A second chance thanks to a responsible partner Joe Smith is a drywall installer and painter who had a large, thriving business that fell victim to payroll tax compliance issues. When he decided to start a new company, he was determined not to make the same mistakes. The bookwork took me down I started up a business in ’79. I was pretty young, I had 45 people working for me and I made a ton of money. But I did get in a little bit of trouble for not keeping up with the quarterlies. I know my profession. What I do is drywall, hanging, finishing and painting. But keeping up with the bookwork and that kind of stuff caught up with me. I started my business back up in January 2017, and I was doing small jobs on my own. Then I started getting big contracts. Now I’ve got materials, I’ve got

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