Your Boat as a Business: ...... having Tips For Success - Softcover

Rooker, Capt Alexander T

 
9781720656456: Your Boat as a Business: ...... having Tips For Success
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1720656452 ISBN 13: 9781720656456
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

Having your boat as a business can be a very fulfilling endeavor. Imagine having a regular reason to do what most others only do for recreation. To be a business, however, it has to be run as a business. This book’s author, Capt. Rooker, and his wife Diann have a boating business based on a Gemini catamaran. They offer day sails on their boat, plus Alex provides contract captain work for other companies. Having a Business Degree and having earned a CMA -Certificate in Management Accounting, he has provided personal insights into what he feels needs to be in your Boat Business Plan. He says that, additionally, you should hire a professional tax adviser (CPA or attorney) to review your plan- before you begin the business.Included in the material are: > insights from tour captains, fishing guides, and charter operators; > a business plan outline; > excerpts from the IRS Audit Technique Guide; > over 100 questions an IRS Auditor might ask; and > a sample spreadsheet with “break even” formula.The companion book, "Boat Business Activity Log", provides a means to track business and personal activity for a vessel. When allocation of expense is needed, the Log offers a record of use.

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About the Author

A USCG Master, Alex Rooker has owned a variety of power and sail boats. In addition to his experience on the water, his foundation for writing the book includes: • a UNC-Chapel Hill business school degree; • Certificate In Management Accounting from the National Association of Accountants (membership now inactive); • having taught advertising and accounting courses at King’s College in Raleigh, NC; • Sales & management for three corporations over 17 years; and • private real estate brokerage and advisory services that continue- though minor now that Yacht A Fun is the focus.

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Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1720656452
ISBN 13 
9781720656456
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
82