Tag: small business owners
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With National Small Business Week recently passed, it’s a good time to look at how business owners appear on their personal tax returns. The IRS’s ...
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May 2-5, 2022, is National Small Business Week. It is a time to recognize the important contributions that small businesses make—to their families, their employees, ...
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COVID-19 started a revolution in remote work arrangements. Initially, workers were forced to work from their homes because of government-mandated shutdowns. Then, workers continued working ...
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When you start a business, your goal is to bring in revenue so you can meet your financial obligations (e.g., pay the rent, cover your ...
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Despite the persistence of the pandemic and the fact that some many employees continue to work remotely, Valentine’s Day is still a time for romance, ...
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Combat fatigue, according to the dictionary, is a psychological disturbance caused by prolonged exposure to active warfare, especially being under bombardment. But this sounds a ...
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If you engage independent contractors and pay them in the aggregate $600 or more during the year, you must report payments to them and to ...
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With the “Great Resignation,” in which 4.2 million employees quit their jobs in just October 2021, small business owners need to be smart about handling their ...
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There’s no getting around it…high inflation is having an impact on small businesses. The historic average rate of inflation is between 2% and 3%. Since June ...
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The annual national holiday of Thanksgiving for many businesses is the official start of the holiday shopping season. For some businesses, this period represents their ...
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Late with filing a tax return with the IRS? Didn’t correctly figure and pay what you owe? Did something you weren’t supposed to do? Don’t ...
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Today’s challenges to small business owners are immense. COVID-19 aside (which, of course, is hard to put aside), there are challenges from the marketplace as ...
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It’s axiomatic that small business owners are optimists who, as Winston Churchill said, “see the opportunity in every difficulty.” Why else would they risk everything—their ...
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More and more people are working from home. The pandemic introduced many workers and business owners to this environment and, with the ebbing of COVID-19, ...
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Small business owners have been through a lot in the past months. Many have seen substantial declines in revenues, some have had to pivot their ...
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This year has been a very difficult one for small business owners. Some tax rules have made it a little easier to defer some taxes ...
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Most insurance policies run annually, and many business owners automatically renew their coverage without reviewing what is and is not covered. Now is a good ...
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The world first heard about the coronavirus a month ago. Yet it has intruded on many aspects of life and certainly has a negative economic ...