Paying taxes is one of the worst things about owning your own business. While the average worker is getting a refund, I owe a big ol’ check to the IRS. I know, I know – they pay them in during the year. It’s really no different; it just feels like it is.
Anyway, I sent out my return last week, but if you filed for an extension, before you finish your taxes, you may want to head over to Tax Girl. Kelly, the blogger running that site, posted some really good information this week about how going green could help …read more

In an overwhelming vote of “yes,” the bill to extend the renewable energy credits for business has passed in the U.S. Senate.
This bill allows companies who are going green to still receive tax credit for starting new projects through the end of 2009. This program was set to expire at the end of 2008.
Businesses who start projects to produce energy through renewable resources like wind or solar power will get 2 cents per kilowatt hour as a tax credit for the next decade. This program isn’t a solution to the current state of energy consumption in the United States, …read more

Tom over at The 501(c) Files sent over a meme about the upcoming federal rebates with a couple of interesting questions:

If you could do whatever you wanted, how would YOU spend your $600?
Is that the same or different from how you actually plan spend it?

If I could do anything I wanted to do with an extra $600, there are two places I would put it. First, I’d give to at least a portion of it to Green For All. This is one of the most important initiatives in the US right now with its mission to help build a green …read more

The holidays are about giving and when this is applied in a business setting the collective results can make a world of difference. If you are wondering how to give back from the success of your business consider 1% For The Planet, a growing network of companies that donate 1% of their sales to a network of over 1,500 environmental organizations worldwide.
There are over 600 members in the United States alone including Via Viva, Totally Organic, Purely Shea, N’East Magazine, Native Energy and many more great companies and individuals.
How it works: Members of 1% For The Planet can contribute 1% …read more

Are you civic minded? If your business fleet includes the Honda Civic GX NGV than you know what I mean. The Civic GX is a dedicated natural-gas vehicle that can go approximately 170 miles before it runs out of fuel, according to the EPA.
The Civic GX engine produces almost no emissions and the amount of smog-forming emissions is near zero making it one of the cleanest-burning internal-combustion vehicles, with EPA Tier-2, Bin-2, and ILEV certification as of May 2007.
And, it qualifies for a great tax credit. This tip, courtesy of b5media’s TaxGirl:
Honda Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle is Certified for the …read more