Tax Credits

Business Accounting

4 Tax Strategies Every High-Earning Entrepreneur Needs to Know for 2025

It is not a secret that many high-earning entrepreneurs feel shaken when tax season rolls around. The rules are constantly changing, and the stakes are high. Yet this upheaval also opens up exciting avenues to optimize your financial outcomes through proactive tax planning.

By Tal Binder

Business Model

5 Questions to Ask to Make Sure Your Company’s Financial Plan Is on Track

By Matt Gardner

Business Accounting

Your Business May be Eligible For up to $26,000 Per Employee in Government ERC Program

By StackCommerce

Business Accounting

Employee Retention Credits Now Available to All Industries, Don’t Miss Out on $26k Per Employee

By StackCommerce

Business Accounting

ERC Alert: Billions of Dollars Still Available, Businesses Can Get Up to $26,000 Per Employee

An under-utilized program has billions just sitting in an account waiting for business owners.

By StackCommerce

Business Accounting

Make Tax Season As Painless as Possible by Taking These 6 Steps

Here are six steps to ensure your business is ready, come April 15.

By Joseph Camberato

Business Accounting

The $250,000 Tax Credit You Could Be Using for Your Business

The federal R&D tax credit allows qualified small businesses to claim up to $250,000 per fiscal year.

By Michael Nierstedt

Business Accounting

5 Top Tax Hacks for Entrepreneurs

Get the most out of your return this tax season.

By Ryan Himmel

Building a Business

Strategies for Smarter Cash Investment

Determine what your business will need next quarter and uncover new cash sources.

By Randy B. Hecht

Business Accounting

6 Ways R&D Tax Credits Can Help Save You Money

Don't be afraid to apply for research and development benefits if they apply to your current professional projects.

By Chai Hoang

Building a Business

4 Tax Code Changes Small-Business Owners Should Know About

With deadlines approaching soon, utilize these tax breaks, credits and deductions.

By Mike D’Avolio

Building a Business

What to Expect When You’re Expecting…Tax Refunds and Obamacare

If you're one of the millions getting tax credits to help pay health-insurance premiums under Obamacare, you might want to do some tax planning now or you might be in for an unwelcome surprise.

By Trent Bryson

Business Accounting

Sell Losses at Your Failed Company for Cash. Take Full Advantage of Tax Credits.

You worked hard to build your business. Realize all the fruits of your labor when it comes time to file your return.

By Cameron Keng

Building a Business

10 Questions to Ask When Working With an Accountant

Ask your accountant these critical questions to better maximize your profits, tax savings, cash flow and more.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Business Accounting

The 3 Most Common Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make on Their Taxes

CPAs reveal the big IRS no-no's committed by 'treps

By Amanda Steinberg

Building a Business

The Road Ahead For Entrepreneurs And Tax Reform

Tax reform is happening. Kind of. And slowly. Here are some predictions of how it might all play out.

By Dean Zerbe

Building a Business

What to Know About Changes to the Home-Office Deduction

There are changes to how you can deduct the home space you use for your business. Here's what you need to know.

By Barbara Weltman

Business Accounting

How Big Businesses Slash Taxes With R&D Credit — and How Yours Can, Too

A look at how small businesses can take advantage of the research and development tax credit to cut their taxes and improve their bottom lines.

By Dean Zerbe

Building a Business

As Tax Reform Stalls, Small-Business Owners Spend Up To 150 Hours on Their Taxes

A new taxation survey finds that the administrative burdens of paying taxes are more significant than the financial burdens. Here are a few tips on how to keep the time devoted to your taxes to a minimum.

By Catherine Clifford

Building a Business

Entrepreneurs Could Benefit from New Research and Development Tax Credit

Congress debates a bill that would extend a research and development tax credit to startups.

By Catherine Clifford

Building a Business

Hidden Cash: Tap Into R&D Tax Credits

Many small businesses could save big bucks by taking advantage of a tax credit long popular with larger companies.

By Randy Myers

Building a Business

Is the Health Care Tax Credit a Dud?

A Government Accountability Office report says the effort to help small businesses pay for health care is too complex to be useful.

By Catherine Clifford

Building a Business

Senate Offers Its Own Small-Business Tax-Cut Plan

A few days after the House introduced its tax-cut proposal for small businesses, the Senate responded with its own plan to reduce the tax burden on the coveted demographic.

By Catherine Clifford

Tech

10 Ways to Green Your Retail Store

It can be hard to make expensive changes that could bring big energy savings, such as adding insulation or installing skylights. But you should.

By Carol Tice

Building a Business

Five Tips For Avoiding a Tax Audit

Before you file your taxes, watch out for these common red flags that could draw unwanted attention by the IRS.

By J.D. Roth

Business Accounting

How the Republican Presidential Candidates Stack Up on Small-Business Taxes

The Presidential candidates will likely add to their reform agendas in the weeks ahead. But here's a look at the candidates' existing small-business tax plans.

By Diana Ransom

Business Accounting

Obama Takes Aim at Corporate Taxes

The President hopes to revise the U.S. business tax code. Though the goal is to the level the playing field, there would be winners and losers.

By Diana Ransom

Building a Business

A Proposal to Expand Health-Care Tax Credits for Small Businesses

The Obama administration's 2013 budget includes a proposal to make health-care tax credits available to another 140,000 small businesses.

By Catherine Clifford

Building a Business

The Payroll-Tax Cut Deal Gives Obama’s Budget Hope

They called the President's budget 'dead on arrival' but new efforts to compromise in Congress may bode well for certain small-business-focused provisions.

By Diana Ransom

Building a Business

Startup America Gets a Do-Over

The President issued a new call on Congress to pass an ambitious legislative agenda to help small businesses, but some wonder whether it's just hot air.

By Diana Ransom