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Employers can offer employees a way to pay for certain personal costs on a pre-tax basis through flexible spending accounts (FSAs).
Using these accounts means that the amounts employees contribute to FSAs are not included in taxable compensation for federal tax purposes. Read More

Not that long ago, small businesses had personal relationships with their local banks.
But that was before the financial crisis of 2007-08 and the global economic collapse, followed by the consolidation of many institutions into fewer and fewer banks.
Today’s banks, more often than not, are natio Read More

DoubleClick, the ad-serving giant owned by Google, has unveiled native ads that defeat ad blockers.
The move comes at a time of growing concern among online publishers that increased use of ad blocking tools by consumers undermines their business model.
More and more people are using mobile platf Read More

Lunch time is not only about eating lunch anymore. It is an hour of opportunity. Lunch hour can be one of the most useful hours of the day, if you know how to use it right.
Whether you are catching up with a client or using it as a time to run personal errands, lunch time gives you five extra hour Read More

A recent report by franchise system data provider FranchiseGrade indicates that both the average (mean) and typical (median) franchise upfront fees at a “healthy” franchise system are higher than that of an “unhealthy” franchise system – 12 percent higher in the case of the average system.
Why the Read More

Your employees are a big part of your business’s success story. So understandably you want to make them feel appreciated. A special and memorable gift is a great way to show your thanks for all they do. Why don’t you take advantage of the gift giving season to wow your staff with clever employee gi Read More

When you want to get your content in front of new readers, tapping into the dozens of targeted platforms on social media is an obvious choice. Whether you share a blog post on Facebook or an infographic on Twitter, social media outlets boast millions of users. These established, engaged audiences g Read More

Do you ever get the sneaking suspicion your email isn’t as secure as it could be? For the everyday, you probably don’t give email security much thought. But when sending confidential information and business files extra protection may be a good idea.
What this boils down to is sometimes you just Read More

Franchises allow individuals to go into business knowing they have the backing of the franchisor. This has its advantages and disadvantages. Those positives ad negatives were recently highlighted in California as Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the strongest franchisee protection rules in the U.S. Read More

Once you have determined that it will be beneficial to your business to begin hiring employees, where do you to start? While its great to start delegating responsibility to other people, your next challenge is to find them. The days of putting classifieds in a newspaper are gone and word-of-mouth Read More