Read Our Lips
A surprising number of CEOs favor tax increases for fighting the federal budget deficit. Read more
Business Taxes
Recent Business Taxes Articles
Last Acts of the 100th Congress
Corrections to the 1986 tax bill, tax break extensions, and the taxpayer's bill of rights. Read more
Ways To Reduce Estate Taxes
Tax paragraphs on stock sales to children, family gifts, capital losses, debts, car expenses, and IRS tardiness. Read more
Weighing Your Debt Load
A formula to discover whether you're making or losing money on the cash you borrow. Read more
The New Benefits Law
Tax information on employee-benefits, consumer interest strategies, employees with dependents, and gift deductions. Read more
Borrowing From Your Company
Tax strategies on company loans, travel deductions, interest deductions and retained earnings. Read more
Home Entertainment
Tax strategies, including party deductions, child payment, executor's rights, and IRS rule changes. Read more
China's Hot Companies
China's entrepreneurial ventures have grown despite the communist government. Read more
Cutting the Family Tax Bill
Tax strategies including stock dividends, working lunches, mileage allowance, IRS rewards, and gift-tax traps. Read more
Taxing the Service Sector
There are no good reasons -- only political reasons -- why states should collect sales taxes on hammers but not on the services of people who wield them. Read more
Untaxed Competitors
Facing unfair competition from tax-exempt charities Read more
A Better Way to Tax Small Business
Small companies should work for a totally new and separate income tax that would help, not hinder, their growth. Read more
Hansen Enterprises Rockford, Illinois;
August 1, 1981 President Ronald Reagan, The White House, Washington, D.C. Dear President Dutch: I hope you don't mind ... Read more
The IRS Wants to Know: What's Your Business Worth?
The IRS will want to know, and you should know how they'll figure it out. Revenue Ruling 59-60 has the answers. Read more
Deducting Business Entertainment Expenses
General tax rules say that if you incur entertainment expenses related to your business, you can deduct those expenses if the following are true: ... Read more
Small Businesses Applaud Proposed Tax Reform
Supporters say the new recommendations would reduce red tape and allow them to invest more in their companies Read more
IRS Business Audits Declined Through First Half of 2004
November 4, 2004 -- Despite repeated promises from the Internal Revenue Service that it was going to crackdown on corporate tax violators... Read more
Tax Commission to Recommend Major Changes
Oct. 13, 2005 --The President's advisory panel on federal tax reform is scheduled to report its findings to the President on November 1st.... Read more
Tax Panel: Limit Deductions, Lower Rates
Nov. 2, 2005 -- The President's tax-reform advisory panel submitted two proposals on Tuesday to the Treasury Department, including recomm... Read more
Best Friends in D.C.: Insider Tips [Audio] 
What does it take to get your way in Washington? Executive Editor Mike Hofman offers some advice on making friends inside the Beltway. Watch video
The Kid Behind a $170 Million Website
Aaron Patzer started Mint.com because he was frustrated with Intuit's Quicken. Two years later, Intuit intends to cut him a very big check. Read more
Tax Returns
Tax returns include all the required paperwork that accompanies the remittance of taxes to the appropriate government agencies, the largest of these being... Read more
Tax Withholding
Related Terms: Electronic Tax Filing ; Read more