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12 Essential Steps to Starting a Small Business

Starting a small business can be exciting. But turning a promising idea into a viable enterprise calls for careful planning and plenty of preparation. Before opening your doors—whether real or virtual—you'll need to make a series of important financial, legal and practical decisions. Here are 12 essential steps that can help put your new business on solid footing.

Qualified Adoption Assistance Programs Can Deliver Value Beyond Their Cost

Employers are under constant pressure to make their benefits packages more competitive, but adding...

Trump Accounts Go Live and the IRS Provides Tax-Reporting Relief

Parents, grandparents and others can now contribute to Internal Revenue Code Section 530A...

Self-Employed? You May Be Eligible for the Home Office Deduction

Once upon a time, employees could claim home office expenses as a miscellaneous itemized deduction,...

A Great Onboarding Process Doesn't End With Orientation

Most organizations spend a lot of time thinking about how to hire the right people.

What if you...

How To Reduce the Cost of Your Child’s College Education

If you're the parent of a college-aged child, you already know how pricey higher education has...

Charitable-Giving Tax Breaks Related to Your Vacation Home

Owning a vacation home can provide a fun, relaxing getaway for you and perhaps family and friends....

What's the Right Entity Choice for Start-Ups Today?

Launching a start-up involves many decisions. Among the most important is choosing the right...

Estate Planning: Review Your Beneficiary Designations Regularly

You may think of a will or living trust as the primary place to dictate who'll receive your assets...

Why Waiting Until Tax Season Is Often Too Late

For many people, taxes don't become top of mind until the calendar flips.W-2s begin arriving and...