Tax Law

Getting ready to file your taxes? Here are 5 tips to help you this tax season.

Americans have done it for years. But banks are getting tough, and some people are going to jail.

It's a new year with new opportunity! If those opportunities for you include incorporating a new business, here are some important things to keep in mind.

2011 started with a series of uproars over online sales taxes. It ended with a series of proposed federal laws that could put an end to the controversy for good.

Crowdfunding offers an exciting new way for entrepreneurs to obtain startup financing. Check out the top crowdfunding sites to learn how to get your share.

Before asking friends or relatives to invest in your business, know what you are getting into and how to structure these transactions.

Business licenses and permits keep your startup in compliance. Government resources can help you understand and adhere to licensing requirements.

Entrepreneurs often try to go it alone during the startup phase. But it's important to know when it's time to hire, and what your hiring options include.

25 basic business terms every entrepreneur or business startup owner needs to know.

A Senate measure to preserve a payroll tax break in 2012 goes down to defeat, and a last-minute compromise looks increasingly unlikely.

This past year was a tumultuous one for small businesses. Check out the top 13 events of the year, and why they mattered to small businesses.

New incentives give small businesses more reason than ever to hire skilled veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Want to combine business with pleasure this holiday season? Follow these tax-savvy tips to delight yourself, your employees, your customers, AND your accountant.

Senate Repubs block a payroll tax-cut extension by claiming that a related millionaire surtax would hurt job creation. But where's the evidence to support that claim?

New IRS guidance on new laws has been fast and furious during the past few months, so carefully review this list before you prepare your taxes.

Continuing financing issues mean the industry may never return to its pre-recession days. But promising opportunities still exist in franchising's new era.

The jobless rate hit its lowest level since March 2009, but wrangling over a payroll tax-cut extension continues to add uncertainty for small businesses.

Plan would require small businesses with more than $500,000 in annual "remote" sales to collect sales tax, putting a new administrative burden on e-tailers.

If you bought something online this week, you may owe use tax on your purchase. If that comes as news to you -- or if you don't even know what a "use tax"...