Small Business

April 25, 2016 

The state tax arena is fraught with variation, complexity, confusion and ambiguity, which has major implications for U.S. corporations, according to findings from Bloomberg BNA’s 2016 Survey of State Tax Departments, conducted for the 16th consecutive ...

April 25, 2016 

Towns in Michigan, Illinois, New York and Missouri top the list of good small cities to start a new business in.

April 21, 2016 

CFOs and senior management teams are reassessing their revenue management practices and technology in response to shifting market conditions that demand new billing models, according to “The New World of Revenue Management” report released today by ...

April 20, 2016 

The growing importance of real-time data in businesses means protecting its accuracy and integrity is vital to determine a company’s true performance metrics and mitigate financial risk. Yet, it is labor-intensive and time-consuming.

April 20, 2016 

People smarter than I am started using these new terms and they caught on, to the point where not using them exposes you as being out of touch. As the Chicago Tribune’s Rex Huppke says: “The war against workplace buzzwords is a lonely one.”

April 18, 2016 

Intuit’s Small Business Segment Leader Talks about Why She Pushes for Small Business Success

Taija Sparkman

April 12, 2016 

According to Office Depot’s monthly Personal Shopper Index, only 44 percent shred paper during tax season. Improper disposal of documents that contain personal information can increase the risk of identity theft. At Office Depot and OfficeMax retail ...

April 5, 2016 

Also known as commercial crime bonds, it can be difficult to grasp their importance for the smooth operation of business. They are a type of fidelity surety bond that protects your business from dishonesty, fraud, theft, forgery and embezzlement that ...

March 31, 2016 

Millennials are the most positive about the business economy, with 62% reporting they’re more confident in the financial health of their business than last year. Gen Xers and Baby Boomers agree, 59% respectively report that they are more confident ...

March 31, 2016 

Most, if not all American professional business appraisal standards are silent on the matter of the structure of the sale – an asset sale or stock sale. There are numerous reasons for the omission of the explicit consideration of transaction ...

March 31, 2016 

A new survey suggests that as the presidential primary progresses, small business owners are losing faith in candidates on both sides of the aisle.

March 28, 2016 

Compared to last year's March 2015 GEI survey, EO's year-over-year global data reveals a sustained entrepreneurial optimism across the globe. In the U.S., more than half of the 2,954 businesses surveyed also reported an increase in full-time (60%) and ...