Small Business

Morgan Stanley's chief financial officer, Ruth Porat, is leaving the New York investment bank for the same job at Google Inc.

PayPal is splitting from EBay Inc. and will become a separate and publicly traded company next year.

The Biggest Little City in the World is about to get a new neighbor: the biggest lithium battery factory in the world that Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval asserted will create more than 22,000 new jobs and pump $100 billion into the state's economy over the next 20 years.

Facebook marketing executive Mike Hoefflinger said on Wednesday that Facebook Pages will be available on smartphones later in 2012.

Massachusetts’ Restaurant and Business Alliance comes out against a bill that would allow grocery chain Wegmans to serve alcoholic beverages on-premises at its Northborough location, in addition to selling bottles to go.

We’re in the throes of tax season, and IRS- and tax-related scams are going into overdrive.

Nothing sends small business owners into nail-biting mode than news that they’re being audited.  Even if you have all your ducks in order and can defend your deductions and support your income, the process is still time-consuming, costly and nerve wracking.

We all experience complications that weren't part of the plan. Some are predictable; others come out of nowhere. Aside from lying awake at night stressing out over all the things that can go wrong, there are strategies we can learn from the lead-up to the big game that will help us face our own extreme conditions

Accounting for business income and expenses has become streamlined.

We’re more than half way through 2014: Where does your business stand in terms of taxes?

With all the required paperwork and changing regulations, it can be easy for businesses to find themselves in tax trouble.

Beginning on July 14, some big businesses will be considered 'small.' Here is what it means.

Did you know that you can write off corporate losses only to the extent of basis in the corporation?

How does Main Street feel about the income taxes it pays?

Businesses can make tax deductible donations to bona fide nonprofit organizations. But you may be surprised to learn how it is deducted on your tax return.

Trying to ensure your employees are happy all of the time might not be the best strategy.

Business owners should strive to take advantage of every possible deduction in order to minimize their tax liability.

One of the most common questions I hear from self-employed individuals begins with the phrase, “Can I write off…?” I’m often surprised by what follows the question.

The World Cup is playing havoc with many businesses, new research finds.

Every couple of years utterances of the implementation of a flat tax emerge. In fact, in a tax seminar during the early 1990s, a well-revered speaker made one of those mark-my-words predictions that the flat tax would be operational within the next few years.