Tom McFerson, CPA, ABV

If the new equipment for your veterinary clinic will make you money, improve patient care and make work easier for your team, then, yes, the Section 179 tax deduction is a nice bonus from Uncle Sam! Learn more about it here.

Dont let pet owners, credit card vendors, banks or crooked team members pull the wool over your eyes. Check out the ways clients pay for services rendered and consider how your veterinary hospital stacks up when it comes to managing them.

For your veterinary practice and everywhere, 'tis the season to think taxes, "Fa-la-la-la-la la- oh no, already?"

Sure, youve given yourself expectations and goals for the new year, but how many of those apply to your veterinary practice? Here are a few suggestions to chew on.

There will be some happy purrs and angry barks in the veterinary world if these tax law changes take place.

Sometimes the practice owner is the last to know. Watch for these flashing signs of warning to get ahead of the curve.

Here are straight-up answers to six questions you may be asking yourself about bundled preventive-care-service plans.

Everybody will be affected: the wealthy, veterinary practice owners and just about every tax-paying American. Heres our guess in President Trumps first month of office on the future of Uncle Sams revenue.

Feel out of your depth talking the practice owner into a new piece of expensive equipment or planning your own startup or practice purchase? Youre not alone. Heres the short answer to, What do I need to think about when I borrow a lot of money?

Why you should (or shouldn't) buy that new piece of equipment just because you're hungry for a tax benefit. (Did you remember we have a new president coming with tax ideas of his own??)

Building a veterinary clinic is a long, detailed process. But a journey of 1,000 miles starts with a single stepwell, five steps.

It's all here: Debunking audit urban legends, avoiding mistakes that trigger audits and managing a tax audit if you do get that scary letter from the IRS.

Choosing the right loan for you doesn't have to be a guessing game-if you know where to focus your efforts.

The economy's looking up-and so should you. It's time to get out of the red and into rebuilding your practice with these tips.

All veterinary practice owners are required to give out an ObamaCare notice by Oct. 1. Use these answers to FAQ about this notice to make sure you're in compliance.

This list will keep you entertained-and maybe make you a better veterinarian.

Market conditions aren't ideal, but they're improving. So why are veterinary practice sales still sluggish?

The presidential victor will put his stamp on four years of tax hikes and drops. See what's up for debate in 2013 and what your paystub and retirement funds will look like.

An example of how checklists can transform a luke-warm veterinary client experience into a great one.

Make your veterinary practice better, one step at a time, by implementing a way to track systems, procedures, and client preferences.

Check out this list of tools and apps that can help you become more productive-and might even make you a better veterinarian.

Make your veterinary practice better, one step at a time, by implementing a way to track systems, procedures, and client preferences.

One veterinarian retires in flush times, and two need to wrestle with the recession. See where they end up with different choices.

You can shake your Magic 8 Ball as hard as you want, but even that can't tell you for sure whether you should sell now or hold out. But here are a few indicators that the veterinary practice sale market is poised for growth.

Three dozen attorneys, lenders, accountants, brokers, consolidators, and consultants who are actively involved in buying and selling veterinary practices weigh in on the future of veterinary practice sales.

Veterinary Practice Managers and Technicians are bombarded with financial information. Given this, determining which information to focus on can be an important task.

The internal controls of a veterinary practice is often overlooked by owners, and the ramifications of this can be financially catastrophic.

Like many small businesses, veterinary practices across the country are seeing a lot of the same issues.

Many associates are choosing to start a new veterinary practice, not buy one. If that's you, find out what's fueling the trend and how to make sure your neighborhood debut is a big hit.

Get real about your ideal clients, team members, and practice philosophy.