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By the end of 2010, a tax considered a major bane to many small family owned business will return after a one year hiatus. After brief repeal at the beginning of 2010, the estate tax, or "death tax" as it's critics call it, will be back and family owned businesses passed on to children after the death of a parent could see a 55 percent tax on the value of the assets of a business that may have taken years, or in some cases generations to build. A determined battle is now being waged to be sure the death tax does not return. Are there any community members that will find themselves affected by the return of the "death tax Read More

Your credit score is about more than getting a good interest rate. It also affects your insurance premiums, and can even affect job offers. Make sure that your credit score is what it should be Read More

1.5 million businesses in the USA have closed since the recession started. Where and why are these businesses closing Read More

Hi, folks. Please join me in welcoming the newest members of the BizSugar team. Also be sure to check out our new BizSugar blogroll. You may find links to some of your small business sites there Read More

By now, many of you may have heard that BizSugar was honor last week with the Best Of Tech Award For Best Social Media App from the Northeast Ohio Software Association. I wonder if the community would join me in thanking our global team of moderators, great executive board and others who have been such a great help in making BizSugar the social media site it is today. Also thanks to our wonderful community members. You made it all possibl Read More

There's still time, just barely, to win a scholarship worth $200 allowing you to attend the Small Biz Social Media Summit June 5-6 in Hutchinson, Kansas. Decisions on the scholarship will be made May 21. (That's this Friday.) For details read the full post on the upcoming event in this post at Small Business Trends. There is also a link to information on how to simply make arrangements to attend the event. BizSugar.com is a media sponsor for the event, by the way. Hope you can take part Read More

Being a Mom and running a business is like having two full-time jobs. We asked the experts - busy MEOs (like you) - for their advise on how to juggle work, family and self. Read More

As some of you may have noticed Ben-Lang.com had been hacked on May 1st. It took a day to take a care of, but with help, I finally succeeded in getting rid of the hack Read More

Representatives from the U.S. Small Business Administration and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services discuss the realities of new health care reform and its impact on small business as well as answering some important questions from the public. As with the other video on health care, we'd like to invite some discussion from the BizSugar small business community. Please leave your comments below Read More