<br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Roe Michaud <<a href="mailto:jckrssllterrier@yahoo.com">jckrssllterrier@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div>This is the best way to deal with slow paying places... Having been music teacher in a school district myself for over 20 years I have a tip for you. Get paid up front. </div> <div>  Now that I am a technicain I offer the  schools and churches that I tune for a discount if they pay up front for the entire year within 30 days. Yes, that means some districts pay me over $500 up front. It works and then if there is additional work at the time of service they are billed at full price. The contracts pay well and I have the money in hand before I do any work. They have my word in writing on contract. It's easier for everybody. Try it. Seroe Michaud <a href="http://www.michaudspiano.com/" target="_blank">www.michaudspiano.com</a> <div> <div></div> <div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><b><i>Scott Jackson <<a href="mailto:scottwaynejackson@hotmail.com" target="_blank">scottwaynejackson@hotmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:</div></div></div> <div> <div></div> <div class="Wj3C7c"> <blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><br>Well, yes, but not by deducting discount amounts from the expense side of the equation, but by not paying tax on the amounts that are missing from the income side. That is, you don't give your accountant a list of "imagined" income, and then a list of the amounts that you discounted from that fictitious list, you just give the already discounted total.<br> <br>Scott Jackson<br><br><br>________________________________<br>> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:07:33 -0800<br>> From: <a href="mailto:toddpianoworks@yahoo.com" target="_blank">toddpianoworks@yahoo.com</a><br>> Subject: Re: School Contracts<br> > To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br>> <br>> Are you also able to use any discounts you give for the year and right them off your taxes?<br><br>_________________________________________________________________<br> New music from the Rogue Traders - listen now!<br><a href="http://ninemsn.com.au/share/redir/adTrack.asp?mode=click&clientID=832&referral=hotmailtaglineOct07&URL=http://music.ninemsn.com.au/roguetraders" target="_blank">http://ninemsn.com.au/share/redir/adTrack.asp?mode=click&clientID=832&referral=hotmailtaglineOct07&URL=http://music.ninemsn.com.au/roguetraders</a><br> </blockquote><br><br><br></div></div><font color="#888888"> <div><font face="comic sans ms" color="#0000ff" size="4">Roe </font></div></font> <div> <div></div> <div class="Wj3C7c"> <p> <hr size="1"> Never miss a thing. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs" target="_blank">Make Yahoo your homepage.</a> <p></p></p></div></div></blockquote></div> <div><br> </div> <div>I have a standard 1&1/2% on the unpaid amount after 30 days, that is added to the balance every 30 days. I've yet to have a school pay a late fee. </div> <div> </div> <div>Mike<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>We have enough youth, how about a fountain of SMART?<br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div>