Finance
Planning tool: Do your homework when choosing your architect
March 1st 2004Choosing your architect is one of the most important things you'll do when building or remodeling your practice. Your architect sets the pace for the project--and you'll have enough stress without suffering from communication problems with this key player. Here's what to do.
Cheap, overlooked long-term financing for tax cuts
February 1st 2004For the second time in two years, our lawmakers have created federal tax cuts designed to spur business investment. However, despite record-low interest rates, affording the funds many veterinarians require in order to acquire the property and equipment to take advantage of those tax cuts has never been harder. Into the breach has stepped the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Case Study: Doggie Daycare Helps Socialize and Relax Dogs
January 7th 2004Five years ago Pet Care Hospital in Plano, Texas, opened a doggie daycare service and the practice, clients, and dogs continue to reap the rewards. "Clients take home tired dogs, worn out from a day full of play and exercise. And over the long-term, the daycare builds the dogs' self-confidence so they aren't fearful," says Jill Vincent, a certified trainer who runs the daycare as well as the practice's dog-training classes.
Are you legal? Ignorance not an excuse for lack of licenses
January 1st 2004State and local governments are focusing on stricter enforcement and higher fees to meet budget shortfalls. At the same time, the principals in many veterinary practices are discovering just how much government services cost their practices - and how many of those increasingly more expensive licenses and permits they do not have.
What does it cost to start a practice?
August 1st 2003To improve your chances for success, Denise Tumblin, CPA, co-owner and vice president of Wutchiett Tumblin and Associates, says you need to consider the cost and return you can expect in the first year of practice. She offers this example of the potential costs:
Family center puts your practice on the cutting edge of team-centered design
April 1st 2003Soon-to-be-moms, nursing moms, and toddlers are a part of practice now more than ever. And as an ever-increasing number of female veterinarians seek employment, and eventually ownership, women's needs will influence facility design even more.
Year-end checklist helps 2003 preparation
December 1st 2002Gift lists are the hallmark of the holiday season and the well-organized mind. Shopping duties, generally anticipated as a fun activity, tend to quickly be completed as compared to other lists that occur at year-end. Issues of business management are procrastinated to a much greater extent.