Taxes & Taxation

Most of the recent subsidies and incentives for “small businesses” actually apply to all businesses.

Increasingly, businesses are adopting eco-friendly strategies, both to lower costs and to benefit the environment.

Here are 5 things that you should know this tax time.

Limited Liability Companies are businesses that are either owned by a single person or a few individuals. LLCs are a popular type of entity because the owners have limited liability for the liabilities...

Cost cutting is often the go-to strategy for companies trying to weather economic downturns. But some cost-reduction strategies end up doing more harm than good in the long run.

Now that the Republicans control the House Small Business Committee, they're the ones under the gun to deliver on their promises to solve some long-standing problems. Only time will tell if those solutions...

There are many Tax Apps out there that will calculate and file your taxes, provide you with tax rates, charts and other useful tax information, But how do know which ones are worth...

Looking for business credit without a personal guarantee? Discover five ways your company can obtain business credit without supplying a personal guarantee.

On January 1, 2011 the FDIC Board of Directors changed the temporary Transaction Account Guarantee (TAG) program rules once again. Through December 31, 2012 all non-interest bearing accounts (both consumer and business) now...

Generally speaking businesses that borrow money to finance assets based on their lifespan are going to pay the least amount of interest over the life of a loan and increase their ability to...

Statehouses looking to boost revenue are intensifying enforcement and collection of state and local taxes, forcing small businesses to keep pace with rapidly shifting rules -- or pay the penalty.

Selling a C-Corp, or even an S-Corp that was originally a C-Corp in the last 10 years (the BIG tax) can result in an ugly double taxation event. Ugly. However the Small Business...

What is your dun and bradstreet ID number? Learn how to conduct a dun and bradstreet number lookup so you can locate your company's DUNs number.

I was a banker during the last major federal government shutdown in October 1996. We had customers that were federal government contractors. Not only did they suffer because the didn’t get paid for...

When you use a tax preparer, there are some things you should remember

If you are in a cash-flow crunch, underestimated your quarterly payments, or just can't pay your taxes, state and federal tax agencies have programs in place to help you with your tax debt.

Help may be available for real estate investors, or those who own second homes, under a government-sponsored program that allows them to refinance into low, fixed-rate mortgages - even if they are underwater....

Many entrepreneurs seek out equity capital from traditional VCs but Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs) may be a good alternative.

When you consider that there are fifty states, all of which impose at least one type of tax (corporate income, gross receipts, personal property, sales and use, etc.), keeping up state and local...