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    This document provides end-of-year tasks for businesses, including doing tax planning, starting a marketing plan for the new year, creating a contact database, taking advantage of tax deductible purchases, cleaning up the office, and looking for new networking opportunities. It also recommends exercising caution when evaluating business opportunities and avoiding pyramid schemes. The Better Business Bureau serves Mississippi by promoting high business ethics standards and protecting consumers.

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    • Beware of plans asking
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    for non-retail businesses. pyramid schemes in disguise.
    The Better Business Bureau • Don't sign any con­
    serving-Mississippi offers tracts or make payments in
    the following suggestions for an "opportunity meeting" or
    end-of-year tasks that may any pressure-filled situation.
    be beneficial: Take time to think things
    • Do end-of-year tax over:
    planning to lower the Remember that no matter
    amount of taxes due as how good a product or how
    much as possible. solid a multi-level marketing
    • Start a marketing plan plan may be, investment in
    for the new year. Review the time as well as dollars may
    best sources of leads (new be needed for your invest­
    business) in previous years ment to payoff. If it sounds
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    • Create a contact data­ ably is.
    base. Good sources for new The BBB has been serving
    customers are current or Mississippi since 1964. Our
    previous customers. mission is to: .
    • Go shopping. Take ad­ • Promote the highest
    vantage of tax-deductible standards of business ethics
    purchases. Get a new com­ and conduct
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    grams or stock up on office nesses through education
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    Remove files to be archived, general public
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    mulated paperwork/mail. www.ms.bbb.org or by
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    new year's calendar - espe-'
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