenue and expense reports. Are they categorized and filed? If asked, could you produce an accurate profit or loss report?
Do you know whether your company is in the green, the black or precariously close to being in the red? Are your records accurate and will they enable you to get all the available deductions come tax time?
Surprisingly, many small businesses put off record-keeping and tax duties in favor of seemingly more rewarding activities, such as installing an irrigation system or designing a new landscape. But building a beautiful landscape and preparing for April's "tax season" have something very important in common; they are year-round pursuits. Just as you can't just drop a few bushes into a yard and expect to satisfy your client, you can't hand a box of crumpled receipts and disorganized files to the IRS and expect a refund.
DIY or professional assistance?
Yes, you can do your taxes yourself, but just as your clients hire you instead of trying to do a project themselves, you might be better served by hiring a tax professional. They should, whether they are an enrolled agent, a certified public accountant (CPA) or a tax attorney, be able to ensure that you get the maximum tax benefits allowed.
Filing and understanding taxes used to be simpler, but now there are books dedicated to explaining each tax rule and how it should be applied. It is the job of tax professionals—particularly CPAs—to "stay on top of tax rules and regulations and utilize them to benefit your business," says Jonathan Winterkorn, a CPA with Plante & Moran, PLLC in Cincinnati, Ohio. "As a business owner, your time is best used developing and growing your business. It is unrealistic to expect that most small business owners can develop and run their business, while also knowing, understanding and taking advantage of all the tax laws, deductions and credits."
"Small business owners can either learn through the school of hard knocks or they can find an accountant who will work with them as a partner and advisor," says Brian Setzler, MBA, CPA and owner of TriLibrium, a firm offering accounting and business advisement services in Portland, Oregon."The mindset is often that a CPA is just another cost, but your CPA should be adding value to your business by helping you with your record keeping, financial and tax-related issues and finding remedies for them," says Setzler.
"You want to look for an advisor who is going to work hand-in-hand with you on making your business grow. A good CPA is going to help you capture the value of your sales and help ensure that you are following good business practices, like keeping proper records, customer lists, etc.," he says.
Whether you seek professional help or choose to do it yourself, keeping good records will make your business life easier at tax time and on a daily basis. Messy books "drive up the cost of tax preparation," says Robert Tobey, a CPA and Tax Principal at Keiter Stephens in Charlottesville, Virginia. "Use a spreadsheet, a ledger, a program—whatever helps you keep your business finances organized. Quickbooks is a great place to start; many local accounting firms, including mine, offer training. The training is important because you need to know how to set it up and use it properly so that you have orderly records for you or your accountant to use at tax time."
Getting all the deductions and credits
Every year, the IRS makes changes in the type and amount of deductions businesses are eligible to take. Below are just some of the deductions your business may be eligible for this year. For more information on these and other possible deductions, see our resource list below and/or consult a tax professional.
Charitable donations: According to Tobey, you can deduct the value of any supplies, plant materials, etc., that you donate to charity.
However, for tax purposes you cannot deduct the value of any time donated by you or your employees.Section 179: This allows you to expense any purchases of fixed capital assets, such as lawn mowers, tractors and even computer software, in the year they are placed in service. This deduction was once limited to $100,000 worth of assets but, according to Winterkorn, the IRS has "sweetened the deal so that a company can purchase more than two million dollars in deductable assets, providing an immediate benefit, because businesses no longer have to take those costs over a number of years through depreciation." Note: this deduction is only applicable to businesses that have turned a profit.
Bonus depreciation: If you are operating at a loss, under Section 179, you can apply 100% of equipment depreciation costs this year.
However, only new equipment qualifies.
Green Credits: A 30% credit/grant is available for installing a geothermal heat pump for heating and cooling your business, or credits for purchasing an alternative fuel vehicle for company use and even credits are also available for companies manufacturing and selling alternative fuels such as biodiesel.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: It provides a nice tax credit of up to 35 percent of the health care premiums paid by employers, says Setzler. The maximum credits are for small employers (less than 25 full-time equivalents) paying an average wage of less than $50,000 per year. Reduced credits are still available for organizations outside these ranges.
HIRE ACT, social security tax exemption: Effective from March 19 – Dec. 31, 2010, employers were eligible for a payroll tax exemption that exempted employers from paying their 6.2% share of social security tax on wages paid to previously unemployed employees. In order to be eligible, newly hired employees had to meet specific criteria in terms of the duration and quality of their unemployment period.
HIRE ACT, the retained worker credit: In addition, for each of these qualified employees retained for 52 consecutive weeks, businesses will be eligible for a general business tax credit in 2011.
The retention credit is the lesser of $1000 or 6.2% of the wages paid by the employer. Note: the qualifying employees' wages during the last 26 weeks of the period must equal 80% of the wages during the first half of the period.
Mileage: Mileage is currently 51 cents per mile and is adjusted every December. Occasionally, if the prices go up significantly over the summer, the IRS may adjust the rate in September. Remember, the mileage deduction reflects what the IRS thinks it costs to operate a vehicle and in order to take it, you need to keep a dedicated log that reflects your business driving, every day on a notepad in your vehicle or a spreadsheet log.
Net Operating Loss: If your business lost money in 2010, you may generate a Net Operating Loss (NOL). Special rules allow you to apply the NOL to either past or future years, so a 2010 NOL could be carried back to a profitable year to offset the earnings and taxes paid in that year, resulting in an immediate refund this year," says Setzler.
Note: NOL rules are pretty complex so it is wise to seek a tax specialist on this topic.
Preparing for 2011 and beyond: While the cost of hiring an accountant can seem expensive, the cost of doing your taxes incorrectly can be far more costly. "Business owners should see CPAs and accountants as an insurance policy," says Tobey. "A CPA will make sure you comply with the law and meet all of the rules and regulations." But if you insist on doing your taxes yourself, here are some tips to consider so you can avoid receiving a day-ruining audit letter from the IRS.Properly document employees: According to Setzler, misclassification of employees exposes business owners to huge liabilities and aren't worth the risk. "Say you hire a temp employee and pay him as an independent contractor, at $15 per hour and then write him a check at the end of the job. If that person is injured on the job, he is not covered by workman's comp. However, depending on the state, if an employee gets injured operating a piece of heavy equipment and has no worker's comp, you could be looking at medical bills, back taxes, interest and penalties."
Employee or independent contractor? Businesses like to hire independent contractors so they don't have to pay the labor burden, i.e., social security, Medicare, unemployment taxes and such on the wages. But it is crucial that employers make sure that their independent contractors meet the 20 points which classify whether you are hiring an employee or independent contractor. Make sure subcontractors give you a W-9 form so you can send them a 1099 form at the end of the year. Willful failure to file 1099s can result in a penalty of $250 per 1099 form.
I-9 workers: All employees should be documented to ensure that they can work legally in the U.S. If a worker is undocumented, employers are still supposed to pay social security, Medicare, and employment taxes on them. Workers can and are encouraged to apply for a tax ID number rather than using fake documents.
Company setup : To b e y encourages sole proprietors to set themselves up as a single member limited liability company. The same holds true for business partnerships. "You are still filing your taxes the same way, but you're limiting your liability. You're protecting yourself against mishaps that might happen in the course of business or your personal life. Without the limited liability protection, if you hit a pedestrian in a company vehicle after work, you might have to pay for the pedestrian's injuries and medical bills personally. Becoming a limited liability company is just good business and it is not expensive to do. In most states, you can set one up for $1,000 or less, including filling fees. Think of it as an inexpensive insurance policy."
Avoid red flags In addition to documenting employees correctly, the IRS will be curious if you do things such as purchase a luxury car and claim it as a business vehicle or funnel all your meals and entertainment through the company credit card.
Beware of tricky deductions:
In order to claim deductions for items such as a home office, telephone, computers, etc., you have to pass the IRS's exclusive use test and other qualifications. In the case of a home office, you have to be a sole proprietor filing a schedule C. "Say you are using a bedroom in your house as the office for your business, but your Aunt Tilly happens to sleep in there when she comes visiting, even if she only comes once a year. You can't claim it as a deduction because it fails the exclusivity test," says Tobey. Same holds true for computers; you may use it for work but if the kids are using it to check their Facebook page or your spouse is playing World of Warcraft on it, you can't claim it. Setzler notes that "the IRS has been pretty aggressive about people claiming deductions that don't meet the exclusivity test. It isn't worth the risk of an audit when there are other deductions available."
2012 and beyond: Next year, 2012, will be the last year that we have our current tax rates, which were set in December 2009. At the end of 2012, barring any new legislation, we revert back to Clintonera tax rates. According to Winterkorn, "business owners will have to think a little counter-intuitively and may want to accelerate their income into 2012 rather than deferring income into 2013. Say you have an outstanding bill at the end of the year. Normally, if you pay that invoice before the end of the year, you get to take that expense deduction at tax time. But at the end of 2012, business owners might not want to pay that invoice until after the start of 2013, because it will allow them to take that deduction in the year where their income will possibly be taxed at a higher rate. The same holds true for the income side deductions."
Plastic, Banks and Programs: Setzler, Winterkorn and Tobey all agree that keeping good records includes establishing a bank account and credit card for business use. "Credit cards are great because you have a concrete record of your purchases," says Winterkorn. Using software will allow you to transfer information to your accountant quickly and easily. The software makes tracking and categorizing expenses easy and enables business owners to create complex expense, profit and loss and other reports with a touch of a button. There is also a Premier Contractor program that is specialized towards helping contractors specifically.
So, how will your tax garden grow? Will it be filled with crumpled and lost receipts and blossoming anxiety, or will it mature and grow because you took the time to apply the right tools and experts to help your business succeed?
Additional tax help resources:
Section 179: Section179.org; http://www.section179.org/index.html.
Patient Protections and Affordable Care Act: https://www.irs.gov/affordable-care-act
General Tax Assistance: IRS Helpline 800-829-4933 or visit https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed
Tax Payer Identification Numbers: https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/employer-id-numbers-eins
Business Tax Credits: https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/business-tax-credits


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13 comments:
- RosaMaría said...
ohh those are really beautiful!! what a perfect stitches!!
- May 18, 2010 at 1:48 PM
- Amanda said...
These are absolutely beautiful! You're so clever. Lots of love, Amanda xxx
- May 18, 2010 at 2:18 PM
- Katy said...
Really, really beautiful!
- May 18, 2010 at 2:22 PM
Love the patterns!!
- May 18, 2010 at 2:23 PM
- NanaBeast said...
I just purchased this set. What kind of fabric did you use for your examples here? I love these!
- May 18, 2010 at 3:34 PM
- The WoodLand School said...
These are just wonderful! Great work :-)
- May 18, 2010 at 3:56 PM
- Tiffany said...
Oh my, these are so adorable!
- May 18, 2010 at 8:31 PM
- Marianne said...
These are fantastic. I just bought these. I'm jumping up and down with excitement!
- May 18, 2010 at 9:43 PM
- Corinne said...
Well, thanks so much everyone, I think I have a full-on blush going on over here! I'm more convinced than ever that I do, indeed, have the nicest readers in the world!
The fabric I used for these was:
a red and a natural linen and then then white is kona cotton. The floss in DMC in a navy, red and ivory. I used two strands of floss throughout all of these and they are almost entirely stitched in backstitches. There is a teeny tiny bit of satin stitching and a few french knots but otherwise its backstitch backstitch backstitch. :)
- May 19, 2010 at 6:27 AM
- Maria Dryden said...
These patterns are so great! What size hoops were they designed to fit? All of your little details and lines are perfect!
- May 19, 2010 at 4:05 PM
- Corinne said...
Thanks Maria,
I used a 4 inch for the bird, a five inch for the floral design and a 6 inch for the girl. :)
- May 19, 2010 at 4:35 PM
- Glenda said...
Lovely patterns, the house is my favorite. Just bought a set, along with some calendar panels :).
- May 19, 2010 at 7:31 PM
- Katrin said...
There are beautiful. I love the flower pattern.
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A Boston developer wants to transfer the Arsenal Mall in East Watertown into a mecca for start-ups and young professionals.
The goal is to extend the area's innovation cluster into Watertown by offering lower rents and leases than in pricey neighboring Cambridge.
Boylston Properties is teaming up with athenahealth Inc. chief executive Jonathan Bush and Wilder Cos. to purchase the property.
"It's going to be the Kendall Square lifestyle at half the price," Bush said. Kendall Square is pictured here.
Plans for the proprty include loft apartments, hip restaurants, and boutiques catering to entrepreneurs.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Maria Stevens and Rachel Jeffers have been named Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association first team All-Americans. Stevens, who recently completed her outstanding career at Yale, was honored for the third straight year, while Jeffers, who finished her junior year this spring, earned the honor for the second straight year.
Stevens and Jeffers were both members of the Yale varsity eight that was ranked eighth in the final CRCA national poll. The Bulldogs went 9-2 in the regular season, finished third in the Grand Final at the EAWRC Sprints and fourth in the Petite Final at the NCAA Championships.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity