As local and state governments issue shelter-in-place orders, asking residents to remain home for all but essential errands, businesses — especially small local businesses — across the U.S. are facing difficult decisions. These institutions are crucial to our nation’s economy, employing 58.9 million people in the United States, or about 47.5% of the total private […]
f you haven’t yet applied for a PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) loan, you may still have a shot. However, that shot is going to miss its target if you don’t act now–and I mean now. Let me explain: The initial iteration of the program ran out of its $350 billion of funding almost immediately, and small […]
The first round of $349 billion in funding for the Paycheck Protection Program ran out in less than two weeks. Now that the new Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act has been signed into law, an additional $310 billion has been designated to help small businesses keep employees on the payroll. The U.S. […]
Entrepreneur is celebrating Women’s Entrepreneurship Day by examining some of the notable women entrepreneurs it profiled this year. As the saying goes, experience is the best teacher. Whether it’s coping with divorce, depression or death, these amazing women have valuable lessons to share. Read more ……
The White House Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) seeks public input on how to further increase transparency and fairness in civil enforcement matters. This action implements a portion of the President’s recent Executive Order 13892, “Promoting the Rule of Law Through Transparency and Fairness in Civil Administrative Enforcement and Adjudication.” In that Executive Order, […]
As of Jan. 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulates how large businesses store and secure customer data. Companies that make over $25 million a year in gross revenue must now govern their data protection by CCPA rules. The CCPA is the latest in a series of national and global data privacy laws, […]
In recent years, Yelp has seen an increase in requests from users for ways to search for women-owned businesses, and the business listing site is ready to honor those requests. Upon tracking that mentions of women-owned businesses in reviews are up 20% since 2018 and 54% since five years ago. Yelp will be making its women-owned business attribute searchable […]
It’s no secret that women run the world, but all this is just proof of how strong, smart, and talented women are, especially when given the chance. This March, as Tatler Philippines celebrates International Women’s Month, we focus our spotlight on the mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends who have changed lives — theirs and others’ […]
2020 isn’t just the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage. It’s the year the ratio of female-owned U.S. businesses could hit 50%, thanks to a strong economy, more funding — VC investment in female-founded firms hit $17.2 billion in 2019, according to PitchBook, up from just $2 billion in 2009 — and policies that support women […]
Tax planning is the process of looking at various tax options in order to determine when, whether, and how to conduct business and personal transactions to reduce or eliminate tax liability. Many small business owners ignore tax planning. They don’t even think about their taxes until it’s time to meet with their accountants, but tax […]
