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Retail Earnings Show U.S. Consumers Keep Spending for the Right Price
Resilient shoppers are still opening their wallets when they find the right product at the right price.
March 13, 2013
Beer is big business in California: Creates 11,725 jobs, $5.3B economic impact
A new economic impact report released by the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) – America’s Beer Distributors: Fueling Jobs, Generating Economic Growth & Delivering Value to Local Communities – provides the first-ever comprehensive report on beer distribution companies’ total impact on national and state economies. The report, produced by Dr. Bill Latham and Dr. Ken...…
March 13, 2013
Top Ten Reasons to Hire a Professional Tax Preparer
Asking the right questions can help ensure you get a good one
March 13, 2013
A new twist on sales taxes: Are in-game purchases like “powerups” a transaction? Yes. Will they be taxed is a different question
Are in-game sales taxable transactions? In essence, the user/gamer is trading real money for a digital product. While that product may not exist outside of the game, it is a transaction that has value. In fact, it's a billion dollar industry, and one that has gone untaxed even by states and other jurisdictions that likely…
March 12, 2013
Survey shows that small businesses need to worry about data breaches
Although more than half the U.S. small businesses surveyed by the Ponemon Institute experienced at least one data breach, only a third notified individuals that their personal information had been exposed.
March 11, 2013
Financing group expands small business lending to 25 states
World Business Lenders, a lender to small businesses, has expanded lending to 25 from seven states, the company announced on Monday.
March 11, 2013
New ADP system helps businesses with compliance and business intelligence
A new study by ADP and CFO Research shows that 89 percent of senior finance executives rank compliance as a priority. However, managing compliance is becoming increasingly difficult – 73 percent expect the complexity of new regulations to make the task more resource-intensive over the next two years. ADP is a provider of human capital...…
March 11, 2013
Employee fraud can cripple a small business: How to limit damages
How much does can a thieving employee cost a business? According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the average financial loss for one instance of employee fraud is $140,000, and 40 to 50 percent of victimized companies don't recover any of their losses.
March 11, 2013
What small business owners want: Simpler taxes, decreased federal spending and no national sales tax
Small businesses want a simpler income tax code with decreased federal spending, and oppose a national sales tax.
March 9, 2013
Report: Better small business financing and mortgage lending helping economy
Investors Alliance has released a collection of new research reports highlighting JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Company, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., KeyCorp and Credicorp Ltd.
March 9, 2013
Small Business Employment Index: Slight growth remains consistent with past years
The CBIZ Small Business Employment Index (SBEI), a barometer for hiring trends for more than 3,500 companies with 300 or fewer employees, increased by 0.20 percent during February, following a decrease of 2.37 percent in January.
March 8, 2013
CCH SFS Selects Jason Marx as New President
CCH Small Firm Services, a Wolters Kluwer business, announced Jason Marx has been selected as its new President, effective immediately. Marx will replace former CCH SFS President Jeff Gramlich, who resigned last month.
March 8, 2013
Retroactive business taxes in California… is there hope for reversal?
Twenty years ago, state lawmakers passed a tax break aimed at helping California entrepreneurs launch their own businesses.