Small Business Owner

When Is Your Business No Longer a “Startup”?

Where’s a specific sensibility and respect that gets attached to businesses that are referred to as “startups.” There’s a general feeling of risk taking and future-facing enterprise that owners enjoy. But the actual definition of what…
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Everything You Need to Know About Medical Practice Financing

Whether you are a physician with a well-established medical office, or you’ve just completed your residency and are getting set up, obtaining funding for a medical practice is different from applying for a standard business or personal loan.…
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Sole Proprietorships – Don’t Overlook the Liability Issues

If you are considering starting a business, the simplest and least expensive form of business is a sole proprietorship. A sole proprietorship is a one-person business that reports its income directly on the individual’s personal tax return…
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Raising Capital for Your Startup: The Basics

Creating a successful business requires a good idea combined with skill, talent, and ambition. But even if you have all of those elements, you may end up falling short if you can’t raise the capital that you need to move forward. No entrepreneur…
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Tax Planning to Help New Franchisees

Investment can be a wonderful opportunity, but it also involves a completely unfamiliar set of rules when it comes to your taxes. Whether you are considering becoming a franchisee or are already involved, it’s important that you have the support…
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Writing Off Your Business Start-Up Expenses

Unfortunately, as a result of the COVID pandemic many small firms have gone out of business. Fortunately, with the help of vaccines, new businesses will be opening as the economy returns to near normal.  New business owners, especially those…
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Tax Consequences of Crowdfunding

Raising money through Internet crowdfunding sites prompts questions about the taxability of the money raised. A number of sites host money-raising projects for fees generally ranging from 5 to 9%, including GoFundMe, Kickstarter, and Indiegogo.…
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What Is a Joint Venture?

When multiple business entities make a decision to start a new business together as a cooperative arrangement, they form what is known as a joint venture. In creating a joint venture, each of the involved entities agrees to what assets they…
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New Business? Tax Issues to Consider

In spite of COVID-19 restrictions, many entrepreneurs are considering possible new or additional business opportunities. So, if you are planning a new business start-up and are incurring some expenses, you probably anticipate deducting those…