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If you regularly sell items on online auction sites, you may find yourself on the Internal Revenue Service's radar. Recent legislation aims to help the IRS collect more taxes from online enterprises, many of which either don't know about their tax obligations or are ignoring them, according to the agency.
The provision, part of the housing re
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In launching TerraCycle's lines of liquid fertilizer, cleaners, repellents, etc., I realized something: Almost all products that are sold as liquid in a bottle -- from window cleaner to ant repellent -- are in fact extremely similar to bottled water. In most cases, the difference is only 1% to 2% of the contents. In other words, these products ar
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Businesses are big winners in the economic stimulus package signed into law earlier this year. They may not be getting rebate checks, but they are getting showered with $45 billion in tax breaks designed to spur them on to purchase more equipment, cars and other assets sooner rather than later.
Congress boosted the limit on first-year expensin
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The Fair Labor Standards Act was passed 70 years ago with guaranteed vacation as part of the package. The premise behind their push is that the right to a break from work should not depend on how healthy you or your family are. Now this movement wants to have guaranteed sick time also.
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With tax season behind us, a recession looming and gas at an all-time high, is there anything that business can look forward to?
You bet there is: It is tax rebate time!
And if you're smart, your small business will have a plan in place before those checks are ever cut to help consumers spend their stimulus payment with you.
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The slow economy spells some unexpected breaks for shippers. Eager to grab bigger shares of a market that has all but stopped growing, FedEx, UPS and DHL will duke it out, negotiating contracts to reduce rates, despite an official 6.9% hike this year. Walk-ins, however, will pay the full fare.
Package delivery services won't trumpet the price
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THE ECONOMIC STIMULUS package signed by President Bush on Wednesday includes two significant tax breaks for small-business owners. The provisions, designed to encourage business spending, come in the form of bigger depreciation write-offs:
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The economic stimulus bill signed into law included one tax break for small businesses added by the Senate, but lost another as Congressional leaders bowed to White House pressure to move quickly without adding too many amendments.
The key addition affecting small businesses is an expansion of "bonus depreciation," which allows investments in More...
The key addition affecting small businesses is an expansion of "bonus depreciation," which allows investments in More...
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Businesses, large and small, will be directly helped by the new economic stimulus legislation passed by Congress last week. But small businesses, in particular, may get the biggest lift indirectly — from consumers spending their tax rebates.
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The package proposed by Congress and the White House to try to stimulate the economy has drawn mixed reactions from experts on small-business. “When you look at the package, it’s about everything but small businesses,” said George Cloutier, small-business spokesman for the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
The package is worth about $150 bil More...
The package is worth about $150 bil More...
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A White House plan to boost the nation's sagging economy will do little to help small businesses over the long haul, critics say. The proposed plan, which includes up to $145 billion in temporary tax cuts, is aimed at encouraging business owners to "expand their operations, create new jobs and inject new energy into our economy," President Bush
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In his DMA 07 Conference and Exhibition presentation, “Running Red Lights: The Keys To Creating Dazzling Direct Mail,” Steve Penn, CEO and executive creative director of Penn Garritano Direct Response Marketing, said he likes to think of the direct mail package as a touchpoint for the entire brand experience. Copywriters always should “tell a stor
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For centuries, the world’s greatest teachers and leaders have used fables, allegories and other types of stories to successfully communicate with people and motivate them to take action. So have some of the top-performing direct mail packages, including those from The Wall Street Journal, Time-Life, Rodale Inc., Covenant House, Greenpeace, Nightin
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Format, the cover letter, the reply form, the premiums and/or freemiums … all key components of a direct mail package. But the most key component of
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