Mark E. Battersby Articles

Although lawmakers attempted to level the playing field between the new 21-percent tax rate for incorporated shooting sports businesses and the tax bills of owners of pass-through businesses, confusion is the name of the game. Here's how to navigate the waters.

Without a solid marketing plan it is difficult to collect leads, build the operation’s “brand” or increase sales. As important as traditional marketing has been in the past, digital marketing is quickly surpassing it.

Taxes can be fun? Not exactly, but federal tax rules permit write-offs and deductions for a number of enjoyable activities, events and other expenditures. Here's what to know.

How do you make sure your discount program isn't costing you profit? And how do you take advantage of discounts from your suppliers?

How can any business compete for the ever-dwindling number of workers available in today’s marketplace?

One of the more nerve-wracking aspects of taxes for many shooting sports equipment business owners and managers continues to be the possibility of being audited. Here are strategies to avoid being caught in the crosshairs.

New accounting guidelines issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board offer new requirements for determining how and when income should be accounted for.