U.S. Department of the Treasury


Electronic Tax Filing

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Writing Off the Cost of Business-Related Debt

To buy equipment and run your business, it's inevitable that you'll incur debt at some time or another. Generally, interest on business loans is fully ded...  Read story

Will the Bailout Help You?

It's the $700 billion question on everyone's mind -- and nobody has a real answer. To understand whether the money will start flowing again, it's important t...  Read story

Bonds

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Treasury Dept. Relaxes FSA Deadline

May 25, 2005 --The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service announced that they will allow employees who take advantage of Fle...  Read story

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 story

How Interest Rates Compare

Here are some representative interest rates as reported in March. The relationships among them change daily, so check current yields before committing mo...  Read story

Tax Deductible Business Expenses

Tax deductible expenses are almost any "ordinary, necessary, and reasonable" expenses that help to earn business income. Deductible expenses are those tha...  Read story

How We Did It: Crane & Co.

200 years of happy customers, from Paul Revere to the Saudi government.  Read story

Give Small Businesses The Tax Breaks On Mergers

In the corporate mating game, large companies have the cards stacked in their favor. Taxpayers and small businesses end up footing the bill.  Read story

The Valve Of Valuation

When considering an appropriate rate of return for a closely held business, alternative investments must be used as a benchmark ("What's It Worth to You?"...  Read story

Why Industrial Revenue Bonds Must Be Saved

Tax-exempt IRBs have helped create thousands of jobs. Now the Treasury wants to kill the program and, so far, the campaign seems to be succeeding.  Read story

White House Throws Pensions A Curve

Steel, auto and airline companies were about to feel good about retiree drug benefits. Now this.  Read story

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

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A New Tack For The New Year

Two proposed bills -- one to create jobs for small business at home, another to study the worldwide economic slump -- might provide the solution voters seek.  Read story

Baby Bonds

Related Terms: Bonds Baby bonds are savings-type securities that a...  Read story

Ahead Of The Pack

How some banks are prospering under deregulation  Read story

Roll Over, James Madison

Treasury Dept. includes Leslie Brokaw's "Books that Transform Companies" in its list of suggested readings.  Read story

Surviving Tax Season

Five New Rules You Shouldn't Miss.  Read story

The Treasury Department's Plan to Unlock Credit

How the government plans to get credit flowing to small business again.  Read story

All About Investments

Two resource guides providing ideas on investment opportunities.  Read story

Managing and Benefits

Selling employees on health savings accounts. Plus, how to motivate junior staffers who are short on humility.  Read story

Survey Casts Doubt On Future Jobs Tax Credit

Small and mid-sized companies are likely to be disappointed if they look for a new jobs tax credit program to replace the Targeted Employment Tax Credit t...  Read story

How To Make Megamergers Work For Everyone

The time has come to face up to the problem of "megamergers." I define a megamerger as any transaction that results in a business with at least $100...  Read story

Employee Hiring

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Incorporation

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Structure Your Business with Tax Breaks in Mind

For self-employed workers, the question of how to structure their small business has become a bit less perplexing with the advent of the new personal-inco...  Read story

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans

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Need Money?

The private financial markets are dynamic and at times difficult to navigate. A report on the latest trends.  Read story

It Takes A Tender Man To Make A Tough B-school

With around 650 American colleges and universities currently offering graduate business degrees (up from 389 in 1974), some people wonder whether the coun...  Read story

Tax Withholding

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Whodunit

The Senate Finance Committee addresses some of the problems created by Section 89 of the tax code.  Read story

Small Businesses Speak Out Against Tax System

March 14, 2005 -- America's tax system hurts small businesses and deters would-be entrepreneurs, researchers and business owners told Pre...  Read story

Retirement Planning

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Tapping Remote Rural Banks

Regional investment firms can provide small businesses with opportunities to do long-term borrowing at low cost.  Read story

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 story

Payroll Taxes

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Economic Forecaster Stanley Salvigsen

Interview with economic forecaster who advises on reducing debt to prepare for hard times ahead.  Read story

Obama To Increase Loans, Credit To Small Businesses

The president says this initiative shifts the focus from Wall Street to stimulate small business growth.  Read story

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) was established in 1972 with the passage of the Consumer Product Safety Act. The primary responsibility of t...  Read story

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