Public Finance


How Taxes Should Be Cut

By Milton D. Stewart |  Jun 1, 1981

If the President and Congress really want to stimulate the economy, they will help small business.  Read story

A Flood Of Tax Proposals: A Flood Of Opportunities

By This sidebar was prepared with the help of Arthur Andersen |  Jun 1, 1981

President Reagan's landslide election and the unexpected change in power in the Senate has stirred up a lot of activity in both houses of Congress. As a ...  Read story

Tax Issues for Florida Start-Ups

Oct 20, 1999

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

Oct 22, 1999

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

Estate and Gift Tax FAQ

Oct 21, 1999

Will my estate have to pay taxes after I die? It depends. The federal government imposes estate tax at your death only if your pro...  Read story

How Living Trusts Work

Oct 20, 1999

Living trusts can be a confusing area for the uninitiated. Here's a rundown of the basics, so you can decide whether or not you need a living trust and if so...  Read story

The 1981 Tax Cut: A Tilt To Big Business?

By Tom Richman |  Jun 1, 1981

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

Survey Casts Doubt On Future Jobs Tax Credit

Jun 1, 1981

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

Partnership: Advantages and Disadvantages

Oct 21, 1999

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

What The Nsf Thinks Of Its Own Rd Program

Aug 1, 1981

The only agency in the federal government required by law to include small businesses specifically in its R&D funding wishes it didn't have to. ...  Read story

Deficit Spending Steals Money From Small Companies

By Robert E. Berney |  Aug 1, 1981

When the government competes with business for credit, guess who wins.  Read story

What The NSF Thinks Of Its Own R&D Program

Aug 1, 1981

The only agency in the federal government required by law to include small businesses specifically in its R&D funding wishes it didn't have to. To t...  Read story

You Think You Can File an Accurate Tax Return, Do You?

Nov 19, 1999

When it comes to paying taxes, independent professionals should consider if they can tackle the project themselves.  Read story

Biggest Firms Receive Biggest Tax Breaks

Sep 1, 1981

Small businessmen who argue that the U.S. tax system favors investment in large companies rather than small ones have support from a study by the Californ...  Read story

Why Small Business Lost On The Tax Bill

By Tom Richman |  Oct 1, 1981

Looking back on the tax fight that occupied Congress and the Administration throughout the summer, lobbyists and even some legislators contend that small ...  Read story

Taxes Aren't High Unless You Have To Pay Them

By Robert E. Berney |  Oct 1, 1981

Some states tax individuals more, some tax companies more.What's important is the mix.  Read story

How The Tax Cut Affects You

By Irving L. Blackman |  Oct 1, 1981

The Reagan tax package doesn't help your business as much as it helps you.  Read story

Enterprise Zones: What's Everyone Arguing About?

By Tom Richman |  Oct 1, 1981

You would think that any proposal that benefits business, the cities, and the minorities would be a shoo-in.  Read story

The Right Way To Cut Taxes

By Alfred E. Osborne |  Nov 1, 1981

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

Economy Puts Chill On New Tax Law Benefits

Dec 1, 1981

Small business start-ups may reap some benefit from last summer's new tax laws, but unless the economy improves dramatically, observers note, the climate ...  Read story

A Clarification On The New Gift Tax Law

By John S. Villanova |  Dec 1, 1981

"How the Tax Cut Affects You" (October) was a fine nutshell analysis of the new tax law, but the explanation of the new gift tax exclusion is somewhat mis...  Read story

Tax Incentives Help Create Jobs

By John Bishop |  Jan 1, 1982

Tax credits for hiring the unemployed would work if employers could only understand the rules.  Read story

What To Do About The New Estate Taxes

By Gilbert M. Cantor |  Jan 1, 1982

Three steps to take now so you can pass on your worldly goods intact.  Read story

How To Buy A Tax Loss

By Donald Jay Korn |  Feb 1, 1982

The 1981 tax law allows profitable companies to buy a loss from the less fortunate.  Read story

Stalking The Rehab Tax Credits

By Bruce G. Posner |  Jul 1, 1982

Congress's new rules for investing in older structures provide key tax-planning opportunities for business owners.  Read story

Taxing Questions For The '80s

By Milton D. Stewart |  Aug 1, 1982

Every so often this country witnesses a burst of creative citizenship. Ordinary folks, fed up with their leaders' solutions for the nation's woes, insist ...  Read story

Taking Money Out Of A Closely Held Company

By Irving L. Blackman |  Sep 1, 1982

With a little planning you can reduce taxes and spread benefits among members of your family.  Read story

Year-End Tax Strategies

By Rhonda Abrams |  Nov 26, 2001

With all the other things going on in the world and in your business, it may seem downright cruel of me to even bring up the subject of taxes, but a few c...  Read story

A Better Wat To Tax Small Business

By Frederic G. Corneel |  Dec 1, 1982

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

A Tax Package That Stings

By Robert W. Merry |  Dec 1, 1982

The new tax act limits business cash-flow, speeds up payment schedules, and scales back maximum contributions to company pension plans.  Read story

Small Business, Not All Business

By Rhonda Abrams |  Nov 13, 2002

The Republican Party controls the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. What does that mean for small business? Rhonda Abrams challenges...  Read story

Keeping Business Records for Tax Purposes

By Barbara Weltman |  Jan 1, 2003

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

Why America Needs the Estate Tax

By Rhonda Abrams |  Feb 5, 2003

Save small businesses! Save family farms! You'll soon hear those cries as Congress considers permanently eliminating the estate tax. Don't be foole...  Read story

The Family Cache

By Allan Muchin and Sheldon Banoff |  Feb 1, 1983

By forming new corporations or partnerships with younger relatives, owners of closely held companies can save on income and estate taxes without affecting th...  Read story

Do I Need to Collect Sales Tax?

By Rhonda Abrams |  Oct 1, 2003

As a buyer, when I purchase something from a local business, I pay sales tax. I may not like the extra cost, but it's a pretty seamless transaction -- the...  Read story

Structure Your Business with Tax Breaks in Mind

By Terri Cullen |  Nov 1, 2003

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

Tax Tips

By Barbara Weltman |  Apr 1, 2004

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

Planning Ahead

By Jeffrey S. Parker |  Nov 1, 2004

Look for more tax advice from Jeffrey Parker in our upcoming Law & Tax Resource Center. If you had to file your taxes tomorrow, wo...  Read story

Do-It-Yourself Aid

By Ashlea Ebeling

Is college around the corner? Families too wealthy for need-based aid are turning to the tax code to help pay the bill. Ashley Young, 18, is begi...  Read story

Florida or Bust

By Ashlea Ebeling

Suddenly it matters a lot, for death taxes, where you die. An Illinois manufacturing company founder in his late 80s went to a lawyer last year f...  Read story