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📢 Columbus Small Business Owners:

If you offer a 401(k) or employee benefits, there’s a critical deadline you can’t afford to miss: Form 5500 filing.

✅ What it is: Your plan’s annual “check-up” for the IRS and Department of Labor

✅ Why it matters: Avoid penalties as high as $2,670 per day

✅ Who’s affected: Most businesses offering retirement or welfare plans in Columbus

At Wealth Axle, we guide business owners through every step — from gathering data to filing on time — so you can stay focused on growth instead of compliance stress.

👉 Read our latest blog to learn how Columbus employers can stay compliant and protect their employees’ retirement savings:

https://wealthaxle.com/understanding-form-5500-filing-requirements-guidance-for-columbus-small-business-owners/

*Don’t Let Your Acquisition Run Out of Oxygen*

In Columbus, acquisitions are heating up from construction firms to nonprofits near Ohio State.

Here’s the reality: most deals fail not because of price, but because buyers underestimate working capital.

Payroll, rent, and marketing keep draining cash while receivables sit unpaid for 60–90 days.

At Wealth Axle, we help buyers plan cash flow strategies that prevent deals from collapsing.

Learn why working capital is the overlooked deal killer →
https://wealthaxle.com/the-overlooked-deal-killer-in-columbus-acquisitions-why-working-capital-cash-flow-planning-matter-more-than-price/

*"Ohio doesn’t require employers to offer retirement benefits, but that’s your opportunity.

Under Secure Act 2.0, midsize construction firms in Columbus can use 401(k) plans to retain skilled workers and become employers of choice.

78% of employees say they’ll stay longer if benefits are strong. Don’t lose your best people to competitors.

Read our latest blog on how to make 401(k)s your retention superpower in Columbus’s competitive construction market. 👇

MERRY CHRISTMAS from our family to yours! We are very grateful for our team and all of our clients who made this year one to remember 🎄

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Does anyone else struggle with following through CONSISTENTLY on doing the actions they know will progress their business?!? 😅

We had a great time meeting the other vendors this morning at the Pickerington community family fair!

Even baby “astronaut” 💕

We have partnered with The Ohio Justice Bus , Ohio State Bar Association , and The Farmington Senior Center Inc. to provide free legal advice to low-income seniors of Trumbull county. 👏

Join us September 15th, from 1pm-3pm! 🙌

📍 Farmington Senior Center
150 College St., West Farmington OH 44491

Pre-registration is required: ➜ (614) 715-8575

The Scioto Sweep returns Sunday, September 17 so we can all help cleanup the litter in our waterways. Details at http://sciotosweep.org. #cleanup #litter #columbus #cbus #ohio #keepcolumbusbeautiful