1.     Reduce the Risk of Loss from Your Employees – A good employee handbook is a company’s best shield in a lawsuit with its employees.  A bad employee handbook can be turned against you with devastating effects.  Define the parameters of the employment relationship and describe the expectations you have for your employees with clarity in an employee handbook specially customized for your business.  Contact Tom Scroggins at (205) 633-0227 or tscroggins@tannerguin.com, or Bert Guy at (205) 633-0206 or bguy@tannerguin.com to discuss how we can help you with this fundamental aspect of your business.

2.     Lower Your Finance Costs – Business debt is frequently necessary, but it is not necessary to pay high interest rates.  Tanner & Guin has developed unique financial methods that may, depending upon your company’s situation, help decrease debt and the interest rate you pay.  This can free up much-needed cash for use in other areas of your business.   For further information how to lower your interest costs, contact either Jay Guin at (205) 633-0205 or  jguin@tannerguin.com or Marland Hayes at (205) 633-0209 or mhayes@tannerguin.com.

3.     Staying Union Free – Unions aren’t just for big companies, and they only harm your business.  Union membership as a whole across the nation is on the decline, causing unions to use desperation tactics and target traditionally union-free employers to increase their revenue.  We can help you and your supervisors recognize how the seeds of a union drive are sown and to take action before it is too late.  And, when it becomes necessary, we can mount an effective and legal defense to a union membership drive.  Contact Bert Guy at (205) 633-0206 or bguy@tannerguin.com to discuss the impact we can have on your business with our pro-active approach to remaining union free.

4.     Keep Your Business in the Family – If you have a business that you have nurtured for the better part of your working life, you may wonder what will happen to it when you stop working.   Tanner & Guin can help you secure your business assets and the personal wealth you have accumulated to your family members and minimize the impact of your departure from the business.  To discuss the future disposition of your business and personal assets, contact Steve Wyatt at (205) 633-0267 or swyatt@tannerguin.com.

5.     Protect Your Trademarks – Your company invests significant time and money in advertising and promoting its identity, products, and services.  There’s no reason not to protect that investment by registering, prosecuting and defending the trademarks and servicemarks established through those efforts.  We can help you identify what trademarks, servicemarks, copyrights, and patents your business might own.  Then, we can help you properly register those assets and defend them against imitators when necessary.  Contact Tom Scroggins at (205) 633-0227 or  tscroggins@tannerguin.comor Carol Armstrong at (205) 633-0268 or carmstrong@tannerguin.com for more information on how intellectual property can directly impact your company’s bottom line.

6.     Keep the Tax Collectors at Bay – Government agencies levy a myriad of taxes: income tax, sales tax, employment tax, ad valorem tax, use tax, shares tax, and more.  Governments are searching for more ways to generate revenue and aren’t shy about pressing the constitutional limits on their taxing authorities.  We can guide you through the taxation maze, help make sure you aren’t paying the same tax more than once, and challenge those tax assessments that you do not owe.  To discuss any business tax issues you might have, contact Blake Madison at (205) 633-0246 or bmadison@tannerguin.com.

7.    Reduce Your Risk of Lawsuits – Many lawsuits can simply be avoided with proper strategic planning and preparation.  Rather than simply focusing on cleaning up the mess that is a lawsuit, Tanner & Guin strives to keep its clients out of the uncertain realm of the courtroom through sound and practical legal advice during the course of events that might give rise to litigation.  Of course, not all litigation is avoidable, and Tanner & Guin is here to vigorously prosecute or defend your rights as needed.  To discuss how Tanner & Guin can help you minimize lawsuits, contact D.W. Wilson at (205) 633-0216 or dwilson@tannerguin.com, or Bert Guy (205) 633-0206 or bguy@tannerguin.com.

8.    Buying and Selling Businesses – Whether to acquire another business or to sell your own is one of most critical decisions in the life of a business.  Tanner & Guin can help you in every aspect of this process, including finding the right price, making sure you get what you are paying for if you are buying, transitioning you out of your business if you are selling, and handling any disputes that may arise.   To find out more about the opportunities and pitfalls that await when acquiring or selling business assets, contact Jay Guin at (205) 633-0205 or jguin@tannerguin.com, Kim Ingram at (205) 633-0208 or kingram@tannerguin.com D.W. Wilson at (205) 633-0216 or dwilson@tannerguin.com, or Bert Guy at (205) 633-0206 or bguy@tannerguin.com.

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