Small Business

March 22, 2020 

The AICPA is proposing a system to help make sure small businesses can continue paying their employees quickly, efficiently and safely.

March 22, 2020 

A coalition made up of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), the International Franchise Association (IFA) and two leading payroll processing companies, Paychex and Intuit, issued the following open letter to President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Treasury Sec

March 20, 2020 

Escalating demand for certain essential items due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused Amazon to prioritize shipments of high-demand products to fulfillment centers in the European Union and United States. Doing so will allow the ...

March 19, 2020 

Small employers particularly should err on the side of caution. We consulted our community of employment law, HR, and small business experts, and they recommend taking action in three areas:

March 18, 2020 

President Donald Trump directed the Department of Housing and Urban Development to suspend all foreclosures and evictions through April amid the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

March 17, 2020 

Amazon.com Inc. will hire 100,000 workers and is prioritizing the stocking of household staples and medical supplies as it struggles to deal with a surge in demand for online orders from customers avoiding stores during the coronavirus pandemic.

March 17, 2020 

While Americans have long been resistant to bidets — a common feature in European toilets where jets of water clean you off instead of toilet paper — the spread of the coronavirus seems to be changing longtime views on self-washing.

March 16, 2020 

National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay and Retail Industry Leaders Association President Brian Dodge are advising consumers to shop responsibly during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

March 16, 2020 

Taxing remote sales is relatively new. Since the first states established their sales tax systems in the 1930s, states have had limited taxing authority over businesses based in other states. Indeed, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled more ...

Gail Cole

March 16, 2020 

Billing, collections and payment acceptance are essential functions for many nonprofits. In the current economic conditions and with widespread "social distancing" it is both more difficult and more critical for nonprofits to be able to issue ...

March 15, 2020 

The coronavirus outbreak is expected to have a longer and larger impact on imports at major U.S. retail container ports than previously believed as factory shutdowns and travel restrictions in China continue to affect production, according to the ...

March 12, 2020 

Almost half of all retailers expect some economic downturn in their revenue as a result of the WHO declared pandemic known as the coronavirus, or COVID-19, according to a March 2020 survey by Digital Commerce 360 of 304 retailers.