Small Business

February 5, 2014 

Although about 80 percent of small businesses expect to be profitable in 2014, less than half of them expect to create new jobs next year, according to a new survey.

February 4, 2014 

The letter lands in your business mailbox. The return address shows it's from the Internal Revenue Service. Before it's even opened, nervousness sets in.

February 3, 2014 

Are you a small business owner? How do you think your employees rate your management capabilities. Or, if you work for a small business, how do you think your bosses are doing?

Isaac M. O'Bannon

February 3, 2014 

Few organizations know as much about small businesses as Intuit, the maker of QuickBooks, which is the most widely-used small business accounting and management software in the world. Now, Intuit is giving back.

February 2, 2014 

Whether you were rooting for the Seahawks or the Broncos, or just watching for the commercials, you still probably didn't enjoy watching it as much as the owners and employees of one small California-based business.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

January 29, 2014 

The new health insurance laws still have many individuals and small business owners scratching their heads. In an effort to help those in North Carolina, Tim Robinson, CPA, tax director at the CPA Firm of Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP, in the Raleigh-Durham area, recently spoke to financial executives on compliance with the Affordable Care…

January 27, 2014 

Small businesses that suffered economic losses when the owner or a key employee was called up to active duty are eligible to apply for a low interest loan of up to $2 million from the U.S. Small Business Administration.

January 24, 2014 

It is popular among my learned accounting colleagues to portray the elders of the profession who have not signed on to the concept of a Social Media Strategy as some kinds of latter day Luddites.

Dave McClure

January 23, 2014 

Small businesses are hiring, and employment at smaller firms grew in Illinois and Indiana last month.

January 22, 2014 

Online accounting software maker Xero has released a new collection of critical tips and advice from accountants that is designed to help small businesses improve operations in 2014.

January 21, 2014 

Amazon.com will begin collecting sales tax in North Carolina beginning Feb. 1, a company official confirmed Monday.

January 20, 2014 

Starting this year, the credit goes up to 50 percent for for-profit entities, and 35 percent for tax-exempt ones.