The health of your micro-business depends to a great extent on business-friendly decision-making from your town and county governments.
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Jul 29, 2009
If you have employees, the NASE has money-saving benefits for your micro-business. Log in to MyNASE at www.NASE.org and enter the Quick Link to learn more.
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Jul 29, 2009
You might mistake the credit card horror stories for urban legends if they weren’t being reported by every major news source. Countless Americans are struggling with the changing terms of their credit card agreements. Lenders are instituting new fees even as they lower credit limits. Interest rates are spiking, and grace periods are shrinking with little warning to card holders.
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Jul 29, 2009
In 2008, the NASE awarded Business Development Grants to 18 NASE Members, for a total of $85,772. Those dollars helped members stock stores with inventory, purchase new equipment, kick off marketing campaigns and more.
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Jul 29, 2009
Long-range planning is a wise idea even in difficult financial times. While micro-business owners have their hands full juggling inventories, meeting customer demands and studying balance sheets, they should also be planning for retirement.
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Jul 29, 2009
By now everybody knows the risks of smoking—from cancer and heart disease to prematurely aged skin. Tobacco use is the biggest cause of death worldwide and the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. But have you thought about the dangers tobacco poses to your micro-business?
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Jul 29, 2009
Wheelwork Arts LLC produces theatrical circus productions. We have a touring show, “Cirque Mechanics Birdhouse Factory,” which spent the last three years touring the U.S. theater circuit and recently completed a five-week run at the off-Broadway New Victory Theater.
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Jul 29, 2009
If you are a self-employed business owner, today you can deduct 100% of what you pay for your health insurance premiums off your adjusted gross income for Federal income tax purposes. It’s a considerable benefit – one that I find is frequently overlooked in media reports about health insurance for the self-employed. I’ve even run into some small business owners – and aspiring business owners – who seem unaware of the provision. And that’s a shame, because it’s a valuable benefit.
However, as good as that benefit is, you still have to pay a 15.3% self-employment (FICA) tax on those premiums.
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Jul 20, 2009
As Congress continues its important work on health care reform, the NASE and the NAR ask legislators that any final health reform measure address the unique problems experienced by America’s self-employed workforce.
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Jul 20, 2009
The NASE, NFIB, and NSBA urge legislators to remember that our nation’s small businesses and the self-employed share a problem that plagues all of our members: the soaring cost of healthcare.
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Jul 16, 2009