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  • Tax Portrait of Business Owners
    Homepage, Small Business, SMB Taxes
    May 24, 2022
    by Barbara Weltman

    A Tax Portrait of Business Owners

    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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  • The State of Small Business 2022
    General Business, Homepage, Small Business
    May 3, 2022
    by Barbara Weltman

    The State of Small Business 2022

    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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  • Employers' Tax Burden for Having Remote workers
    Small Business, SMB Taxes
    April 19, 2022
    by Barbara Weltman

    Employers’ Tax Burden for Having Remote Workers

    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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  • Startup Ideas for Success: Learning Government-Imposed Responsibilities
    General Business, Small Business
    March 15, 2022
    by Barbara Weltman

    Startup Ideas for Success: Learning about Your Government-Imposed Responsibilities

    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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  • Company Dating Policy
    General Business, Small Business
    February 10, 2022
    by Barbara Weltman

    A Company Dating Policy?

    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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  • Business Owners Combat Fatigue
    General Business, Small Business
    January 18, 2022
    by Barbara Weltman

    Business Owners and their “Combat Fatigue”

    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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  • Reporting Payments to Independent Contractors
    Small Business, SMB Taxes
    January 6, 2022
    by Barbara Weltman

    Reporting Payments to Independent Contractors: 5 Things to Know

    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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  • Things that Drive Employees Out the Door
    General Business, Small Business
    December 23, 2021
    by Barbara Weltman

    Avoid the 5 Things that Drive Employees Out the Door

    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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  • Inflation
    General Business, Small Business, SMB Financial
    December 7, 2021
    by Barbara Weltman

    What You Can Do About Inflation

    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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  • Thanksgiving Why Small Business Owners Can Be Thankful
    Small Business
    November 25, 2021
    by Barbara Weltman

    Thanksgiving: Why Small Business Owners Can Be Thankful

    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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  • Escaping Federal Tax Penalties
    Small Business, SMB Taxes
    October 7, 2021
    by Barbara Weltman

    Escaping Federal Tax Penalties

    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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  • Why Are You In Business?
    Small Business
    September 23, 2021
    by Barbara Weltman

    Why Are You in Business?

    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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  • Staying Positive
    General Business, Small Business
    August 17, 2021
    by Barbara Weltman

    Recovery Strategies: Staying Positive

    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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  • Home Office
    General Business, Small Business
    July 1, 2021
    by Barbara Weltman

    10 Easy No- and Low-Cost Ways to Spiff Up Your Home Office

    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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  • Preparing for Economic Changes Mindset Makes a Difference
    General Business, Small Business
    September 24, 2020
    by Barbara Weltman

    Preparing for Economic Changes: Mindset Makes a Difference

    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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  • You're Going to Need More Cash for Taxes
    Small Business, SMB Taxes
    September 8, 2020
    by Barbara Weltman

    Why You’re Going to Need More Cash in 2021 for Taxes

    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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  • Business Insurance
    General Business, Small Business
    June 16, 2020
    by Barbara Weltman

    Your Insurance Audit

    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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  • Preparing for Economic Changes Meeting the Challenges from the Coronavirus
    General Business, Small Business
    March 3, 2020
    by Barbara Weltman

    Preparing for Economic Changes: Meeting the Challenges from the Coronavirus

    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 ...
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