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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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Financing
As Online Sales Tax Passes Senate, What's the Word on Main Street?
E-tailers will have to grapple with new tax-compliance rules if the bill becomes law. Many online and offline businesses consider it worth the trouble -
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
Colorado and Washington Try to Figure Out How to Tax Marijuana
Proponents of legal pot said it would bring a flood of tax revenue. Not so fast -
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 -
Small Business
A Business Friendliness Ranking Questions Business Friendliness Rankings
Thumbtack.com and the Kauffman Foundation say their survey does a better job than others because it relies on small business owners' responses -
Policy
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
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Benefits
What the Self-Employed Don't Know About Obamacare Subsidies
In 2014, individuals earning up to about $45,000 annually through self-employment could be eligible for subsidized health insurance coverage -
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
Is the Online Sales Tax Bill's Fate Tied to What 'Small Seller' Means?
While EBay wants businesses with less than $10 million in remote sales excused from collecting out-of-state sales taxes, a key congressman questions any exemption -
Taxes
Tax Reform Riddle: How Big Can a 'Small' Business Be?
A House bill would reduce burdens on companies with revenue of $10 million or less, but some feel the threshold should be higher -
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 -
Taxes
A Home-Office Tax Deduction Refresher
Claiming the deduction is complex, but it's worth it for those who qualify -
Policy
Delaware Eyes a New Corporate Structure for Social Enterprises
Corporate America’s favorite legal jurisdiction is on the cusp of letting businesses make social and environmental missions as important as earning profits -
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 -
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 -
Financing
As Online Sales Tax Passes Senate, What's the Word on Main Street?
E-tailers will have to grapple with new tax-compliance rules if the bill becomes law. Many online and offline businesses consider it worth the trouble -
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 -
Policy
Why Corporate Tax Cuts Won't Help Small Business
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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 -
Advice
Risking Retirement on Selling the Business
Many small business owners gamble their retirement on selling out rather than diversifying their assets. They also retire significantly later than employees do, two new studies show -
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
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Benefits
What the Self-Employed Don't Know About Obamacare Subsidies
In 2014, individuals earning up to about $45,000 annually through self-employment could be eligible for subsidized health insurance coverage -
Taxes
Tax Reform Riddle: How Big Can a 'Small' Business Be?
A House bill would reduce burdens on companies with revenue of $10 million or less, but some feel the threshold should be higher -
Policy
Delaware Eyes a New Corporate Structure for Social Enterprises
Corporate America’s favorite legal jurisdiction is on the cusp of letting businesses make social and environmental missions as important as earning profits -
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
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
Is the Online Sales Tax Bill's Fate Tied to What 'Small Seller' Means?
While EBay wants businesses with less than $10 million in remote sales excused from collecting out-of-state sales taxes, a key congressman questions any exemption -
Financing
As Online Sales Tax Passes Senate, What's the Word on Main Street?
E-tailers will have to grapple with new tax-compliance rules if the bill becomes law. Many online and offline businesses consider it worth the trouble -
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 -
Policy
Small Business Makes a Risky Bet on Health Care
A shift toward self-insuring could threaten health reform
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Policy
Is the Online Sales Tax Bill's Fate Tied to What 'Small Seller' Means?
While EBay wants businesses with less than $10 million in remote sales excused from collecting out-of-state sales taxes, a key congressman questions any exemption -
Policy
Delaware Eyes a New Corporate Structure for Social Enterprises
Corporate America’s favorite legal jurisdiction is on the cusp of letting businesses make social and environmental missions as important as earning profits -
Benefits
What the Self-Employed Don't Know About Obamacare Subsidies
In 2014, individuals earning up to about $45,000 annually through self-employment could be eligible for subsidized health insurance coverage -
Taxes
Pricier Penalties for Tax-Reporting Scofflaws
Small employers who miss IRS deadlines must pay steeper penalties this year. The maximum failure-to-file penalty is now $500,000 -
Taxes
Tax Reform Riddle: How Big Can a 'Small' Business Be?
A House bill would reduce burdens on companies with revenue of $10 million or less, but some feel the threshold should be higher
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