Every given trader is well aware of the great importance of the trademarks. Though it is not a legal requirement, the benefits that one enjoys when they register trademark are some that are quite hard to let go. One of the most popular benefits is the fact that, filing trademark gives the owner a chance to enjoy some exclusive ownership rights. Without trademark registration, a new comer can register a mark that is similar to yours, and there is nothing you can do to them legally.

In each and every given state there are official offices that have been identified by the government, for people to file a trademark when need be. The trademark registration will help one enjoy the common rights such as letting the public know about the ownership of the mark. Filling a trademark also allows for legal presupposition of ownership nationwide. Most importantly, taking a decision to file a trademark gives one the chance to enjoy some exclusive rights to the use of the logo in or on connection with the particular products and services.

There is nothing that can be more emotionally draining and expensive than receiving a discontinuation letter to use a given brand or trademark. It therefore makes more sense to get covered, by considering carefully the importance of trademark registration. This will greatly help you avoid the chance of getting prevented from using your trademark by other traders who may be looking for ways to bring you down. To register trademark is also step that will give one some geographical coverage. This means that one gets nationwide protection from as opposed to the rights that may restrict you to use the trademark in specific areas. What’s more, trademark registration allows one to file a trade mark in other parts around the world.

It is quite important to note that, the common law rights results from the actual use of the trademark. As a rule of law, the very first person to use the mark in the business world or the first one to file a trademark application with relevant bodies such as USPTO, has the eventual right to use as well as right to register trademark. One does not necessarily have to visit the bodies dealing with trademark registration in person, as filling trademark can be done online from the officially recognized websites. To register the trademark online is never a daunting process. This is for the simple reason that, all that one needs to register trademarks online is fill in some application forms that will require them to fill in some details.

To register trademarks online, always ensure that correct details are filled in, to avoid having problems in the future. To effectively complete the process, it is important to use valid systems to check if the trademark resembles another. Have in mind that, to register trademarks online will only make sense if the trademark being registered is not registered elsewhere or is being used by another trader. To file a trademark successfully; getting the services of a lawyer may prove to be quite helpful. Remember that, filling trademark may prove to be quite easy, if some things are carefully considered. After filling trademark, always make sure it is put into good use to avoid cancellation. A renewal should also be carried out after ten years of filling trademark.

Tom Stevens is the author of this article on File a trademark. Find more information on Register a trademark here

When it comes to tax invoice software, you need to firstly understand what a tax invoice is and the difference between tax invoice and non-tax invoice.

Let’s begin from the fundamentals, an invoice is often a billing document under which billing is done for a particular transaction, it consists of itemized list of products and services transacted, take note that it is different from a statement of accounts, which lists all the billing invoices issued on account of a particular client for a particular time. Essentially every invoices consist of some fundamental elements, like invoice date, invoice number, itemized list of all the goods and services transacted and amounts. Invoices comes with different kinds too like credit memo, debit memo, commercial invoice, pro-forma invoice etc. In today’s marketplace, there can be lots of invoice software and system that may be obtained to manage them.

From a taxation standpoint, there are two kinds of invoices, namely tax invoice and a non-tax invoice. A tax invoice is an invoice which you issue to a buyer or customer for a purchase made that is covered by sales tax. And a non-tax invoice, sometimes also known as standard invoice, is an invoice that a seller gives to a purchaser for purchases that are not covered by sales tax.

In some countries, if someone is registered for VAT (value added tax), or GST (goods and service tax), then whether she or he is sole trader or limited company, its required by tax law to put all the related tax information connected with sales on the invoices that they produce for their sales transactions. Every sale ends in a separate invoice, therefore, it is considered best to set records and invoices properly for VAT or GST every time business starts. Invoice Software _ Tax Invoice Software

For those who are only starting their small companies, they could find it a little complicated when it comes to tax invoice or non-tax invoice. In fact, the key is to have the right knowledge in relation to what types or transaction items are subject to sales tax, and at what tax rate these transactions be taxed. Specialists like accountant will find no problem with that, but for ordinary people, it might be just a good idea to seek the help of an automatic software system which have already set things up.

So far we have talked in regards to the sales standpoint in regard to tax invoice, from expense perspective, you also need to maintain a solid track of tax invoices for book keeping reasons. Most business expenses, but not all, have a portion of VAT (or GST) that needs to be identified. When you are doing your book keeping and entering your expenses into your invoice software system, you have to ensure you record the right amount of VAR (or GST) for every expense, and identify expenses that are VAT (or GST) free, you cannot simply assume that all expenses are subject to standard VAT (or GST) rate, for example insurance (the stamp duty portion is tax free), bank fees and food.

Nowadays, many of the tax invoice software out there should be able to handle the management very easily, you simply need to flag an item as tax-able or non-taxable, then the system will do the calculations for you automatically. By right a superb tax invoice software also needs to give you the flexibleness of selecting multiple tax rates because it isn’t correct to assume the tax rate will never change. And in some countries there a different tax rates for different types of goods or products.

In countries in Australia and New Zealand, businesses from time to time prefer to sell goods or services to their clients using a so called “Tax-included” price, from the customers perspective, the vendor is paying the tax on their behalf, but in essence it’s not, from the scientific standpoint, it is simply a lowered selling price or a discounted selling price. It is often not easy to calculate the tax-included item amount by hand, but using a properly designed tax invoice software, this is achieved very easily.

To find such software systems, if you haven’t explored the web yet, you should do so, the internet is a vast resource of software programs, you can also find sample tax invoice forms and tax invoice templates, never take the hassle to create one from scratch, or paying someone to create it for you, because you will find free software systems as well.

Author: John FH, Small business software, accounting software, invoice software expert. Click invoice software free to view his revolutionary DIY invoice software video.

I was fortunate enough to receive a review copy of the new book End Malaria, an endeavor created by The Domino Project in conjunction with Box of Crayons designed to, you guessed it, end malaria.

They are doing this by giving $20 from the purchase of each copy of End Malaria to Malaria No More to send a mosquito net to a family in need and to support life-saving work in the fight against malaria.

End Malaria includes essays by 62 of America’s favorite business authors, including Tom Peters, Nicholas Carr, Pam Slim, and Sir Ken Robinson. At its core End Malaria is about doing great work and the messages in this book inspire you to do just that.

I have been picking up this book several times throughout the days while taking a break from my work and have come across a few essays that have struck me very deeply. The one called “What You Don’t Have to Do” by Kevin Kelly hit me in all the right places.

Many of us have heard the saying, “work smarter not harder” and while this is part of Kevin’s message, he expressed the real heart of the matter better than anyone I have heard yet….

“When others are doing something similar to what you are, let that activity go because it means you don’t have to do it. If people are stealing your ideas, ripping off your moves, or knocking off your style, and they are doing it well, thank them. You’ve just learned that this assignment is something you don’t need to do because someone else can do it. This is scary because you are giving up things you do well, and you might think that after you surrender all the good stuff, there won’t be anything left for you. Trust me – there is more to you than that.”

That last sentence made my stomach flip just a little bit. How true it is and yet how infrequently do we act on behalf of that idea on a daily basis?

Perhaps I was struck by it because for the past 18 plus months I have experienced, instigated and created many changes in my business. I have had tremendous ups and downs, dramatic highs and lows and periods where I questioned how the heck I got to where I am now and just about everything I have ever done in my career. It was not fun but there was never a dull moment.

I didn’t stop working so that I could find myself or indulge in self-important introspection. I didn’t spend days reading self-help books to look for the magic bullet or the definitive answer on the meaning of my life. I didn’t quote other seemingly more enlightened beings to claim allegiance to any one thought or idea in the hopes that I could own it too and I didn’t spend any time “following” what other people were doing in an effort to figure out what I should be doing. Rather, I lived my life, kept working and delivering the best I could to my clients knowing that if I just kept doing work that paid the bills AND work that inspired me and motivated me while letting go of all of the external noise, I would figure out all the big questions (and hopefully answers) naturally.

I don’t have them all but my clarity is surprising to even me. It came to me in a form similar to how it has been expressed by Kelly, however reading this “This is scary because you are giving up things you do well, and you might think that after you surrender all the good stuff, there won’t be anything left for you. Trust me – there is more to you than that.” finally gave words to what I have come to know on a visceral level.

This book is filled with insights, ideas and lessons from some people you know and many others you don’t. It’s fun and interesting and the perfect coffee table book.

So, I encourage you to find out more about this project by visiting http://endmalariaday.com and if it speaks to you as it did to me, buy yourself and others who you think might benefit a copy of End Malaria. It’s great work for a great cause.