Starting a Day Care

Daycare Tax Tips Questions Answered by Tom Copeland Part 2

February 7, 2012

Tweet Tweet Filing daycare taxes can be a daunting process, especially for a new daycare business owner. So we enlisted the help of Tom Copeland, tax and child care business specialist, to answer tough tax questions and provide helpful daycare tax tips. Question: I just started and this past year I was finally able to write [...]

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Daycare Tax Questions Answered by Tom Copeland Part 1

February 6, 2012

Tweet Tweet Filing daycare taxes can be a daunting process, especially for a new daycare business owner. So we enlisted the help of Tom Copeland, tax and child care business specialist, to answer tough tax questions and provide helpful daycare tax tips. Question: I have a weekday job Monday through Friday so that’s a different income. [...]

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Daycare Policies Do You Get Paid for Holidays and Sick Days?

February 3, 2012

Tweet Tweet Have you ever wondered what other child care providers do regarding paid and unpaid holidays?  Which holidays should daycare providers get paid for? Should families pay when they take time off? We asked our OwnADaycare fans on Facebook how they handle vacation and sick time.  If you’re creating your daycare handbook, this might [...]

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Start a Daycare – How to Create a Child Information Form

January 31, 2012

Tweet Tweet Each daycare business has its own individual enrollment procedures. All daycare providers , however, should require standard childcare enrollment forms in order to protect the children in their care as well as their daycare employees. A child information form is one such daycare form.  It is something to add to the child’s file that [...]

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Being Strong in 2012 by Amy Pybus

January 9, 2012

Tweet Tweet I wasn’t going to make a big deal about having a resolution this year. Usually I’ll make a least a small one (that I can handle en mi vida loca) but this year I said, I don’t need one. I’m so happy with everything the way it is. Then I had over a week [...]

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How to Set up a Daycare in Canada

January 5, 2012

Tweet Tweet The business of daycare is thriving and lucrative. So you’re confident that setting up a daycare business is for you but where do you start? The first steps toward starting up a profitable day care center include the following: Business Plan: The first order of business should be to create a simple business [...]

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How to Charge Daycare Parents Who are Teachers

December 30, 2011

Tweet Tweet As daycare providers we deal with a variety of clients and each client has different careers and responsibilities. Many daycare providers struggle with having teachers as clients because they have breaks (like summer vacation) and then you must figure out what to charge them, if anything, for the break. Also you must decide [...]

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What Parents Look for when Selecting a Family Daycare or Daycare Center Part 2

December 27, 2011

Tweet Tweet As a daycare owner, it is important to know what families look for when selecting a family daycare or daycare center. Your knowledge of selection criteria can help you improve your daycare. Our interview with Ann Douglas details exactly parents look for when they are selecting daycare. This information is important for both [...]

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What Parents Look for when Selecting a Family Daycare or Daycare Center

December 26, 2011

Tweet Tweet As a daycare owner, it is important to know what families look for when selecting a family daycare or daycare center. Your knowledge of selection criteria can help you improve your daycare. Our interview with parenting expert Ann Douglas details exactly parents look for when they are selecting daycare. This information is important [...]

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Reasons to Start an In-home Child Care Business

December 20, 2011

Tweet Tweet Starting a daycare is a wonderful, profitable business for stay at home moms, especially for mom’s that care for a special needs child.  Many times it can be hard to find childcare for your special needs child. Many daycare centers or family care centers are wary of accepting special needs children because it [...]

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