Setting Up a Home Office

Source: California CPA Magazine

When setting up a home office, consider the following:

• A multi-function machine that prints, faxes, scans, and copies.
• Internet postage in lieu of a postage meter.
• Replacing your computer every three years with the fastest one you can find.
• Renting a conference room in a nearby executive suite on an hourly basis.
• Using the phone answering service of an executive suite.
• Renting a box at a mailbox store. Be sure it accepts packages that can’t be handled by a box.
• Self discipline through regular hours.
• Setting up rules for your family so you aren’t disturbed.
• Compliance with zoning restrictions. Some communities prohibit employees or clients at your home.

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From California CPA Magazine, California Society of Certified Public Accountants, October 2007. http://www.calcpa.org/Content/home.aspx.