Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Alpaca Business and Tax Planning Course

Mark your calendars for Friday, February 23rd, for the next Alpaca Business and Tax Planning Course being offered by Northwest Alpacas and Alpacas at Tucker Creek. The course is being presented at NWA's conference center at their beautiful headquarters in Hillsboro, OR. Peggy will be presenting the tax section while Fred Kraft from NWA will be presenting the business planning portion of the course . . . just click on the title above to view the schedule. The above cartoon is just a sample of the many you will see throughout the day . . . don't know where Fred finds them all.
Just a couple of quick reminders for tax planning purposes:

Standard Business Mileage Rate for 2006 - 44.5¢ per mile

Standard Business Mileage Rate for 2007 - 48.5¢ per mile

Section 179 Deduction for 2006 - $108,000 with phaseout beginning at $430,000

Section 179 Deduction for 2007 - $112,000 with phaseout beginning at $450,000

April 15th lands on a Sunday this year . . . so you have until Monday, April 16th to file your taxes.

Hope to see you on the 23rd.