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"Before the Pandemic." Not too long ago, those words belonged squarely in a science fiction movie, yet we now hear them used on a daily basis. We now have a defined timeline of “before” and “during” and are (slowly) heading into “after”. As we embrace 2021, we wanted to share a few lessons we've learned as we help clients, new and old, during the pandemic. 

A Game Changer for Small and Medium Businesses: Section 179

If you haven't yet taken advantage of Section 179 tax incentives to purchase or lease office technology and managed IT equipment in the current tax year, you still have a few weeks left to do so. 

According to the IRS website: "Section 179 of the IRS tax code allows businesses to deduct the full purchase price of qualifying equipment and/or software purchased or financed during the tax year. That means that if you buy (or lease) a piece of qualifying equipment, you can deduct the FULL PURCHASE PRICE from your gross income. It’s an incentive created by the U.S. government to encourage businesses to buy equipment and invest in themselves." However, in order to take the deduction for tax year 2020, the equipment must be financed or purchased and put into service between January 1, 2020 and the end of the day on December 31, 2020.

The process of large format scanning captures and converts large format documents to digital files that are easy to manage, access, and distribute, typically in file formats PDF, JPEG and TIFF. Do you have a library of important large format documents to scan for future reference? 

Office vampires drain time, energy and valuable resources you could be using to run your business more efficiently. Take a bite out of the inefficient use of your MFP with a Managed Print Software Solution from Advanced Business Equipment!