Tax Deductions

Understanding the tax implications of current expenses, capital expenses, and Section 179 can help business owners make educated decisions about how they want to expense assets for the future benefit of the company.

A few years ago, your company had to be generating large revenues to consider using bank Treasury Management Services. Today, even very small businesses can benefit from bank services.

There are a few bad actors in this industry.

Banks and credit unions all over the country are encouraging their business customers to use remote check capture to make their non-cash deposits. It saves them work, provides your business greater security and...

Intuit, maker of the most widely used financial software in the U.S. has announced that its 2011 version will be available for purchase September 27, 2011. There are numerous enhancements in certain areas,...

In all the years I have followed IntuitTM, I have never seen a clunker product. Recently Intuit and a hardware partner introduced an iPhoneTM application/hardware combination that allows easy credit card swiping and...

According to a study performed by the SBA, the U.S. government significantly increased the amount of purchasing it made with small business owners in 2009 across 5 classes of small business.

Before you sell to a megacustomer, you need to understand what you're doing.

There are pros and cons to leasing or buying your business facility. Here’s what you need to consider.

As a business owner, you need to know the difference between a capital lease and an operating lease.

Among the most onerous provisions of the recent health care legislation is a provision to require businesses to issue 1099s any business they spend over $600 with. The provision has nothing to do...

Most SBA lenders are putting off borrowers until Congress decides to act.

Across the nation there are possibly millions of workers who have taken jobs they were overqualified for in order to partially close the gap between full unemployment and no employment. There are multiple...

Many people can legally claim a home office deduction but many do not.

Being a sole proprietor means that you and your business are one -- from the IRS perspective. When using this type of business formation it is important to understand the tax implications and...

While many wealthy consumers are shying away from luxury items to buy, Museum quality fine art galleries can’t keep their inventories in stock. Lisa Russell of Russell Collection Fine Art tells her story.

Historically many lenders haven't enforced this rule. Until now.

Forty-four U.S. regional banks (assets greater than $1 billion) are at significant risk because of exposure to delinquent or non-performing commercial real estate while the top 53 banks in the country also face...

During the last several months large health insurers have been quietly laying off workers all over the country while outsourcing their jobs overseas and raising insurance premiums. Something is wrong with this picture.