4 Year-End Tax Moves for Investors
'Tis the season to review your tax strategy. If you haven't already, look at your personal portfolio and consider these four tweaks before 2013. Read more
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Tax Moves to Make Before 2013
It's anyone's guess what next year will bring for taxes. So do yourself a favor and start planning your strategy now. Read more
Tax Hikes Are Coming. Time to Sell?
If you've thought about selling your business, now a new factor should enter into the decision: Should you do it before taxes rise next year? Read more
Guy Kawasaki: 'Why I'd Love to Pay More Taxes' 
Venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki explodes the notion that entrepreneurs care only about lower taxes and regulation. Watch video
What Entrepreneurs Need From Washington: It's Not Debatable
So far, the debates have painted tax policy as the holy grail for small business. Too bad the facts don't support it. Read more
The Problem With Your Accountant
Tens of thousands of CPAs make a living doing returns for small-business clients. They're missing a great opportunity. Read more
7 Simple Tools to Keep Your Start-up Organized
Filing expenses, managing leads, tracking website bugs: all crucial processes--and potential time sucks. These online tools can help. Read more
Romney Opened a Swiss Bank Account. Should You?
The presidential candidate is learning the hard way that they're not good for PR. But they might not be great tax havens anymore either. Read more
Would You Give Up Citizenship for $1 Billion?
Eduardo Saverin turned in his passport ahead of the Facebook IPO. Proof that entrepreneurs are fleeing because of high taxes? Read more
One Surprising Way Apple and Google Excel
Sure, they create innovative products. But these companies outdo their competitors in another, very important way. Read more
Entrepreneurs, With Feelings Hurt, Take to the Streets
The first-ever Manhattan "Entrepreneur Walk," a charity-walk for business owners, can agree on one thing: They’re sick of being lumped into the media’s d... Read more
FICA: The Tax Business Owners Should Fear Most
Millionaire tax? Forget it. Higher Brackets? Meh. The most dangerous tax for business owners is one nobody talks about. Read more
Why the Capital Gains Tax Hurts Entrepreneurs
The capital gains tax has been touted as the brass ring for business owners. But if you self-fund your growth, it's anything but. Read more
Don't Let Expenses Snowball
A sticker price is one thing. Be sure you factor in all costs of your expenses. Here's what I mean. Read more
Avoid These 3 Common Tax Mistakes
A new survey asks accountants to name the most common errors small business owners make when filing taxes. Here's what you need to know this tax season. Read more
How to Cut Costs
Here's five ways you can reduce your business expenses including the negotiation tactic Siamak Taghaddos, CEO of Grasshopper, used to launch for less. Watch video
Top Tax Move for 2012: Drop Dead
Business owners can save a ton of estate taxes by kicking the bucket this year rather than next. But there are less drastic solutions. Read more
Save on Taxes: How to Pay Like a Millionaire
Here are some of the most common tax mistakes that business owners make. Are you getting any of these wrong? Read more
42 High-Tech Lifesavers
Technology disasters happen. Spare yourself the trauma with these essential apps, gadgets, and online services for business owners. Read more
5 Ways to Deal With Pushy Tech Vendors
Microsoft, Best Buy, and other tech giants are coming for you, armed with their best sales pitches. Get ready to negotiate. Read more
Why You Might Want to Pay More Taxes
No, not because Buffett said so. Because 2012 could be a year in which paying more now could mean paying less later. A lot less. Read more
The Lowdown on Obama's Small Business Plan
The president is right that current rules make it very hard for growing businesses to raise money. Will Congress really cooperate to change them? Read more
File Those W-2s and 1099s and Keep the IRS off Your Back
It's time to ship out those W-2s and 1099s again. Yes, it feels like a waste of time and money, but pay attention: The IRS takes this very, very seriously. Read more
Now May Be the Best Time to Incorporate
If you incorporate or form an LLC this year, you can make a clean break for taxes. That's only one of many good reasons to take the leap. Read more
How Big Government Shafts Small Companies
A recent Gallup poll says that more Americans are afraid of 'big government' than 'big business.' Small businesses should be afraid of both. Read more
Feeling Charitable This Time of Year? Read This.
Tis the season for giving back. But first you better read the fine print about charitable deductions. Read more
5 Things You Should Have Done Yesterday
Cover your legal and accounting must-dos and save yourself headaches in the new year. Read more
Master Your Financials—No Excel Required
For the mathematically challenged: A Web tool that sifts through your numbers and spots trouble for you. Read more
Does the GOP Really Love You?
Republicans claim to be the party of entrepreneurs. Here's how it could prove it really means it. Read more
How Cain’s 9-9-9 Plan Could Slam Small Business
It may be time to take Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax scheme seriously, and that's a scary thought for U.S. small business. Read more
Raise Taxes on Venture Capital?
The American Jobs Act includes a clause that--if enacted on the venture capital industry--could hamper start-up investment, innovation, and, ultimately, job ... Read more
What the IRS Wants to Know
Is your independent contractor really an employee? Time to come clean. Read more
Obama Unveils Jobs Plan
Last night the president laid out the American Jobs Act, an initiative aimed at lowering unemployment. What does it mean for small business owners and entrep... Read more
Tax Amnesty: A Win Win?
Washington state finds a $321 million cash windfall in a tax amnesty program, as thousands of small businesses paid up penalty-free. Read more
Crunching the Numbers
Inc. looks at hiring trends, the cost of ink, and sales of trucks and cargo vans. Read more
