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Tax insights by Garry Hojan of JH Aero - fractional CFO, aerospace manufacturing expert.

Q. How can I minimize tax payments while maximizing revenue?

By Garry Hojan Our Solution My expertise is in maximizing revenue and I am not a tax professional, nor do I give tax advice. I’d start by saying anything I include here is from my experience and for informational purposes only and should be checked with a tax professional before you choose to implement anything […]

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2025 aerospace manufacturing predictions in the global market

Q. What’s your view on the 2025 global economy and the threat of higher tariffs and how will this affect my manufacturing business? 

by Garry Hojan I’m by no means an expert on this subject, but I did have the opportunity to participate in the 90-minute Charles Schwab 2025 Outlook, where global financial experts discussed this topic in depth. I will share some of that information and my thoughts on how it applies to our businesses.. Potential tariff

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Q. As a manufacturer I am grateful for my clients. What’s a good way to show appreciation this time of year?

By Garry Hojan By the time this goes out you may have already arranged your customer appreciation for the holiday season, so I’ll speak to last minute ideas as well as the topic in general for future appreciation ideas. A quick Google search will give you a barrage of ideas for customer appreciation, mostly gifts.

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We are featured in Northwest Aerospace News

JH Aero and Garry Hojan are featured in the December 2024/January 2025 issue of Northwest Aerospace News Magazine. The article, “Business Growth: Small Northwest Machine Shops, how do the big guys notice the small players, and how can machine shop start-ups set themselves up for success?” Read the article: https://joom.ag/4GSd/p8

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Marketing advice for aerospace manufacturing companies.

Q: As we near the end of the calendar year, what marketing-related items should I work on next year?

By Garry Hojan Our Solution I’ll get to the answer to the question in a minute, first I’d like to speak to marketing in general. Perceptions of marketing range the gamut from “we don’t do any marketing,” “we’ve grown through word of mouth,” “marketing is just so people don’t think we’ve disappeared,” to a “no

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How do federal government policies affect my manufacturing business?

Q. How do federal government policies impact the national manufacturing landscape? How does that impact me locally?

By Garry Hojan Our Solution In the last newsletter, we answered part one of this question. In this newsletter, I’ll answer the second part of the question with an example of federal policy and how it affects us locally. It was 2012 and I still remember it like it was yesterday. I was standing on

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How will the election impact your business?

Q. How much impact will the presidential election have on my manufacturing business?

Our Solution By Garry Hojan A great and timely question. Aerospace and manufacturing have an interesting overlap of government and business, which involves policies that cross the aisle. The 2024 presidential election could significantly impact your aerospace manufacturing business in several ways: The regulatory environment: Different parties and candidates have varying approaches to regulations that

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