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National Small Business Week runs from May 1 through May 8. More than half of Americans either own or work for a small business, and these entities create about two out of every three jobs in the United States each year, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration....

By purchasing stock in certain small businesses, you can not only diversify your portfolio but also enjoy preferential tax treatment. And under a provision of the tax extenders act signed into law this past December (the PATH Act), such stock is now even more attractive from a...

Although 40 percent of U.S. small business owners consider themselves to be financially illiterate, 81 percent still handle their own business finances, according to a 2014 Intuit study. The federal government has dubbed April “National Financial Capability Month” in...

Even in the best of times, starting — and growing — a small business can be tough. But the credit crunch that followed 2008’s mortgage meltdown made finding working capital almost impossible for many business owners. One of the ways the government is helping to fill the credit...

The IRS recently released special procedures that will allow small businesses to more easily adopt the tangible property regulations, more commonly known as the repair regulations. These special procedures generally limit the changes in accounting needed to adopt the repair regs...

Thanks to his deep industry knowledge and financial acumen, Doug is building a rapidly growing manufacturing business. But Doug is no human resources expert, and his wife, who squeezes their HR function into her busy day as the company’s marketing director, is worried about...