Tax Benefits of Starting a Home-Based MLM Business
by Tracy Austin

Taxes, ugh! Tax planning makes most of our minds go numb. And paying taxes, well let's not talk about that. Or maybe we should? Just for a minute, because I actually have some good news for you. No I'm not kidding! Read on...

Here's the part you know:

Employee's W2's are beginning to arrive in mailboxes all across the country. People are being hit hard with the reality of how large a portion of their earnings are going to income and other taxes.

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Here's something you may not realize (no pun intended):

The average American works until May 5th just to pay their taxes. And many Americans have little or no savings or investments for retirement.

And here's why I've brought up this uncomfortable topic at all:

Enter the savvy person who joins a network marketing business, or starts any home-based business this year. As a home based business owner, many of the things you are paying for now, become legitimate tax deductions.

Things like:

* Your computer
* Your internet connection
* Your long distance and cell phone service
* A percentage of your rent or mortgage
* The initial investment or the start-up costs you pay to become associated with your preferred MLM / network marketing opportunity, or other business venture
* Your vacations when combined with the appropriate amount of business

This concept is known as "redirecting expenses". So why aren't more Americans aware of this and starting more home businesses? My answer to that is we were not taught to do so. We were taught to get good grades, graduate and get a job, work hard and be rewarded by our employer. Ah, the good ole days! Life is asking more from us today.

According to Sandy Botkin, the author of 'Lower Your Taxes Big Time' and a former IRS Attorney, "You would be brain dead not to start a home-based business." I agree to a point. Lots of people with perfectly healthy brains just don't know what they don't know.

So I say, "You'd have to be brain dead 'if you know the potential tax benefits' and then choose not to start a home-based business."

Botkin goes on to say:

* You will never get rich until you learn to get your taxes down to the legal minimum
* There are 2 tax systems in this country - one for salaried employees, and one for small/home business owners
* A home business will make you better off than a second income
* Traditional job security has declined over the years and will continue to do so, making home businesses more attractive
* You will probably save $2000 to $10,000 per year by starting your own part-time home business

So what is the answer? Yes, this is kind of a trick question.

I may not have "the" answer for everyone, but I have "an" answer that will be right for many. Start a home based network marketing business this year. Starting your own home based network marketing business may be the very best asset that you'll buy in this lifetime.

I say start a network marketing business because of low start-up costs, often as low as $40, and the personalized training you will (ought) to receive from the person and team that sponsors you. You will have a learning curve to go through to start making money, so it can be beneficial to not have the stress of a large up-front expense to deal with while you're learning.

It used to be that MLM or network marketing was better suited to those outgoing, super people-person types who loved nothing better than to approach every person they encountered around town and tell them about their business.

Or someone who was already well connected, and could build an organization almost over night based on their established relationships.

These days, you can still be outgoing and connected and succeed in MLM, that hasn't changed. What has changed is, if you're an introvert, a home body, or just too busy living your life to attend hotel meetings and host home parties, you can still build a thriving MLM business.

With responsible use of the Internet, websites, discussion groups, blogs and the telephone you can work part-time on your fortune, from the comfort of your home.

So if you're ready to start your home based business and you thought you weren't cut out for network marketing, consider taking another look. You may not have changed, but succeeding in this particular industry has.

And who knows, with all of the new deductions owning a home business provides, you may even look forward to tax time next year!

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Tracy Austin is a full-time mom working part-time on her
fortune from the comfort of her tax-deductible home office.
She states simply, "MLM is the best alternative to day-care
I've found." She is the owner of http://www.MLMWorkAtHome.com
a couple MLM blogs, and a growing network marketing organization.
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