Tax Authorities

If you need an Employer Identification Number (EIN) and you need it now, here is your answer.

If your home-based business requires a special permit, here's what you need to get a use permit.

Some home based business opportunities don't require the business owner to have a license. The requirement for licensing is particularly lax in Network Marketing home based businesses. Does that mean you shouldn't obtain...

The IRS has targeted small businesses with stepped-up audits and more red tape to close the so-called "tax gap." But better education and a simplified tax code may be smarter ways for the...

To recall Eliot's words, April is the cruelest month. But it's not because of the melancholy passing of one season into the next; it's because of the grueling, pencil-snapping process of filing income...

2020 and beyond: the Singularity (intelligent machines begin to produce discoveries that are too complex for humans to understand) ...

Sure, it´s legal to go into business with your spouse! If, after my first post about the personal aspects of going into business with your spouse, you´re ready to move forward, the next...

I really find this statistic very hard to believe, "...individual taxpayers reported just 57% of their business income." This statistic also seems to be a stretch, "...unincorporated sole proprietors, (folks who list their...

Don't have the cash to pay your tax bill? The government gives you the option to charge it to a credit card. And now for the first time, businesses can pay taxes with...

A while back, I posted this - Outsourcing for the Home-Based Business . It talks about some reasons why a home-based business will need help along the way. To expand on that a...

"So you want to be your own boss. Tired of someone else telling you what you have to do? Ready to break-free and do it YOUR way? Good for you! Congratulations! It's an...

Here's your chance to make a difference. Don't just complain, get involved.

The United States Internal Revenue Service issued a new Form 2553, Election by a Small Business Corporation . The revised instructions can be found here . Via this post from Tax &...

E-mails reveal that Swatch feared tax challenge By Adrian Michaels "Senior financial executives at Swatch Group feared that the company's global tax arrangements would be challenged by authorities if the accounting treatment...

How to Negotiate Debts "Once a company runs into trouble, management can bet there are a lot of people standing in line waiting to be paid. When money becomes scarce, leaders of...

StartupJournal | New Venture Adventures Should You Deduct Home-Office Costs? By BOB ROSNER A while back, the small business I was running received a call from the Internal Revenue Service. "Just a...