The smaller the business, the more likely it is to be audited by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. That’s according to the most recent edition of the Kiplinger Letter (requires subscription):
“Small proprietorships are the most likely to hear from the IRS. Questionable deductions by…
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is posted over at The Window Manager.
Check it out for links to a showcase of great articles on business topics.
Carnival of the Capitalists is a traveling cyber-event that appears each week at a new weblog. Visit the Carnival home page for…
Editor’s note: This is the seventeenth in our popular weekly series of PowerBlog Reviews of other weblogs…
The Duct Tape Marketing weblog is a great resource for small businesses.
And don’t you just love the name? It is so appropriate for a weblog targeted toward small…
Microsoft is serious about the small and midsize business (SMB) market. It is so serious that Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO, will be directly overseeing the Business Solutions unit that makes software for the SMB market, following a shake-up there.
It seems that the unit has disappointed…
Year-over-year ecommerce retail sales rose 28.1% in the first quarter of 2004 to $15.52 billion according to the Department of Commerce. That increase was the second greatest quarterly, year-over-year increase since Q1 of 2001. Ecommerce sales were 1.8% of total retail sales in 2003.
Relying on…
Knitting is officially cool. Movie stars like Cameron Diaz and Nicole Kidman are said to knit between scenes on the movie set. Knitting clubs are popping up on college campuses. Teenagers are taking knitting classes. And knitters no longer limit themselves to sweaters and socks — they…
Carnival of the Vanities is up over at Read My Lips. Dave’s post on Phone Rage is entered in this week’s Vanities.
Vanities is similar to Carnival of the Capitalists, except posts can be on any topic, not just business.
There are a number of these traveling Carnival shows and link…
Entrepreneur magazine suggests that spotting trends is a path to business success. Part of the article outlines mogul Donald Trump’s trend spotting tips. Trump, who has built a business on trends (which partly explains his involvement in The Apprentice reality TV trend), offers these tips…
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has started an interesting new feature that we’ll be watching closely here at Small Business Trends, called “Quarterly Indicators.” The Quarterly Indicators are a compilation of economic trends likely to impact small firms.
What do…
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