TOP DRAWER INK NEWSLETTER

 

Here's the latest issue of Top Drawer Ink, the newsletter written by author HL Carpenter that's chock full of humor and common sense information.

Share the fun! You may re-distribute Top Drawer Ink as long as the entire newsletter is left intact. Please respect our copyrights.

Top Drawer Ink is self-syndicated. Send reprint, licensing, syndication or other inquiries to editor -at- TopDrawerInkCorp.com.

***

October 20, 2007
Volume 5, Number 20
ISSN 1554-6330

In this issue:

1. Carpenter Country
2. Top Drawer Article
3. Top Drawer Tips
4. Top Drawer Satire

***

CARPENTER COUNTRY
What's Happening in Our Neck of the Human Experience

 

Grandkids are great quick speakers probably due to years of playing Pac-Man. Grandparents, more attuned to computer Solitaire, have been known to get very jumpy and uptight when trying to follow warp speed chatter.

Newscasters like to use quick speak - and a second sub-category called question switching - at the same time, which often throws the TV’s closed caption into fluttery hieroglyphics. Overworked and harried adults are also well versed in this technique.

Sorting out question switching can be more of a challenge than quick speak and often leaves a person feeling really tense.

In Carpenter Country the short one encountered question switching during a routine phone call to set up an eye exam. The voice doing the asking said in one fast breath: Health insurance? What day did you want to come in? What time? Morning? Afternoon? Date of birth? Name?

Name? At this point a stressed-out brain went blank, then reconnected with an Alice in Wonderland thought: I knew who I was when I got up this morning...

The silly line produced a grin and after a deep breath the answers came in rapid fire. “What day - Tuesday. What time - 10:30. My name is ...”

Funny how a memory armed with laughter can unclamp fingers, relax jaw muscles and nudge a mind into high gear.

***

TOP DRAWER ARTICLE

Closing Your Business: Final Tax Filings
by
HL Carpenter

 

It isn’t over until it’s over.

The old saying is certainly true when it comes to closing your business. Even after you lock the doors on the last day, you still have work to do, in the form of final tax returns.

Read the entire article here

***

TOP DRAWER TIPS
Topics and Tidbits

 

Tip: Document the closing of a corporation in the annual minutes. Minutes should be retained indefinitely, along with contracts and other legal records detailing the sale, which you should keep no matter the type of business you owned. Hold on to tax and bookkeeping paperwork for at least four years after you close your business.

Glossary Term: Dissolution. The legal termination of a business that typically occurs after complete liquidation of assets. The business ceases operations and is no longer considered a going concern. Federal and state laws regarding dissolution may differ, and failure to keep up with legal filing requirements can result in administrative dissolution in some states.

Financial Horoscope: Endings are tough, personally and financially. No platitudes about new beginnings can change that fact. So what? It’s likely whatever went on before the ending was no picnic either, but you survived. Once you’re ready to move on, put the lessons you’ve learned to good use.

***

TOP DRAWER SATIRE

Straight Arrow Reports Honest Operations
by
HL Carpenter

 

In a move that sent nervous ripples through much of corporate America, Straight Arrow, Inc., a small manufacturer of novelty truth products, announced a third straight quarter of honest business operations.

Read the rest here