Small Business

May 22, 2017 

Similar to the tax season, agriculture clients have busy seasons too – planting and harvesting. It’s tough to reach clients, and it’s even tougher to gain new clients, during that time. What’s a practitioner to do?

Becky Livingston

May 22, 2017 

It's one of today's most vexing economic puzzles: Why can't employers find workers to fill their positions when approximately 7.5 million Americans are unemployed, and millions more are working part-time because they can't find full-time positions or ...

May 22, 2017 

Our goal is to turn agricultural producers into agribusiness producers. We want to help the agribusiness producer to think and make decisions as a business owner. We strive to challenge these producers from decision-making based on emotions or tax ...

Pam Olinger

May 21, 2017 

Delta Air Lines and rideshare company Lyft are partnering to offer SkyMiles members more opportunities to earn miles doing something they can do every day – requesting a ride. Starting today, SkyMiles members can earn miles for every Lyft ride, and ...

May 21, 2017 

Anchoring the bottom as the five worst states for business are California (No. 50), New York (No. 49), Illinois (No. 48), New Jersey (No. 47), and Connecticut (No. 46)—all repeating their ranking from last year. Mississippi was this year’s biggest gainer,

May 17, 2017 

We’ve all heard the expression “innovate or die.” But there are endless examples of companies that made cutting-edge ideas a priority, yet their can’t-miss products – and sometimes the businesses themselves – died untimely deaths anyway.

May 17, 2017 

Optimism and growth in doing business overseas remain strong among small businesses at 57 percent, but that represents a significant dip compared to last year’s report, when it was as high as 96 percent.

May 16, 2017 

Generally, my advice was to form an LLC and then have it taxed as an S-Corporation. But there are many things to examine here. Let’s say that someone is working full time and this is their side business. Wouldn’t it just make sense to form an LLC and ...

Craig Smalley

May 15, 2017 

The study ‘Venture Further: what drives international expansion and investment by US businesses?’ canvassed the views of 250 US-based C-Suite Executives to explore the motivations and challenges of US-headquartered multinationals in taking their ...

May 15, 2017 

Congress is overlooking many opportunities to have the federal government publish more of the data it already gathers, collect more data that can be put to valuable use, and encourage the private sector to make better use of data, according to a new ...

May 12, 2017 

While students prepare for summer break, many workers may be headed to the classroom, recent research suggests. Nearly one-third (31 percent) of CFOs in a Robert Half Management Resources survey report their company's training or professional ...

May 12, 2017 

Much of what we know about the average business credit card holder comes from surveys and government studies. In that sense, the information is limited. But it’s even harder to pin down who the everyday credit card holder is, because there were only about 13.9 million active business cards in 2015, according to CreditCards.com. That’s...…