When you hire people to work for your company, you want the authority to make decisions about compensation, promotion, termination, and other … Read more about Sharing Employer Responsibilities
Buy or Lease Your Next Business Vehicle
Last year was the best year for the automotive industry since 2005, with more than 16.4 million vehicles sold. This year is expected to be even … Read more about Buy or Lease Your Next Business Vehicle
Guidance for Running Your Business from Poor Richard’s Alamanack
An adage is a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth, and Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack is chock full of them. Published … Read more about Guidance for Running Your Business from Poor Richard’s Alamanack
Legal Protections for Independent Contractors?
Follow @BarbaraWeltman Employees enjoy various legal and financial protections: minimum wage and overtime rules, employee benefits (health coverage; … Read more about Legal Protections for Independent Contractors?
Office Pools — Good or Bad Idea?
Offices across the U.S. were abuzz with the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 1. March Madness begins on March 17. Throughout the year there are fantasy … Read more about Office Pools — Good or Bad Idea?
Valentine’s Day at Your Business
Follow @BarbaraWeltman For some small businesses, such as jewelry stores, restaurants, flower shops, candy shops, and card stores, Valentine’s Day … Read more about Valentine’s Day at Your Business
The President’s Tax Proposals
Follow @BarbaraWeltman In the President’s State of the Union Address on January 20, 2015, he laid out some tax proposals designed to raise revenues … Read more about The President’s Tax Proposals
Multiple Businesses: Business, Legal, and Tax Considerations
The term "multiple businesses" connotes multinational corporations with intertwining ownership of many entities. But many entrepreneurs own and run … Read more about Multiple Businesses: Business, Legal, and Tax Considerations
Be Frugal to Become More Profitable: 25 Ways to Save
Benjamin Franklin stated in Poor Richard's Alamanack that "a penny saved is a penny earned" (the original use of the phrase precedes Franklin's … Read more about Be Frugal to Become More Profitable: 25 Ways to Save
Firing Employees: The Right Way
Despite the increasingly strong job market that makes it tougher to find the workers you need, you may have an employee that you have to discharge. In … Read more about Firing Employees: The Right Way
The Entrepreneur Track
Follow @BarbaraWeltman When I was in high school in the mid-60s, the New York City school system had three tracks: academic (for those planning to go … Read more about The Entrepreneur Track
What to Do About Sec. 179 Uncertainty
Follow @BarbaraWeltman Here’s the catch-22 for businesses: in order to increase their capital good, equipment is necessary, but to get the equipment, … Read more about What to Do About Sec. 179 Uncertainty
Are You Prepared for … ?
Follow @BarbaraWeltman Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense under Bush 2, said: “There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. … Read more about Are You Prepared for … ?
Five New Year’s Resolutions
While few keep them, it doesn’t stop us from making them every year. Here are my five favorites. (This is adapted from an article published in Big … Read more about Five New Year’s Resolutions
Starting the New Year off Right for Tax Savings
Taxes may not be the primary issue on the minds of business owners at this time of the year, but they perhaps should be. Essentially taxes are the … Read more about Starting the New Year off Right for Tax Savings
