2013

Gross Income Should Not Include Lodging Sales Tax When Talking Value!

When our guests pay for their full stay, we include our local state sales tax. How this translates in accounting terms is that the cost of the room is revenue earned and the state lodging sales tax is a liability. The tax is not ours to keep, it’s ours to pay to the state each

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P&L vs. the Corporate Tax Return: the Tax Return Is KING!

COUNTRY INNS BED AND BREAKFASTS HOTELS AND MOTELS COTTAGES AND CABINS the LODGING & HOSPITALITY BUSINESS… Each of these income producing lodging businesses is just that, a business. And let’s face it, when it comes time to prepare the business’s tax returns, we naturally try to deduct as many expenses as we legitimately can to reduce

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Using your 401K toward a hospitality purchase?

Are you aware that under the right circumstances you can rollover your 401K into purchasing a new business, such as a bed and breakfast? Check out R.O.B.S. (rollovers as business startups) and Self Directed IRA’s via Guidant Financial. This could make the difference in finding just the right inn and using your cash wisely! Be

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Buyers, do you Google research the inns you’re looking at?

One of the best ways a buyer can learn about the property they’re looking at is to Google the name of the inn and even the name of the innkeeper(s). Once you’ve focused on a property or two, set up Google Alerts for the inn’s name and innkeeper(s) names.  Of course you should read reviews

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DCR – Three of the most important letters regarding inn financing

DCR – Debt Coverage Ratio  These three letters are one of the most important elements to understand when looking to finance a business (and let’s not forget that an inn IS a business). Simply, can the net operating income cover your debt as new owners?  Because although many buyers ask if the sellers have a

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