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Kim Fenolio

Small Biz Tip: Taxes: Finding a Tax Professional

These Small Business tips will help you to find the right tax preparer for your specific needs.

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Posted: 4/3/2009 | Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper

Small Business Tax Audit Triggers

The IRS increased the number of small business audits by more than 40% over the last year, meaning that they are far more likely to audit your small business than they are to audit a large firm. Why is that and what are they looking at when they pull the trigger on an audit? We have the answers right here.

Tags: small business, tax audits

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Posted: 4/3/2009 | Comments (0)

Kim Fenolio

Small Biz Tip: Taxes: Home-Based Businesses

Small Business tips that will benefit specifically those who run home-based businesses.

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Posted: 4/2/2009 | Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper

Small Business Tax Rates, Deductions and Credits

With Tax Day fast approaching, you are undoubtedly swamped by forms and dreaming of credits and deductions, but do you know everything that might apply to your business and have you considered the starting point of all your calculations, your tax rate?

Tags: small business, business form, tax rates

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Posted: 4/2/2009 | Comments (1)

Kim Fenolio

Small Biz Tip: Taxes: Important Tax Deadlines

Small Business tips that highlight the other important tax deadlines, besides April 15.

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Posted: 4/2/2009 | Comments (0)

Kim Fenolio

Small Biz Tip: Taxes: Avoiding the Tax Audit

These Small Business tips show you what you need to know to avoid a tax audit by the IRS.

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Posted: 3/31/2009 | Comments (0)

Kim Fenolio

Small Biz Tip: Taxes: Deductions

These Small Business tips will cover tax deductions you don't want to miss.

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Posted: 3/30/2009 | Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper

GM Human Resources: Obama Style

There is an old adage: Beware what you wish for, you might get it. Well, the hope-wreathed wishes for change are coming to fruition as the President takes one unprecedented step after another. Over the weekend, he ordered the departure of General Motors' Chairman and CEO, Rick Wagoner, ostensibly as part of the effort to save the century-old automaker. There needed to be a shake-up at the top of GM, no question, but the real issue is the fact that the President did this at all.

Tags: small business, gm, rick wagoner, barack obama, bailout, congress, senate, chrysler, fritz henderson, government intrusion

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Posted: 3/30/2009 | Comments (0)

Kim Fenolio

Small Biz Tip: Employment : Following Up After an Interview

How do you follow-up after an interview and make the right impression? Small Business tips to tell you the best follow-up steps to follow after an interview.

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Posted: 3/27/2009 | Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper

In Defense of the Workplace

An incident at a Florida Burger King raises the question of how to deal with an armed robber coming into your business. What would you do?

Tags: small business, firearms, self-defense, gun control

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Posted: 3/27/2009 | Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper

The IRS Recipe for Disaster Preparation

When you think of disaster preparation, you think first about blankets and sandbags, potable water and crank radios. What most folks don't think about are their finances and operations, but they are important as well and should not be neglected. Here are the six things that the IRS believes you should concentrate on.

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Posted: 3/27/2009 | Comments (0)

Kim Fenolio

Small Biz Tip: Employment : What to Say at an Interview

What do you say on a job interview? What do you do? These Small Business tips will cover those key points.

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Posted: 3/26/2009 | Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper

The Public Relations Toolkit: A Review

If you have been wondering how public relations can fit into your marketing efforts, the folks at UnderstandingMarketing.com have the answers you are looking for with their new Public Relations Toolkit.

Tags: small business, public relations, pr toolkit, understanding marketing

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Posted: 3/26/2009 | Comments (0)

Kim Fenolio

Small Biz Tip: Employment : What to Wear to an Interview

These Small Business tips will guide you on what you should wear and how to dress for a job interview.

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Posted: 3/25/2009 | Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper

Small Business Lessons from the World's Best Airports

There is a funny coincidence about this year's list of the world's best airports. Four of them are in Asia. What is the secret of their success and what lessons can you learn that apply to your business?

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Posted: 3/25/2009 | Comments (0)