If you have not heard, I am presenting “Dissecting a Hosting Company Acquisition” at HostingCon on Wednesday August 12th. Hosting executives were doing back flips when this was announced.
Other than this obvious, and rare, self-promotion; the previous paragraph is a lead in for an important subject. Taxes.
Saving taxes is another form of making money. AS WE ARE ALL IN DC where taxes are conceived and born, I can not think of a better place to make some money. Bring your family.
It is a timed honored tradition for independent business people, owners and investors to go to conventions. If you are like many private companies the largest shareholders are yourself, spouse and the children. They need to go to DC. They need to know more about your business. They need some quality time with management. You and your family can write policy drafts at the Library of Congress and other strategic locations in DC. These locations are so important the concierge has a detailed list.
Unfortunately your legislative representatives are taking several well-earned weeks off and will not be available. However you can only meet with their staff, if they are around, or you can conduct the independent study course list as noted above.
So as blatantly as I can qualm, write the trip off, write it off until your accountant would be in tears. Make the reservations and Make Some Money. Take the family, just meet them by the pool after the “Dissecting a Hosting Company Acquisition” session on Wednesday afternoon.
Confessions of an hosting M&A broker: After reviewing thousands of Operating Statements, I would be surprised if more than 10 went “over the edge” in deducting gray items.
Later – Tom
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See Tom at HostingCon present: Dissecting a Hosting Company Acquisition Wednesday, 8-12-2009
