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Your Small Business Questions, Answered
Send us your questions on challenges you face in your business. Journalist Karen E. Klein will interview experts and distill their insights into answers.
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Craft Brewers Float a Tax Cut. Mega-Brewers Want In
Small breweries want lower tax bills in a time of fiscal belt-tightening. Good thing they have friends in Congress -
Taxes
How to Get Ready for an IRS Audit
The self-employed are more likely to be audited. Here's how to bulletproof your tax return -
Policy
Explaining Obamacare's Baffling Tax Breaks for Small Business
Small employers have been slow to take the law's tax credit for offering health coverage. Accountants blame complicated rules -
Small Business
Yellow Pages Bankruptcy, Lobbying Controversy, Tax Season Stress: March 19
A daily roundup of the most compelling stories about small business and entrepreneurship -
Taxes
A Home-Office Tax Deduction Refresher
Claiming the deduction is complex, but it's worth it for those who qualify -
Commentary
The IRS's Worker-Classification Rules Aren't Working
Congress should halt the Internal Revenue Service's increased audits of small employers suspected of misclassifying workers as independent contractors until the IRS clarifies its rules -
Small Business
IRS Crackdown, Crowdfunding 'Veronica Mars,' Paul Graham's Handshake Deal: March 15
A daily roundup of the most compelling stories about small business and entrepreneurship -
Small Business
Zuckerberg's $1 Billion Offer, Tax Mistakes to Avoid, Groupon's Interim Boss: March 14
A daily roundup of the most compelling stories about small business and entrepreneurship -
Taxes
Does Small Business Tax Reform Overlook Small Business?
A draft bill for tax reform spends more time policing tax avoidance than it does on lowering taxes for mom and pop -
Policy
Small Caps Stall, NYC's Soda Ban Blocked, NVCA Seeks New Chief: March 12
A daily roundup of the most compelling stories about small business and entrepreneurship -
Taxes
Tax Prep Basics for Small Business Owners
A tax pro urges employers and the self-employed to organize paperwork, raise questions, and understand deductions -
Taxes
Tax Reform, Angels Slow Investments, Nasdaq's New Private Market: March 7
A daily roundup of the most compelling stories about small business and entrepreneurship -
Policy
Sequestration Cuts $92 Million From the SBA's Budget
Government contractors aren't the only folks affected—the cuts also shrink entrepreneurs' access to capital -
Taxes
California Delays Collecting ‘Surreal’ Back Taxes
The latest wrinkle in the Golden State's unusual effort to retroactively collect $120 million from people who profited by selling stakes in small businesses -
Commentary
How Ohio's Budget Plan Could Boost Small Business
To increase small business hiring and investment, borrow a page from Ohio Governor John Kasich's unusual new budget
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Advice
Paying Yourself When You Start a Business
To avoid cash-flow problems and hassles with the IRS, understand the implications of taking money from your business for personal use -
Policy
What Obamacare Means for Small Employers in 2013
One of every four business owners are uninsured, studies say, and small employers are more likely to terminate coverage -
Advice
How to Lower Your Company's Property Taxes
To convince officials to reduce a company's tax burden, build a case backed with data and get peers and politicians to support it -
Taxes
A Home-Office Tax Deduction Refresher
Claiming the deduction is complex, but it's worth it for those who qualify -
Taxes
California Delays Collecting ‘Surreal’ Back Taxes
The latest wrinkle in the Golden State's unusual effort to retroactively collect $120 million from people who profited by selling stakes in small businesses -
Policy
Explaining Obamacare's Baffling Tax Breaks for Small Business
Small employers have been slow to take the law's tax credit for offering health coverage. Accountants blame complicated rules -
Advice
'Useless' Business Help: Inside a $200 Million Fraud Case
The Federal Trade Commission is trying to shut down an operation called the Tax Club, which the agency says tricked people into buying bogus business services -
Taxes
California Seeks $120 Million in Back Taxes from Small Businesses
The Golden State is trying to collect back taxes from entrepreneurs and shareholders who had recently used a 20-year-old tax break that was invalidated in 2012 -
Taxes
How to Get Ready for an IRS Audit
The self-employed are more likely to be audited. Here's how to bulletproof your tax return -
Taxes
It’s Retailer vs. Retailer in Internet Sales Tax Push
Proposed federal legislation to collect sales tax on Internet purchases is reigniting debate among brick-and-mortar shops and online sellers -
Policy
Surprise: Everyone Applauds Small Business Tax Reform
The hard part is figuring out how to pay for the tax breaks—and how to keep small business from getting lost in a larger tax bill -
Advice
How Startups Negotiate Favorable Leases
As real estate markets improve in some parts of the country, attorneys share tactics for businesses with seemingly little leverage -
Policy
Why Corporate Tax Cuts Won't Help Small Business
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Advice
Why It's So Hard to Write Off Your Home Office
Taxpayers have grappled with the IRS for decades over what kind of work at home entitles them to a deduction -
Advice
Who Should Take a Home-Office Tax Deduction?
Fearing audits, relatively few taxpayers claim a home office. Here's how to determine eligibility—and see if the potential scrutiny is worth undergoing
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Advice
How to Lower Your Company's Property Taxes
To convince officials to reduce a company's tax burden, build a case backed with data and get peers and politicians to support it -
Policy
Surprise: Everyone Applauds Small Business Tax Reform
The hard part is figuring out how to pay for the tax breaks—and how to keep small business from getting lost in a larger tax bill -
Advice
Paying Yourself When You Start a Business
To avoid cash-flow problems and hassles with the IRS, understand the implications of taking money from your business for personal use -
Policy
Explaining Obamacare's Baffling Tax Breaks for Small Business
Small employers have been slow to take the law's tax credit for offering health coverage. Accountants blame complicated rules -
Advice
'Useless' Business Help: Inside a $200 Million Fraud Case
The Federal Trade Commission is trying to shut down an operation called the Tax Club, which the agency says tricked people into buying bogus business services -
Taxes
How to Get Ready for an IRS Audit
The self-employed are more likely to be audited. Here's how to bulletproof your tax return -
Taxes
More Reasons Not to Fudge Business Expenses
Business owners who fudge expenses risk more than tax audits—weakening their balance sheet and undermining credibility with employees and investors -
Taxes
California Seeks $120 Million in Back Taxes from Small Businesses
The Golden State is trying to collect back taxes from entrepreneurs and shareholders who had recently used a 20-year-old tax break that was invalidated in 2012 -
Taxes
Does Small Business Tax Reform Overlook Small Business?
A draft bill for tax reform spends more time policing tax avoidance than it does on lowering taxes for mom and pop
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Advice
Paying Yourself When You Start a Business
To avoid cash-flow problems and hassles with the IRS, understand the implications of taking money from your business for personal use -
Policy
Surprise: Everyone Applauds Small Business Tax Reform
The hard part is figuring out how to pay for the tax breaks—and how to keep small business from getting lost in a larger tax bill -
Advice
How to Lower Your Company's Property Taxes
To convince officials to reduce a company's tax burden, build a case backed with data and get peers and politicians to support it
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