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Kevin Rutherford

Choosing a business form

Kevin Rutherford | November 01, 2011

When you ask lawyers or CPAs about the best form of business, you’ll get different answers. Before you make that decision, have your accountant run the numbers on each option and compare them based on your income as a sole proprietor.

Kevin Rutherford is an accountant, small-fleet owner and the host of “Trucking Business & Beyond,” which airs on Sirius XM Radio’s Road Dog Trucking Radio. Contact Rutherford through his website, LetsTruck.com.

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