A
lot of people will make the decision to remodel their bathrooms, one
thing that always comes to their minds when they think of remodeling
is bathroom cabinets. These cabinets serve a purpose based off of
their functionality as well as the way that they appear.

Everything and everyone have gone green. Who would have guessed that the color of envy would become the most popular color of the times we live in? Even the carpet cleaning industry is leaning towards the Eco-friendly side of things. More and more carpet cleaning companies are using organic cleaning solutions and practicing Eco-friendly cleaning techniques.For you to understand why green carpet cleaning can actually be very effective, you should understand how chemicals employed for cleaning carpets are used. In various cases, cleaning systems, like vacuum cleaners, can eliminate stains on the surface of your carpet only, meaning particles are left behind, and this is what can cause odors.But even with everything going Eco-friendly there is a misconception that green cleaning products and green cleaning practices aren’t as effective as their chemically based brethren. This simply is not true. Here’s some info on green carpet cleaning that won’t leave you singing the blues…There are some cases where the stains harden and become even more difficult to get rid of. Various chemical cleaners can cover unpleasant carpet odors using the strong scent of the chemical. However, this scent may fade over time and the unpleasant odor will resurface. In case the foul odor is due to fungus or mold development, it can be more difficult to remove as it will only grow back and spread into the other areas of your carpet.I can remember that there used to be a time when almost all cleaning products were simple and mostly non-toxic. They didn’t have all the chemicals that are around today, I swear. Based how old you are, there are some used solutions made by mixing water and vinegar or baking soda to do a lot of cleaning. These same products can be used today to take care of most carpet stains and cleaning needs.There are plenty of Eco-friendly or green Scottsdale carpet cleaning solutions available that can effectively eliminate foul odor, by attacking the source. These green products contain special technologies that can break down debris and dirt. Because of this, you can now deal with even the toughest stains and oldest deposits in your carpet. Aside from using green products as an effective cleaning solution, you can also use the right cleaning machine to help you clean your carpet.Many scottsdale carpet cleaning companies are now using cleaning agents that are based on more natural elements rather than harmful chemicals. Non-toxic ingredients such as citrus, vinegar, and salt, are now being used more often than their toxic counterparts. This isn’t saying that all the chemicals used by carpet companies are 100% chemical free. But they are much safer and a great deal less toxic than the alternatives.The machines used along with your cleaning solution have an important role to play when it comes to odor removal. Hot water cleaners are more efficient when cleaning sticky stains or getting rid of hardened deposits. When a hot water extractor was used with Eco-friendly cleaning solutions, you can easily get rid of the foul odor from your carpet.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michael Schubarker is a professional carpet cleaner and does scottsdale carpet cleaning. He seeks to educate and help people keep their carpets as clean and new looking as the day they bought them.

At some point in every homeowner’s life, there’s bound to be a point where a project needs a little extra help. For all those things that just aren’t, or shouldn’t be, do-it-yourself projects, there’s a handyman that can help you solve the problem. For those who don’t know the difference between a Philips-head screwdriver and an Allen wrench, a handyman is not only a place to turn in time of need, but your home’s best friend. Virtually every home should have some sort of Mr. Fix-It in the phone’s speed dial, since emergencies not only happen fairly often, they’re frequently the result of your husband or wife attempting something new that looked very easy onHome & Garden TV. When searching to hire a handyman, the best place to start is through asking for recommendations from friends and family. Repairmen come in an endless variety, from huge companies with hundreds of employees on staff to the one-man operation down the street. For most people, the major concerns in hiring a repair person are that’s he’s skilled, reliable, punctual, honest, and affordable. Although most of those things seem like fairly obvious criteria, it’s sometimes difficult to find one person who fits the bill on all counts. Asking for recommendations from those who’ve used a repair person before and been satisfied with his work is the fastest and most unbiased way to find the help you need, especially if time is an issue. In the past, many homeowners would simply call a repair person at random out of the phone book, which required multiple calls and estimates before finding suitable help. Even then, it wasn’t always assured that the person who arrived at the home would be experienced and trustworthy. Fortunately, the internet has gone a long way in helping to take the guesswork out of hiring a handyman. Sites like Service Magic offer in-depth reviews from a variety of former customers, helping potential clients find the right person to suit their needs, and the type of skills a project may require. Doing a search online is also a wonderful way to unearth any ethical or criminal complaints against a company; if a customer was scammed or treated unfairly, there’s likely to be a record of the incident somewhere in cyberspace. While it’s important to take what you read online with a grain of salt and keep in mind that there are two sides to every story, it’s wise to avoid any company or handyman that has numerous complaints or violations against them.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

In Birmingham, handyman always does the job right and you also get guarantee for the work done. To know more, visit http://www.birminghamhandyman.biz

Bathrooms can be designed or remodeled in many ways depending on your budget. You can build a high end bathroom which are can cost tens of thousands of pounds and low end bathrooms which can fit into your budget. Basically there are four main components which should be considered in bathroom design; they are bath, showers, sink, and toilet. Other than these three main components we can also install other components like luxury showers, designer towel warmers, massaging tubs and many more. These decorative components can be endless. These type of decorative products are made from variety of different products with different prices, they can be a custom-made products depending on there costs.In any type of bathroom designs we must consider some basic requirements which apply no matter what material and cost you consider. The basic design requirements are line, form, scale, pattern, texture and colour. The direction of the lines of the bathroom help create the sense of the room that is desired. Horizontal lines emphasize serenity and give a more contemporary feel to a room. Strong vertical lines emphasize formality and a traditional style. The principle of form relates to the shape and structure of the components in the design, and this includes not only shape but size. Scape is an issue of relative size among the various elements in the room. Pattern refers to repeated shapes and regularity. Texture refers to the visual and tactile surface of all the materials used. Color is a powerful design element that can transform a space and give it much of its characterBathtubs are must in any type of bathrooms our country. Generally bathtubs come in many shapes and sizes depending on your budget. The basic types of bathroom tubs are conventional tubs, receptor tubs, drop-in tubs, conventional tubes with integral & surrounds and the hydromassage tubs. Basic conventional tub comes with different sizes, the common size in 4-1/2 and 5-1/2 foot length, 28 to 32 inches wide and 14-16 inches in height. Bathroom toilets are available in huge range, varieties & and colours. In the toilet installation there are four basic operating system and four basic construction types to be considered; they are wall-hung model, floor-mount model, round front model and elongated model. Toilets with a tank mounted directly on the back of the bowl, free of the wall, is a close-coupled toilet, with the water connection between the two parts in the shape of a cone-shaped gasket. One-piece toilets are made with tank and bowl in one unit. These are usually more expensive because of a greater complexity in operating process. The flush-valve design is used primarily for commercial installations but can be installed in the home. They have no tanks but use direct water pressure for their flushing action.Basins or sinks or lavatories are the other common names for bathroom basins. Basically bathroom sinks come in two popular construction types; they are wall-hung basins and pedestal basins. They come in different sizes, colours, designs and they are built using different materials like molded plastic, marble, glass etc.The fourth most important component in any bathroom is the showers. Without any shower the bathroom can’t be completed. There are huge ranges of showers depending on your requirements. The most popular one is the electric shower; it heats up the water instantly when the cold water flows into the shower. These types of showers are useful for the houses which don’t have bigger heating boilers. The second popular showers are mixer showers. Mixer showers use both hot water and cold water from the separate tanks and mixes them and produces the warm water according to your requirements. And the other popular shower types are shower towers; they are built up using the combination of body jet showers and shower heads. They are basically a mixture of types of showers.The above send products cost in different prices depending on sizes, quality and types. They can be purchased in any physical stores near by your house or you can buy them online. There are many websites which sell the complete range of bathroom products. One such website is plumbtraders.co.uk. Plumb Traders supplies huge range of bathroom products ranging from electric showers, mixer showers, shower towers, bath screens, shower trays, shower doors and shower enclosures. To know more about the their prices please visit plumbtraders.co.uk

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

I am Rahul, I write articles related to home improvements and articles related to central heating and plumbing services. My articles are related to electric showers, triton showers, mira showers & many more

S Corporation:  Set up an S Corporation to avoid self-employment
tax on profits. If you conduct business as a sole proprietor, a partnership,
or a limited liability company the first $106,800 of 2009 profits are subject to a self-employment
tax rate of 15.3%. The profits in excess of $106,800 are
subject to a Medicare tax rate of 2.9%. These self-employment tax rates are in addition
to paying income tax on the profits. An S Corporation is not subject to self-employment tax on the profits earned.
But you must take “reasonable” compensation as salary subject to F.I.C.A.

Bad Debt Expense:  A reserve for bad debts is not deductible,
but you can write off accounts receivable in the year in which they become uncollectible. 
Be sure to take advantage of writing off all those uncollected accounts at year
end.

If you used a collection agency, you can deduct a portion of the debt that will
go to the collection agency as a fee (around 25%).  You can write off that
amount at the time you turn over the receivable to the agency.

Medical Expense:  For 2009, eligible self-employed
individuals can deduct from gross income 100% of the amounts paid for health insurance
coverage. The deduction is limited to net earned income from the business, less the deduction
for 50% of the self-employment tax.
Also, you cannot take the deduction for any month you were qualified to participate
in an employer sponsored health plan.

If you conduct business as a corporation, set up a corporate medical reimbursement
plan. Medical costs are generally personal expenses deductible only to the
extent that they exceed 7.5% of your Adjusted Gross Income (AGI). However,
medical reimbursement plans set up by C Corporations let you deduct all the medical
costs you incur for yourself, your spouse, and dependents. These plans must
cover all eligible employees.

Equipment Expense:  For 2009, Section
179 of the Tax Code lets companies deduct up to $133,000 of new equipment, subject
to certain limits. (This limit is reduced by the amount by
which the cost of section 179 property placed in service in
the tax year exceeds $530,000.) Passenger vehicles are excluded from the expensing election.
A passenger vehicle is defined as having a loaded gross vehicle weight of
less than 6,000 pounds.

The tax code also allows an accelerated method to depreciate the remaining value
of that equipment – it’s faster than the straight-line method of depreciation.

Home Office Expense:  Write off home-office expenses. 
You can take this deduction even if you use the space for administrative purposes,
as long as there is no where else you can work.  When you use one room in your
six room home as an office, you can deduct one-sixth of your costs for utilities,
security, homeowner’s insurance, etc. as well as all costs for the room such as
carpeting.  Although you can also claim the depreciation on your home used
for home office, you should consult a qualified tax advisor prior to doing so to
understand the impact it will have on the exclusion of gain when you sell your residence.

Travel Expense:  Deduct business trips by putting your spouse
on the payroll. When spouses are on the payroll, even at low salaries, cost
of business trips that include the spouse can be fully deducted. You should
also be aware that putting your spouse on the payroll in 2009 will also double the
amount of Social Security tax owed up to the first $106,800 of income.

Hiring Children in the Family Business:  Put your children
on the company payroll. When you employ your children in the business, for 2009
you can pay them up to $5,350 in salary free from Federal tax. The “kiddie”
tax doesn’t apply to wages, so children under age 18 get this tax break, too.
Have your children put $4,000 into a Roth IRA, where it will compound tax-free over
time. When the money is left in the account until they turn 59 ½, they will
never have to pay out any tax or penalties on that money or its earnings.

If your business is not incorporated, and the children are under age 18, neither
you, as employer, nor your children will owe Social Security or Medicare tax on
their wages.

Retirement Planning:  Put more money away in your company
retirement plan for yourself than for your employees.  Business owners who
are more than 20 years older that other company employees can set up a defined-benefit
pension plan instead of a defined-contribution plan.  Because they are funding
a specific benefit (not putting away a percentage of salary) and have fewer years
to do so, owners can contribute more to the plan for themselves than their employees.

Claiming Business Losses:  Make the most of business losses.
If your company has a net operating loss in 2009, it can be carried back two years
or carried forward up to 20 years to offset future profits. To get a refund,
file an application on Form 1139 for corporations and Form 1045 for sole
proprietorships. Most refunds are sent out by the IRS within
two months.

Education:  Set up a company tuition-reimbursement plan to
pay a child’s school cost.  Businesses can set up plans that pay up to $5,250
in tuition per employee annually.  Business owners’ children must work for
the company, be older than age 21, own no company stock and cannot be claimed as
a dependent on the owners’ tax returns.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alan L. Olsen, CPA, MBA (tax) is the managing partner at Greenstein Rogoff Olsen  & Co., a top Bay Area CPA firm. A specialist in income tax planning, he frequently lectures and writes tax planning articles for professional organizations and community groups.