Income Taxes


Tax Issues for Tennessee Start-Ups

Registering to Pay Taxes Once you have officially obtained the necessary licenses and permits for your business, you will be respo...  Read story

Tax Issues for Florida Start-Ups

Registering to Pay Taxes Once you have officially obtained the necessary licenses and permits for your business, you will be respo...  Read story

Tax Issues for Minnesota Start-Ups

Registering to Pay Taxes Once you have officially obtained the necessary licenses and permits for your busin...  Read story

Partnership: Advantages and Disadvantages

Is a partnership is the best structure for your business? A list of the pros and the cons  Read story

The Right Way To Cut Taxes

California's new capital gains law gives special incentives to small business.  Read story

Corporations Defined

The following information deals primarily with the small, privately owned corporation. It assumes that all of the corporate stock is owned by one person o...  Read story

A Better Wat To Tax Small Business

Small companies should work for a totally new and separate income tax that would help, not hinder, their growth.  Read story

Keeping Business Records for Tax Purposes

There's no time like the present to start getting your paperwork in order for next year's tax season.  Read story

Tax Tips

Attorney and business tax expert Barbara Weltman shares a tax tip a day from April 6 through April 15 on the Read story

Taxing Times: Last Minute Tax Tips to Remember

Deductions your business shouldn't miss this year.  Read story

Electronic Tax Filing

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Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

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Tax Planning

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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

Taxpayer, Spare Thyself

Estimate your 1983 tax liability by following these eight easy steps. Then slash your final bill by adopting the necessary strategies.  Read story

Beyond The Paycheck: Compensating For Growth

All but three of America's 100 fastest-growing public companies offer long-term incentive compensation to executives. Stock options are the norm, with a few ...  Read story

Read It And Weep

Birthdays come and go, but here is one you won't want to miss: October 31. On that date in 1913, the 16th Amendment to the Constitution became the law of ...  Read story

Taking The S-corporation Route To Tax Savings

Changes in the tax laws make S corporations an attractive alternative to other forms of organization.  Read story

Let's Get Rid Of The Corporate Income Tax

Politicians talk boastfully about taxing wealthy corporations, when they are really just using smoke and mirrors to obfuscate the issue.  Read story

Tax Deductible Computing

Want to cut the cost of your personal computer? The best way, says James H. Stevralia, an associate in the law firm of Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & L...  Read story

Cash Ban

It used to be that businesses could issue financial statements under the accrual method of accounting, but they could file their income tax returns using ...  Read story

Trust Me

There is nothing new about the Internal Revenue Service's practice of charging people for copies of their federal income tax returns. But now the IRS want...  Read story

Stopwatch on Tax Prep

An IRS chart showing the average time it took a person to prepare and complete various 1992 tax forms.  Read story

Retailers Expect Tax-Rebate Boon

The federal economic stimulus plan has store owners anticipating a $42 billion boost.  Read story

June Retail Sales Weak

Consumers are using extra cash from tax rebate checks to offset higher gas and food prices, retailers say.  Read story

Will Obama's Tax Hike Affect You?

Experts say it won't apply to the majority of entrepreneurs.  Read story

Sole Proprietors Make Less But Pay Less Taxes

Report examines the impact of taxes on various corporate structures.  Read story

Study: Entrepreneurship Unaffected by State Taxes

Nov. 21, 2006 -- State tax policies have only a modest impact on entrepreneurship, according to a study by the Small Business Administrat...  Read story

Tax This; Tax That

When it comes to taxes, John McCain and Barack Obama both want to ease the burden and spark the economy. The difference is in how they would go about doing i...  Read story

A Charitable Tax Break

The problem with most tax planning is that you have to give up something to get something. To get an income tax deduction you must spend a dollar to sav...  Read story

Pooled Charitable Trusts: Tax Breaks for Small Fry

Americans support more than a million nonprofit organizations--sometimes, you may feel that most of them have your phone number. Besides the many differen...  Read story

Deductions Your Small Business Shouldn't Miss

Keep an eye out for these often-overlooked ways to cut your tax bill.  Read story

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

Qualifying for Quicker Write-offs

Information on qualifying for a $10,000 tax deduction on purchases.  Read story

New York Weighs Tax Increase on Business Owners

Lawmakers propose raising personal income tax rates for those making above $250,000 a year; could affect S corps.  Read story

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 story

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 story

New Year, New Laws

An entrepreneur's guide to state policies taking effect at the start of 2006.  Read story

The 1981 Tax Cut: A Tilt To Big Business?

President Reagan's tax reform plans still leave small business at a disadvantage.  Read story

Alternatives To Incorporating

Given recent changes in the tax laws, operating your business as a corporation may no longer be a plus.  Read story