Small Business

By Steve Barlotta, CPA Part II of our year-end tax planning letter will focus on small business owners. The good news is there’s still time to implement some strategies in the next few [...]

Are you deciding between buying or leasing your next vehicle? Leasing a vehicle used to be commonplace only for businesses because of the tax write-off. But now with deals like zero money down, [...]

There are a few major issues that need to be considered when setting up your company. Choosing the right business entity is something not to be taken lightly. Your particular situation will [...]

I’m often approached by new entrepreneurs for advice on how to properly start a business. Every start-up is different and unique, so there really isn’t a cookie cutter answer to this [...]

By Steve Barlotta, CPA Recently the IRS has been sending notices to many small businesses  as a result of the information reported on Form 1099-K. This form is prepared annually by banks and [...]

By Steve Barlotta, CPA In my blog a few months back I wrote that companies with the equivalent of 50 or more full-time workers would now have to provide health care coverage for their employees [...]

Even though one in two employers now offer a Roth 401(k), the employee participation rate in these plans is below 10%. The Roth 401(k) is a retirement savings plan that represents a combination [...]

By Steve Barlotta, CPA Earlier this month President Obama delayed until 2015 the mandate requiring businesses to provide their workers with health insurance. Under the original Affordable Care [...]

By Steve Barlotta, CPA With summer upon us and school adjourned until September, now is the time to hire your child in your small business. If you’re running your company as a sole [...]

By Steve Barlotta, CPA This week we saw a Congressional Investigative Committee grill Apple CEO Tim Cook about the company’s creative tax-saving strategies. The committee estimates that [...]