It's been 239 years since a group of men in Philadelphia signed the Declaration of Independence and started a revolution ... 

Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek and who are not exempt from overtime pay rules must receive overtime pay at a rate of not less than one and one-half times the regular rate ...

Small employers who are not required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to provide health coverage to their employees nonetheless seek to do so for important reasons ... 

"We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming," said Wernher von Braun (father of the U.S. space program). That's how small business owners feel ...

We all have chores and errands in our personal lives. Thinking about them, arranging them, and doing them often take time away from our business day...

Writing Off Certain Costs the Easy Way

Business owners know that just about every expense translates into a tax write-off. But the when and how for a particular expense can be confusing ...

Hiring Practices: Does Age Really Matter? 

Any Chance of Regulatory Relief? 

We all know the burden that government-mandated paperwork and red tape puts on small businesses. (If you don't, just check out the 10,000 Commandments; Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State)...

Small Businesses as Government Cops

We've already seen private citizens standing guard in front of military recruiting stations in the wake of the Chattanooga attack on July 16 because the government hasn't agreed to provide additional security for these facilities ... 

Like most small business owners who don't think of July (or August) as an important tax time, you may not be thinking about taxes right now, but you should be. Here are four things to do now to help achieve a good tax outcome for the year ...

While 2016 may be months away, it's not too soon to start planning now for your health coverage for the coming year. There's already buzz about double-digit increases in premiums in certain locations, but this isn't the only change coming. There are also changes in tax rules for healthcare in 2016 ..