Flat Rate vs. Hourly: Which Tech Pay Plan Works Best?Â
In this article, I want to tackle something that seems to light up the internet every few months: technician pay plans. Is flat rate ...
News Release: Business by the Numbers Podcast Announces New Sponsors, Overdryve and Maverick
Mount Airy, MD — Business by the Numbers, the leading podcast helping auto repair shop owners understand the financial drivers of their businesses, is ...
Ratchet+Wrench: The Power of Gross Profit Per Hour
What if the way you measure profit is actually holding your business back? In this insightful article, Hunt Demarest challenges the traditional focus on ...
Ratchet+Wrench: How to Stop Overpaying Taxes Without Finding More Deductions
In this practical and eye-opening article, Hunt Demarest shifts the conversation away from chasing small deductions and toward a far more impactful strategy: how ...
Building on a Foundation: What It’s Really Like to Take Over the Family Shop
By Hunt Demarest, CPA and Guest Brad Templin of Scott’s U-Save Tires & Auto Repair Every once in a while, I get an email ...
What Shop Owners Need to Know About Life Insurance
Absolutely — here’s the revised blog with stronger, clearer headings and natural flow while keeping your original tone and structure intact: Over the past ...
News Release: PMA Awarded on USA TODAY’s America’s Most Recommended Tax & Accounting Firms 2026 List
Paar, Melis & Associates (PMA) has been awarded on USA TODAY’s list of America’s Most Recommended Tax & Accounting Firms 2026. The award list ...
Why Your Sales Goal Might Be Setting You Up for Failure
A couple weeks ago, we hit Episode 200, and I talked about doubling your sales, doubling your profit, doubling your gross profit. Big goals. ...
Ratchet+Wrench: The Truth About Profit, Cash, and Why They Don’t Match
Why does your business show a profit—but your bank account tells a completely different story? In this eye-opening article, Hunt Demarest breaks down one ...