What does it mean when a presidential campaign responds to hard, probing questions by cutting off the news organization that asked them? Can you trust candidates that do that? What are they hiding?
Tags: small business, obama, spread the wealth, communism, fair share, taxes
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Posted: 10/27/2008 | Comments (1)
Some folks look for code words when they need to be looking at what candidates say. Are people calling Barack Obama a socialist because he is black--that's what the code word crowd is saying--or because when he speaks he sounds like a socialist?
Posted: 10/23/2008 | Comments (8)
Is taxation a social issue or a financial issue? Have you been taken in by the class warfare rhetoric that has surrounded the issue this election cycle? If so, hopefully this will straighten things out for you. Soaking the rich, as they like to say, will get the rest of us just as wet. Count on it!
Tags: small business, venture capital, taxes, obama, frank, class warfare
Posted: 10/21/2008 | Comments (2)
Every now and again, an individual appears that personifies an important campaign issue. Twenty years ago, that man's name was Willie. Today, his name is Joe. He is a plumber, and he wants to buy the small business he works for. His encounter with Senator Barack Obama last Sunday opened a window into what we can expect from an Obama presidency regarding taxes, and what Joe saw through that window has left him "infuriated."
Tags: small business, taxes, joe the plumber, willie horton, presidential election
Posted: 10/16/2008 | Comments (10)
Spread the wealth. It's a nice sentiment but it doesn't have a good reputation in capitalist societies where making money and building a business to support yourself and your family are good things. Folks on the other side of the ideological coin, however, like that idea a lot. Guess who else likes it.
Posted: 10/13/2008 | Comments (0)
The Small Business Tax Modernization Act of 2008 has been introduced to the House Ways and Means Committee and it has a great deal to offer small businesses struggling in today's economy. Have a look at it now and join us in watching it work its way through Congress.
Tags: small business, taxes, small business tax modernization act of 2008
Posted: 9/18/2008 | Comments (0)
Slipped quietly into the recently signed housing bailout legislation are provisions that should make every small business owner think twice about taking plastic and every citizen wonder whether the IRS really needs more power. The bill's sponsors claim that this legislation will quiet the storm that is raging in the housing market, but I wonder if another storm isn't brewing up over what they don't want to tell you about that bill.
Tags: small business, taxes, housing bill, irs, ebay, credit card
Posted: 7/31/2008 | Comments (0)
Congress is entertaining a plan to take control of one of the commodity markets. True, it's a problematic one--oil--but it is still a commodity like any other. Is this something that is going to help the people, or will it just add another layer of bureaucracy and regulation and bring us a step closer to socialism? You decide.
Tags: small business, oil prices, taxes, tax reform, congress, president bush, cost of government day
Posted: 7/24/2008 | Comments (1)
Consider the way our government behaves and you have to ask yourself if you are truly getting a good return on all the money, time and energy you lavish upon the federal, state and local governments that are becoming increasingly involved in our lives. Today is a great day to ask that since it is Cost of Government Day. I have offered my answer, see if you agree!
Posted: 7/16/2008 | Comments (0)
With most prices on the rise, many people are probably thinking, how can it get any worse? Well it can. In Illinois, on July 1, 2008 Cook County's sales tax has gone up to 10.25 percent which is now the highest of any major city in the country. With our struggling economy, no county in the United States is safe from increasing prices including sales tax.
Tags: taxes, small business, budget, sales tax, sales
Posted: 7/15/2008 | Comments (5)
Data recently collected from mail surveys circulated to 3,530 small businesses showed that small businesses face issues ranging from day-to-day operating costs to taxes and insurance. The data also showed that small businesses are at a disadvantage when competing against big box retailers. Here are some of the big problems and solutions for small businesses.
Tags: health insurance, taxes, consumer
Posted: 6/11/2008 | Comments (0)
One of the biggest questions posed during this time of year, especially by new small business owners, is this: “What business expenses can I deduct?” Legitimate deductions can save you lots of money. On the other hand, improper deductions can land you across the desk from a tax auditor and no one wants that. Learn how to avoid tax trouble while receiving all the deductions to which you are entitled.
Tags: taxes, irs
Posted: 3/10/2008 | Comments (0)
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