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Tips for Collecting Past-Due Invoices

Even in a strong economy, collecting unpaid invoices and having clients who are slow to pay can be frustrating. With the unemployment rate seemingly stuck at around 9 percent and the economic forecast uncertain at best, small business owners are seeing usually reliable customers extend their standard payment time frame by 30 days or more. […]

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Back Taxes – What Do You Do?

You’ve had a great day. Everything went right at work. You finally landed that new account you’ve been chasing, and you found $20 in an old pair of pants. Things have certainly gone your way; until you get home, look through your mail and find a letter from the Internal Revenue Service. When you open […]

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Tip: Tax Breaks for Hiring Disabled; Crackdown on Hiring of Illegal Workers

In response to National Disability Employment Month, which is observed in October, private sector nonprofit organizations are encouraging small business owners to consider adding disabled americans to their workforces. Health & Disability Advocates, a nonprofit organization established in 1992, has been getting the word out to businesses large and small, reminding them of the associated […]

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Technology: Pros and Cons of Password Management Tools

Have you ever counted the number of passwords you have – for banking accounts, for your email, for online retailers?  If you’re like most people, you have a lot and the number just keeps growing. Most of us have far too many unique passwords to keep them in our heads – and resort to storing […]

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Is Now the Time to Invest in a Home?

Despite all the economic uncertainty, the news for consumers might not be all bad. Short-term interest rates are low and will likely stay that way well into 2013, based on public statements from the Federal Reserve. Mortgage interest rates have been hovering at or near record lows all summer. Long-term, fixed-rate mortgage averages, for example, […]

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Stock Market: Stocks Gyrate as Investors Ponder

With stocks’ gyrations and economic uncertainty rattling investor confidence here and abroad, individual investors have not lacked for editorial advice on how to formulate an approach to counter market volatility. “You can’t time the market” might be a traditional Wall Street saying, but pundits try to do so, and they will continue to devise plans […]

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Is Cloud Computing Right for Your Small Business?

Unless you’ve had your head in the clouds lately, you’ve probably at least heard of cloud computing, or as your more technically astute friends refer to it, The Cloud. There’s no shame in not knowing exactly what cloud computing means. If you’re busy running a small business, you don’t always have time to keep track […]

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Minimizing Taxes on Your Investment Income – Part II

Last month, we discussed ways to minimize taxes on your investment income through tax-deferred investments, including qualified retirement plans. This month, we will discuss various other investments and their tax ramifications. Tax-Exempt Investments Tax-exempt investments include obligations issued by state and local governments, as well as mutual funds that own these types of investments. There […]

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NY State Employers – New Law

There is a new law, that requires as of July 15, that employers with employees working in New York (not just New York domiciled companies) report certain dependent health coverage information to the state on a quarterly basis, as well as when an employee is hired or rehired. Beginning July 15, 2011, the Low Income […]

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IRS Provides Tax Relief to Victims of Hurricane Irene

September 1,2011 The Internal Revenue Service is providing tax relief to individual and business taxpayers impacted by Hurricane Irene. The IRS announced today that certain taxpayers in North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Vermont and Puerto Rico will receive tax relief, and other locations are expected to be added in coming days following additional damage assessments […]

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