Posts by Carman Capriotto

Technician Pay, Tools, and Taxes with Hunt Demarest Technicians want to know how their personal taxes and tools purchased for work are managed on your tax return. Flat Rate vs. Salary + Incentives Tax consequences Listen To Business By the Numbers Podcast with Hunt Demarest HERE. Hunt’s Company Paar Melis and Associates – Accountants Specializing…

The winds are changing, something’s coming, not sure exactly what just yet but let’s talk it out and see what we can do. I’m also trying to make a general statement about how shop owners seem to be doing really well right now and are maybe just a bit too big for their britches at…

Inflation Reduction Act – What We Know Now This week Hunt discusses what we currently know about the act currently going through congress. What is the Inflation Reduction Act, and why is it called that? What is included in the bill as we know now? What are the changes to taxes, and are those going…

Summary Determining your auto repair shop’s marketing budget requires taking a lot of different things into consideration. The old adage is to spend 5-7% of your gross revenue on marketing. Whereas we do find that to be a pretty good benchmark, it’s not always that simple. Shop Marketing Pros’ J.R. Portman joins Brian on this…

With Lester Kovacs from Dorman at NAPA Expo 2022 Lester Kovacs is Director of Ideation at Dorman. He has spent 18 years at Dorman. The show is sponsored by NAPA Auto Care napaautocare.com NAPA Benefits Center: napabenefitscenter.com NAPA Member Site: member.napaautocare.com Email Matt: mattfanslowpodcast@gmail.com Diagnosing the Aftermarket A – Z YouTube Channel HERE