May 7, 2014
A few weeks ago, I flew out to San Francisco for a one-day conference targeting small businesses that work with distributed teams. Since I happen to have just such a team, I headed out there. What I learned was that I was doing some things right (yay!) and some things wrong (also yay! It means…
May 5, 2014
In his new book, Business Techniques for Growth: More Tools for Small Business Success, veteran executive and small business advisor Tom Gray distills decades of experience into a series of proven techniques that can help any small business owner succeed.
May 5, 2014
Managing and growing a successful small business requires more than just business savvy, it also requires strong cash management capabilities. However, even strategic business owners can see some of the benefits disappear if they lose funds to a bank account that charges costly fees for various services that could be free elsewhere.
May 5, 2014
American businesses enjoy some of the lowest gasoline and diesel pump prices among the major world economies, according to a new study by international accounting firm network UHY LLP.
April 30, 2014
Online accounting software maker Xero has partnered with H&R Block, Inc. to offer the Xero system as the core small business online accounting platform in H&R Block's Small Business Program suite of services.
April 28, 2014
A new survey shows that, four years after being signed into law, about half of businesses understand and are prepared for the implications of the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare.
April 27, 2014
Traditionally, tax planning is targeted to individual taxpayers, but small business owners can also benefit from such tax-saving techniques. Instead of waiting until the very end of the year to pitch ideas to clients, present them with the following ten strategies at midyear.
April 25, 2014
Optimism in the economy among U.S. business leaders reached its highest level since 2004, according to the latest data from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR), a survey of more than 3,300 business leaders in 45 countries. In first quarter 2014, optimism among U.S. business leaders rose 30 percentage points to a net balance…
April 21, 2014
Now that tax season is over for almost all individual filers, except those who filed returns, it's a good time to look at how small businesses fared with their taxes.
April 21, 2014
Small business owners are pressed with constantly changing competition and are looking for ways to get ahead and stay there, and they expect their accountant to help them meet this challenge.
April 21, 2014
We’re in the middle of a fundamental shift – from client-centric accounting, where clients do their own bookkeeping and then send the records (often full of errors) to the tax preparer once a year – to an accountant-centric model, where accountants use cloud-based tools to provide accounting services as well as higher level consulting services.…
April 17, 2014
With the potential of a national sales tax coming, the prospect of trying to comply with many states and local sales tax regulations could be a nightmare for small companies who sell things over the internet. Fortunately, small online businesses and ecommerce sellers now have access to a free sales tax reporting system from Avalara.