Small Business

January 25, 2013 

Several senators are drafting a proposal that would raise the state sales tax by a penny to pay for specific transportation projects. Part of the money would be allotted to cities and counties for upkeep of local roads and bridges. The 1-cent tax would expire in 10 years.

January 25, 2013 

New Hampshire's retail industry is finally recovering from the great recession, as is obvious from both sales and employment, thanks partly to America's slow economic recovery and partly to our northern neighbors.

January 24, 2013 

This is late January, that awkward period when tax season looms but is not quite here that is very similar to watching the afternoon sky as a snowstorm approaches. And much like the approach of a winter storm, the approach of tax season calls for some last minute preparations to make life easier in the…

Dave McClure

January 24, 2013 

Authorities filed multiple identity theft charges against a High Point woman who worked as a payroll clerk.

January 24, 2013 

http://dsef.org Are you a small business owner? Here are some scams to watch out for that specifically target small businesses. Brought to you by the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) and the Direct Selling Education Foundation (DSEF).

January 24, 2013 

Florida lawmakers are pressing Gov. Rick Scott's job-creation team to cough up more details about the hundreds of millions of dollars in tax-incentives it awards to companies every year.

January 23, 2013 

A Mt. Pleasant, PA, bookkeeper will spend nearly one year in jail after she was sentenced Tuesday for embezzling more than $400,000 from a Greensburg accounting firm to buy scratch-off lottery tickets.

January 23, 2013 

Early-stage Internet startup companies will be able to get their ideas off the ground faster with a better chance to succeed going forward through a new business accelerator launched today in the Kansas City region.

January 22, 2013 

Businesses should be in the middle of preparing and delivering their W-2 and 1099 forms for last year. If not, they're likely going to face penalties.

January 21, 2013 

Boomers and seniors are eating out more, their kids are doing so less.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

January 21, 2013 

Since 2005, tepid economic growth and high foreclosure rates have depressed home prices, bloating inventories and preventing start activity. In 2013, economists are revising nearly a decade of pessimism and forecasting growth throughout the residential construction industry.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

January 21, 2013 

Nominations are being accepted until April 13, 2013, for the annual Wisconsin Family Business of the Year awards.