Stripe and Advent International's $53B bid for PayPal would combine two of the biggest names in small business payments. Here's what's at stake.
Washington's 2026 overtime-exempt salary threshold hit $80,168.40, converging small and large employer schedules for the first time. Here's what changed.
Intuit's QuickBooks Small Business Index shows employment fell 0.10% in June 2026 while average revenue rose 0.40%. Here's what the mixed signal means.
The IRS and Security Summit's 2026 'Protect Your Clients; Protect Yourself' campaign targets identity theft. Here's what small businesses and their bookkeepers should do.
NFIB's Small Business Optimism Index climbed 2.1 points to 97.4 in June 2026. Here's what's driving it and why owners are still holding back on hiring.
The IRS Business Tax Account got new Summer 2026 features: EIN verification letters, digital notices, and payments. Why small businesses should use it.
Treasury stopped minting pennies in 2026. Washington and other states now have cash-rounding rules. What businesses that take cash need to do.
The IRS is replacing First-Time Abate with automatic penalty relief for businesses with a clean 3-year filing history. Here's how it works.
The July 6 deadline to amend for retroactive R&D refunds has passed. Here's what small businesses can still claim as expensing goes permanent.
New OBBBA deductions for tips and overtime shift a reporting burden onto employers for tax year 2026. Here's what to set up before January.
A federal judge granted preliminary approval to the $38B swipe-fee deal. Merchants gain surcharge rights and rate cuts — but it isn't final yet.
Nearly 20 states are running back-to-school sales tax holidays this summer, and while the coverage is aimed at parents hunting for deals, the compliance burden lands squarely on retailers — who have to get the exemption rules right in real time or risk under- or over-collecting tax on thousands of transactions. What happened Mississippi kicked...
Massachusetts business owners are watching a familiar fight resurface: the state House has tucked a mandatory employee retirement-savings program — vetoed by Gov. Maura Healey just last year — back into a must-pass economic development bill, according to a July 8, 2026 NFIB press release. What happened The proposal, known as the Secure Choice Savings...
A new Government Accountability Office report confirms what small business owners tracking the Corporate Transparency Act have suspected for months: the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting regime the Treasury Department built to fight shell-company money laundering has been quietly hollowed out, and now even the federal agencies it was designed to serve are struggling to...
One year after OBBBA changed ERC rules, Jackson Walker warns cashed refund checks don't mean claims are closed. Know your audit and appeal deadlines.