One of the great pleasures of our business is that we get to work with so many small businesses across America. As we just celebrated Independence Day, we are again reminded of WHY we love what we do here at TMC. THE HEARTBEAT OF COMMUNITIES The small businesses we work with are the heartbeat of our communities. These are the places where you can go to connect with your local friends and families. Places where we see young kids getting ready to go back to school, a lady needing a cardboard box to use at her home, and an older couple just stopping by for some evening snacks. They create jobs for the community and help build our economy. The mom-and-pop shops are the very presence that makes

Dealing with employees can be one of the most challenging aspects of small business ownership, but it can also be one of the most rewarding – HOW you ask? Let’s start with a little history. Did you know that disengaged employees (estimated at 70% of the workforce) cost the US Economy around 370 Billion each year? That’s a lot of money and it’s coming out of YOUR pockets. Every time that revolving employee door turns it costs you money with onboarding costs, orientation time, and a host of other expenses depending on the type of business you have. Your business doesn’t have to experience those extremes if you’re willing to implement a few changes in the workplace that will help keep your employees engaged and happy to work

Over the years, I’ve been asked countless times why I am so passionate about credit card processing and my answer has always been the same; because I truly love what I do. But after a recent eye-opening conversation with a member of my team, I was compelled to change my answer and write this blog on Blooming Where You Are Planted. My employee was conflicted because I’m always saying that we need to ‘love’ what we do and guess what? She does not love credit card processing. The more I thought about it, I realized that neither do I! Now don’t get me wrong, I do love elements of our business but my young team member opened my eyes to the fact that we do not necessarily need

Tax Day is the day on which individual income tax returns are due to the federal government. When the country was in its infancy, it struggled to raise funds from the 13 original states. The government collected the first income tax during the Civil War (1862 – 1872) to fund the war and its costs. Early taxes were based on assessments, not voluntary tax returns. They set a flat rate of 3 percent on incomes higher than $800. Over the next four years, Congress expanded the tax as members cut the amount of income that could be exempted and introduced higher, graduated rates. By 1865, the last year of the Civil War, the highest income tax rate, 10 percent, was applied to income in excess of $5,000. Congress,