How the $15 Minimum Wage is Affecting Small Businesses

April 9, 2018 

How the $15 Minimum Wage is Affecting Small Businesses

Minimum wage is on the rise in the United States. While the federal government mandates a national minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, local and state governments have taken matters into their own hands; the city of Seattle was one of the first jurisdictions to set their minimum wage at $15 per hour.  [From LendEDU]...…

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April 5, 2018 

Small Business Owners Unsure of Tax Reform Benefits

Small business owners say they are optimistic about current and future business conditions but also are worried about the impact of the Tax Cuts and Job Act that was signed into law in late 2017. Capital One's latest Small Business Growth Index found ...

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April 3, 2018 

Vertex Announces Integration with Acumatica

Vertex, Inc., a provider of tax technology solutions and services, today announced the availability of an integration between its indirect tax solutions with Acumatica applications. Available in both on-premise and cloud technology, Vertex tax ...

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April 3, 2018 

Five Ways to More Successful Banking and FinTech Partnerships

No one wants to engage in a one-night stand around finance. There is too much risk involved for all parties. As such, it’s important that the fintech-banking partnership is able to scale as business grows. While a lot of companies look at technical ...

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April 2, 2018 

How the IRS Wants to Spend Its 2018 Budget

Enforcement is at an all time low. I have been doing this for 24 years, and when the U.S. government isn’t obtaining the revenue they are supposed to, the result is that the IRS becomes fully funded, and gets out of control.

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March 31, 2018 

Everything You Know About Electronic Payments is Wrong

Between 2010 and 2013, the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) reported a 17% percent drop in organizations use of checks to make B2B payments. That’s 17% of businesses using fewer checks and making more invoice payments through alternative ...

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March 28, 2018 

Canopy Receives $30 Million in New Funding for Cloud Tax Services

Led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, Pelion Ventures, University Growth Fund, and EPIC Ventures, the additional funding will support Canopy’s momentum in disrupting the $100B+ tax software and ...