Several websites offer a variety of information about small business taxes. Here are a few sites worth a visit.

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Why After Three Years I Dropped Mailchimp as My Newsletter Service for Aweber
I’m willing to give up a free service and pay for another because saying Mailchimp performs the same function as Aweber is like saying your Ford Escort performs the save function as my Maserati…
RyanHanley.com

Small Business Share of Economy, Job Growth Shrinks
It’s no secret that the years since the financial crisis have been tough on small business. What’s more surprising, though, is that their role in the US economy had already been diminishing for years before the Great Recession.
BusinessWeek

T-Mobile Caters to Small Business with New Services
Bouncing back after its proposed acquisition by AT&T crumbled, T-Mobile is aggressively courting small business customers with a variety of services.
PCWorld

Small Business Majority Opinion Poll: Small Business Owners Say Access to …
Opinion polling released today by the Small Business Majority shows 90 percent of small business owners believe access to credit is a problem and that loans are harder to get now than four years ago.
San Francisco Chronicle

Being candid with employees is essential to performance
Managers have a responsibility to be candid. Judith Glaser joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the power of candor when dealing with employees and why it is a management responsibility.
The Small Business Advocate (audio)

Five small business technology trends for the year ahead
Dr. Hugh Bradlow, Telstra’s chief technology officer, delivers his five predictions for the 2012 small business technology landscape.
Dynamic Business

The Nightmare of Sales Tax for Everyone
An Internet sales tax has long been a hot-button issue in Congress and industry. But as more businesses embrace e-commerce to sell their goods, states struggle to bring in revenue in a struggling economy and political candidates talk tax reform, it’s a button that keeps getting pushed.
The Street

How Success Cost a Small Business Owner His Health Insurance
Small business is iconic in America. For years, big business has cleverly used small businesses to be messengers for campaigns financed by corporate America.
Huffington Post (blog)

Entrepreneurial Tightrope: Outsourcing, interns can be handy
What’s a small business to do regarding finding and holding on to help? This has been a challenge for small business owners for a long time. Outsourcing and hiring interns can be helpful.
USA TODAY

Small business hours can be hard on customers…
In a day and age, when more families have multiple incomes, it gets harder and harder to find time to eat and shop. When people do somehow manage to find the time, it can often be later in the day, or on Sundays.
Buffalo Rising

Small Business Accounting: Tips, Tricks and Advice from TaxMama
From day one, small businesses should get their accounting act together and apply crucial tips and tricks, said tax expert Eva Rosenberg
International Business Times

Obama wants small business tax, investment breaks
The legislative package, which will be part of Obama’s 2013 budget proposal later this month, also would include a new 10 percent tax credit for small business that add jobs or increase wages in 2012.
Boston.com

Identifying prospects for your global business strategy
What do you know about your global prospects? Jim Blasingame reveals information about global prospects for developing a strategy to grow your business outside of the U.S.
The Small Business Advocate (audio)

Demand for Small Business Loans Most Since 2005
Banks reported the greatest increase in demand for loans from small companies since 2005, the according to the Federal Reserve’s survey of senior loan officers out today. That may be good news for job growth later in the year.
BusinessWeek

5 Tips For Managing Overwhelm and Overload
Just like we have power strips that absorb energy surges to protect our computers, we need to install acircuit breaker on our brains to absorb some of the overwhelming data coming in all the time.
The International Association of Self-Employed Communication Professionals

Big Banks’ Small Business Lending: Do The Numbers Really Add Up?
So it’s no surprise that Bank of America, Chase, Citibank and Wells Fargo were eager to release seemingly impressive small-business lending figures for 2011. Problem is, many of those loans may be going to businesses that aren’t that small.
Huffington Post

Can a brand be genuine on Twitter?
Self-promotion is just plain tacky in the age of social media.  You just can’t tell people how awesome you are, you need to show them.
The Washington Post

Why You Need to Compartmentalize Your Life when Building a Business
When you start a business, you will likely wear many different hats, and in many cases wear all of the hats. You might be in charge of marketing, sales, legal, HR, operations, finance, accounting, IT etc. And you might add on top of all that a personal life of some degree.
Youngentrepreneur.com

Japan Small Business Confidence Rises In January
Confidence among Japanese small scale businesses rose for the first time in four months in January, a survey conducted by the Shoko Chukin Bank showed Tuesday.
NASDAQ

Branding for the small business
Far too many business owners feel that they are too small to worry about branding, don’t understand it entirely or they think they don’t have the time or resources to invest in it.
Crain’s Chicago Business

JPL to Host High-Tech Small Business Conference
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will host the 24th annual High-Tech Conference for Small Business on Tuesday, March 6, and Wednesday, March 7, at the Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Managing a Small Business: How to Inspire Employee Loyalty
A big part of successfully managing a small business is inspiring loyalty and getting the most out of employees.
International Business Times

27 Small Business PR Ideas For February
Here are 27 ways entrepreneurs can seek out small business PR opportunities during the month of February.
Understanding Marketing

How To Raise Money To Start Your Small Business
There are many ways you can raise the money you need to start your small business. Don’t give up until you’ve exhausted every single opportunity in existence, and you’ll be happy you did.
Noobpreneur.com

India offers opportunities, but there are pitfalls to avoid
As the second-fastest growing market in Asia, with more than one billion people, India is considered by many small business owners fertile ground offering a variety of opportunities.
Washington Post

Postal service offering classes for marketers, small business owners
The United States Postal Service recently announced it will host Grow Your Business Day, designed to help small and medium-sized businesses create affordable direct mail pieces for integrated marketing campaigns.
123Print.com

5 Simple Steps for Promoting Your Blog
Here are five steps that will help you promote your blog, differentiating it and creating awareness. With the steps here, you’ll be able to maximize the daily traffic that comes to your website.
Earningdiary.com

What Makes A Good Website?
Now what constitutes “good” is very subjective, we all have different tastes. But I think we can all agree that certain principals need to be followed when setting up a website to make sure you’re not putting your good time to waste.
Respectfully Disobedient

Export loans rise, SBA reports
The Small Business Administration is making a big push to help small companies who get export loans, and companies in Central Florida are seeing the fruits of those efforts.
Orlando Sentinel

Behind the Brand
In these videos, host Bryan Elliott examines brands, innovators, authors and small businesses by engaging them in conversation about their passions, their challenges and how it is these personalities have achieved such a high level of success.
Get Busy Media

Location can make, break new business
Potential small-business owners are faced with many decisions; from how to obtain capital to which bookkeeping software is right for the business. Choosing the right location should be a priority early on.
San Angelo Standard Times

“Organize Your Home Office” For A Workable Office Space
Many small business owners work from home, but very few of these same owners would be comfortable inviting a prospective client to see their home office.
Small Business Trends (book review)

Insurance for small business in case the unthinkable happens
In addition to disability insurance, other types of coverage for small business owners and partners include life, partnership or buy-sell, critical illness, and key person.
The Tri-City News

Writing a business plan
The prospect of writing a business plan for a new start-up business or a young / small business that is looking to expand is something that sounds daunting. The good news is, it doesn’t have to be a struggle
The Guardian

Bill Would Create New Small Business Tax Break
Two Republican lawmakers are hoping a new bill will give small businesses the same tax deductions as big corporations when they donate excess products to charity and nonprofits.
Inc.com

What is Your Twitter Strategy for Following Someone?
Are you on Twitter? How do you use it? How do you decide who to follow?
Keep Up With The Web

Bring Customers to Your Door with Andromo App Maker for Android
Small business owners can now create Android apps that drive customers right to their door, thanks to the interactive map feature found in Andromo App Maker for Android.
PRWeb (press release)

6 Ways to Improve Your Focus at Work
Staying alert and productive all day, every day seems like an insurmountable task. With instant access to e-mail, YouTube and Facebook, the challenge becomes that much greater.
American Express OPEN Forum

Small Businesses Got $3.5B in Lending from Jobs Act Fund
The Small Business Lending Fund has helped issue $3.5 billion in loans to businesses by providing capital to qualified community lenders, according to the US Treasury.
eCreditDaily.com

Using social media to promote good public relations
Can you prevent bad PR? Jane Jordan-Meier joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why you must include social media in your crisis management plan, plus how to handle negative online comments, aka, user generated content (UGC).
The Small Business Advocate (audio)

Getting started on your small business tax return
Do not look at the calendar and think, “I don’t need to start on my small business tax return yet. I have more than three months to do it.” That attitude is begging for last-minute panic and mistakes…
MiamiHerald.com

What to Know About Google’s New Update
Last week Google announced another algorithm update, called the “page layout algorithm update”, which will target sites that have too many ads above the fold.
Brick Marketing Blog

Why campaign spending rules hurt small business
A recent poll conducted by Lake Research found that 66% of a random sample of 500 small-business owners believe the Citizens United decision was “mostly bad” or “somewhat bad” for small business.
CNN

Small Business Owners, Nonprofit Execs: Don’t Make These Retirement Mistakes
13 mistakes small business owners and nonprofit execs make in retirement planning revealed in Ventureneer webinar.
PR.com (press release)

Effective Sales Techniques Regardless of Your Industry
If you want your business to excel in the market, you have to implement some great sales ideas that will ensure that you are at the top of your industry.
Expert Business Advice

Small business administrator on cabinet is good first step
President Barack Obama may finally have it right – about small business, that is, and its importance to our economy. Two weeks ago, he appointed the administrator of the Small Business Administration to his cabinet.
Biddeford Journal Tribune

HP updates small-business color printer line
New laser printers and multifunction devices are targeted at SMBs that produce their own marketing collateral or that require professional-quality color output.
ZDNet (blog)

Small Business Plan: A Template for Making Sales
“Nothing happens until something gets sold.” This statement, posted on the Web site of Sales Engine, is something any small business plan should adhere to.
International Business Times

The pricing formula (S&S)
Pricing your product is actually simple, as long as you consider it from the buyer’s point of view.
Seth’s Blog

Office of Advocacy Releases Small Business Profiles for All 50 States
Today the Office of Advocacy released the annual Small Business Profiles for the States and Territories. This is the 16th year Advocacy has published a state-by-state profile of American small business for the United States.
PR Newswire (press release)

Grow your business with resources in the “Cloud”
Could the “cloud” help you grow your business? Pat Sigmon joins Jim Blasingame to reveal innovative ways to use web-based tools – the “cloud” – to help you grow your business more efficiently.
The Small Business Advocate (audio)

The 7th Annual Small Business Summit Gains Momentum
The Seventh Annual Small Business Summit, (#smallbizsummit) New York’s premier event for small businesses, is continuing to gain momentum among small business owners, larger businesses and groups that work within the small business vertical.
MarketWatch

Small-Business Outlook: What Are The Biggest Challenges On Main Street?
They also named weak sales as the top business concern in NFIB’s monthly Small-Business Optimism Index report for the 16th consecutive quarter. Other challenges recession-weary small-business owners reported?
Huffington Post

Women Small Business Owners Wave a Magic Wand in Portland, OR
Portland, OR women in small business opportunity to connect for free at the Magic Wand Collective launch meeting set for this Thursday, January 26th, 2012, 6:30 – 9:00 pm at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1441 NE 2nd Ave., Portland, OR 97232.
PR Urgent

Small Business Loans: How They Work and What You Should Know
Asking for loans is “unpleasant; it’s like asking your dad for the car keys,” said Charles H. Green, Executive Director at the Small Business Finance Institute and author of The SBA Loan Book.
International Business Times

How to Choose a Mobile Carrier for Your Small Business
AT&T, among other carriers, walks you through choosing small-business products.As for choosing a voice-minutes package, most providers offer free calls on nights and weekends.
PCWorld

Xiimo Brings New Marketing Tools to the Small Business Owner
Named one of the most disruptive cloud based technology companies by VentureBeat, Xiimo is redefining how small businesses market and promote on the web.
Sacramento Bee

More Signs of Increased Small Business Lending
We’ve been hearing about increased confidence in small business and, if you’re like me, you want to believe it – but you’re suspicious, too. How do we really know if things are getting better?
Small Business Trends

Sales of Small Business Companies Increase in 2011 Franchise Stats Lacking
The small-business-for-sale marketplace picked up again last year, for the second year in a row, thanks in part to better business performance. Sales of businesses with roughly $360000 in annual revenue rose 3.3% in 2011, according to BizBuySell.com…
Blue MauMau

Small Business Social Media – Avoid At Your Peril
Friends, Fans, Circles, Likes, Plus 1’s, it can all be a bit intimidating for small business owners. The fact of the matter is though that Social media is not going away…
Business 2 Community

Hiding Income? Look Out, Here Comes the 1099-K
Starting this month, business owners will begin getting new tax forms issued by their credit-card and online-payment processors and intended to keep businesses from hiding income. The form, called 1099-K, will document all 2011 transactions processed for sellers with more than 200 transactions and $20,000 in annual gross receipts.
BusinessWeek

Cloud app helps small companies manage sales compensation
Wondering how much your small business should be paying that great new sales person you want to hire? More important, wondering how to make sure everything is managed and paid out properly?
ZDNet (blog)

21 Reasons You’ll Fail at Marketing
I don’t know what it is about Marketing, but everyone on earth seems to think they can do it. And yet I see so many people NOT doing it or wasting thousands of dollars and not getting results.  I see business owners try the same things over and over, small businesses fail at marketing wasting more money, more time, and more energy.
Bplans

Self-employment in the Internet Age
Everyone who’s ever seen their career crash and burn can point to one or more big picture factors that directly or indirectly greased the wheels of their departure. We can either poison ourselves with bitterness, or find some way to benefit from prevailing changes.
OutOfYourRut.com

Small-business pessimism hangs around
Three years of poor sales and a slow economy have conditioned small-business owners to think negatively. Or at least that’s how it seems in the latest round of reports on the small-business economic outlook.
OCRegister

Exporting to China just got easier for small business
How do you export to and distribute your products in China. Frank Lavin joins Jim Blasingame from Hong Kong to explain how ExportNow.com will help small businesses gain access to China’s consumers without prohibitive expense.
The Small Business Advocate (audio)

Small Business Tax Cheats: A $122 Billion Problem
But an increasingly tricky web of politics and logistics surrounding small business tax matters virtually eliminates any likelihood of a serious crackdown on these diverse entities.
The Fiscal Times

Office Depot Small Business Index Finds Organization is a Big Challenge
According to the survey, filing and organization are the top business tasks that small business owners least look forward to, as 27 percent loath putting their office in order.
MarketWatch (press release)

Verizon Wireless Amps Up Small Business Capabilities with Powerful New Devices at
This week, at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Verizon Wireless unveiled new devices, including tablets, smartphones and mobile hotspots,that are sure to capture the attention of SMB proprietors.  Here are a few great options…

Poll: Corporate political cash hurts small business
An opinion poll released Wednesday found that two-thirds of small business leaders believe the US Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision hurts them, and a whopping 88 percent view money as playing a negative role in politics.
Salt Lake Tribune

How to Become a Tech Guru in One Year
Last year, Ryan Bubinski, 22, and Zach Sims, 21, founded Codecademy, a New York City-based startup that provides online learning opportunities in the programming space. The company offers classes and videos on how to code, and this month launched Code Year, a free and interactive yearlong coding class.
American Express OPEN Forum

The ups and downs of small business employment
We’ll start by defining a small business as an enterprise with fewer than 500 employees. That’s the definition used by the Small Business Administration.
PolitiFact

Study: Three in Four Women Small Business Owners Predict More Tough Times in 2012
A new Nationwide Financial study shows three quarters (74 percent) of women small business owners expect their business to be negatively impacted in 2012 by the economy.
Insurance News Net (press release)

How to Make the Perfect Website

Sadly, many entrepreneurs have provided the public with websites that are faulty, unreadable, esthetically displeasing, or incompatible with mobile devices. If you’re cringing with guilt, you may want to read up on these tips to make a perfect website.
NewBizBlogger

5 Things Every Small Business Should Know about Email Marketing
Here are five aspects of email marketing that every small business owner should be aware of.
Everything PR

How The SBA Can Better Serve The Other 29353039 Small Businesses
The paperwork, the certifications, the bidding, the bureaucracy…for a small business who’s not familiar with the system it’s almost impossible. I’m not alone. Most of my clients hate working with the government.
Huffington Post

Ten Twitter tips and tricks
Two social media experts explain how small business owners can channel Twitter’s tiny might.
Sydney Morning Herald

Local Search: A Must for Small Business
For small business some of the most important search is local and optimising your site to be found in local search directories. Here are some of our top hints on how to optimise your site being found locally.
PRWire

SOPA Kills Small Business and Fangirls
It’s badly written and has far too great a possibility of hurting small business. Big and broad laws like this have been proven, time and again, to be very dangerous to the people.
FemPop

Two generous tax breaks that small business owners got during the recession are going to shrink dramatically in 2012. That makes yearend tax planning more important than usual.

The changes affect the deductions for purchases of equipment. One is called the Section 179 deduction, a name taken from a provision of the Internal Revenue Code. The other is called bonus depreciation. Congress approved the breaks as an economic stimulus move — they were intended to make it easier for small businesses to expand and hire workers. Although the economy is still slow, the breaks are being scaled back.

Source/Read More: Boston.com

Why do state governments want to tax virtual sales, like catalogs and e-commerce? Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame with an update on the debate on virtual sales tax reporting by businesses, which would put an “unreasonable burden on interstate commerce.”

Source/Listen: The Small Business Advocate

In a paper released today by The School of Public Policy, Duanjie Chen and Jack Mintz analyze small business tax policies. The authors find that despite the common belief that small business tax concessions encourage job creation and economic growth, this cannot be substantiated.

“The incentives undermine the neutrality of the overall tax system and the goals of simplification, economic efficiency and fairness,’” the authors write. Ironically, the current system encourages companies to break up into smaller, less efficient units.

Chen and Mintz also refer to a “wall of taxation,” saying that smaller companies are penalized as they try to grow. Further, small business tax breaks disproportionately benefit wealthy Canadians.

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