Business Finance January 2010 Archive

The President proposed significant help for small businesses in the State of the Union address. Of course, Congress has to go along with him before the proposals can be enacted, ... Read More

We all like low interest rates, right? Well, maybe. Yesterday, the Federal Reserve Board announced that it was once again holding interest rates steady at 0% - .25% and would ... Read More

One of the current debates is whether or not the government stimulus package has helped create new jobs. The unemployment rate was still at 10% in December. Small businesses are ... Read More

Over the last week, the President has been talking about reinstating some version of the Glass-Steagall Act, repealed in 1999, in order to re-regulate the banking system. The Glass-Steagall Act was ... Read More

One thing you need to have when you start a small business is good credit. The only way you can know about your credit is to request your credit report ... Read More

Over the last decade, the growth in one-person small businesses has exploded, according to SmallBizLabs.com, in an article about predicted 2010 trends in small business. Small Business Labs predicts that ... Read More

If you don't file your taxes on time, including if you file an extension, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has instituted a new penalty beginning after 2008 returns. If you ... Read More

Time to pay your quarterly estimated taxes! Your last quarterly tax payment for 2009 is due today, January 15, 2010. Don't forget to get your payment in the mail, or ... Read More

Sometimes, small business owners are confused about how to handle deducting depreciation and current expenses on their income taxes. Specifically, you might not know which items to deduct directly from ... Read More

Are you confused by the myriad of tax forms? It's tax time! Do you know which tax forms to file for your business? The tax forms you file are based on ... Read More

The unemployment rate in December 2009 held steady at 10%, which is not particularly good news is we're supposed to be in a recovery. The hope was that we could ... Read More

The Obama Administration extended the $8,000 homebuyer's tax credit and added a new current homeowner's tax credit in order to stimulate the housing market and help homeowner's. It's tax time ... Read More

There may be a light at the end of the bank lending tunnel. When President Obama met in December with the CEO's of the large banks that received bailout money, ... Read More

The last estimated tax payment for your business is due in just 10 days! On January 15, 2010, your fourth and final estimated tax payment is due and you will ... Read More

Now that the large banks have all repaid their TARP money, the federal government doesn't have much leverage over them anymore, especially since bank regulation is in such a pitiful ... Read More

If I had to make one prediction for 2010, it would be a trend toward consumer frugality. I know that small businesses have seen that in 2009 and I expect ... Read More