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 Ranking the Best Cities for Veteran Business Owners

November 20, 2017 

Ranking the Best Cities for Veteran Business Owners

Veterans continue to do more than their fair share after leaving the military: More than one-in-four veterans in the workforce are running their own business, a rate that is 7.7 percentage points greater than the national average, according to the ...

 Health Insurance Rates Skyrocket for Small Business

November 20, 2017 

Health Insurance Rates Skyrocket for Small Business

While growth rates in insurance premiums have slowed in recent years, from 10 percent in 2014 to 7 percent in 2017, typical small business owners still spend about $500 per month on premiums to cover themselves and/or their families.

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November 20, 2017 

5 Must-Have Workplace Policies

By implementing or updating as needed, and consistently enforcing five (5) practical and well-known workplace policies, most employers can dramatically decrease the potential that a workplace decision involving an employee will result in ...

Richard D. Alaniz, JD

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November 20, 2017 

Valuation of a Cannabis Business

The Internal Revenue Code is so vast, and the laws surrounding cannabis are so complicated, that you have to stay up to date on the pulse of the community. My license is a Federal License and I have about 75 cannabis clients all over the country.

Craig Smalley

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November 20, 2017 

5 Hiring and Salary Trends for 2018

Demand for accounting professionals remains high, while unemployment for accountants and auditors remains low, below the national average. This is putting pressure on and intensifying hiring competition for accounting firms.

Paul McDonald

What is Nexus for Sales Taxes?

November 20, 2017 

What is Nexus for Sales Taxes?

Each state, and sometimes each jurisdiction within a state, has different standards for when a company is required to collect and remit sales tax. The legal term for this requirement is called nexus. Learn the basic concepts behind nexus and your company’s relationship with taxing jurisdictions.

How Automated Sales Tax Compliance Works

November 20, 2017 

How Automated Sales Tax Compliance Works

Skip the line. In three, easy steps we will get you started with Avalara’s premier sales tax automation and compliance software. Find out how, today.

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November 20, 2017 

Phases of Change

Change evokes many emotions: fear, curiosity, exhaustion, loyalty, paranoia, optimism, rage, and revelation, to name a few. Unfortunately, management often overlooks or underestimates the emotional impact of changes such as mergers, process ...

Arianna Campbell

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November 20, 2017 

Is the Password Dying?

It’s not hard to see why people don’t like passwords. We share a lot of sensitive personal information with companies, including Social Security numbers, health records, and bank account and credit card numbers. Even password managers don’t eliminate ...

Jim Boomer