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6 Tax Hacks For Small Business Owners and the Self-Employed

Team ZenBusiness March 1, 2023

One of the best ways to save money and meet your obligations is by paying more attention to your taxes. With a few simple, and most importantly legal, tax hacks, you can enhance your small business in more ways than one. Here are a few tax hacks for the self-employed: Tax Hack 1: Use Tax ...

California LLC Filing Fees Are Now $0 (Free)

Sheena Ingle March 3, 2023

California has dropped its filing fees for starting a new limited liability company (LLC) and many other business entities until June 30, 2023. Previously, entrepreneurs would have to pay $70 to file their Articles of Organization, but now they can form a California LLC for free ($0). To encourage business growth, the California legislature has ...

Colorado LLC Filing Fees Are Now $1

Sheena Ingle March 1, 2023

As of July 1, 2022, the cost to form a Colorado LLC is just $1. This is thanks to the implementation of the “Colorado Business Fee Relief Act” (House Bill 22-1001). If you’re wondering what this means for business owners and entrepreneurs in the Centennial State, you’ve come to the right place. Keep reading to ...

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Finance Your Business

Tax-Deductible Startup Expenses

By Janet Attard March 3, 2023

Starting a business is costly, but some of your startup expenses are tax deductible. Make sure you don’t miss out on any tax savings by finding out which of those expenses you can write off. Did you start a business last year? Here are deductions you may be entitled to for your startup expenses. (Please ...

Self-Employment Tax Deductions: How They Work

Team ZenBusiness March 2, 2023

Have you become self-employed and begun working from home? If so, you need to be aware of all your legal tax deductions so you can avoid overpaying your income taxes. Here’s how tax deductions work. According to the Census Bureau, there are more than 26 million businesses in the United States that don’t have employees. ...

PPP Loan Forgiveness Status for 2023

By Bill Bauer March 2, 2023

If you received a PPP loan for your business during the pandemic, you may still be able to get forgiveness for the loan. We’ll discuss the requirements and steps for applying. As we enter 2023 and the fourth year of the “new normal” with COVID-19, many small businesses are still struggling. The U.S. Small Business ...

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Market Your Business

Steps to Creating a Great Small Business Website

By Janet Attard March 2, 2023

Creating a website for your small business involves many steps. From planning your layout and content all the way through to launching and marketing your completed site, these tips will help. You’ll need to take many steps to build a small business website. You must create the website design, determine what actions you want visitors ...

8 Ways to Improve Your Email Marketing Results

By Janet Attard March 1, 2023

Email marketing is an inexpensive yet highly effective way to reach customers. Get the most from it by using these eight tips. Have you ever wished you had a magic wand that would send customers your way every time you waved it? Magic wands don’t exist, but there is a tool you can make work ...

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Keep Your Business Compliant

How to Do Small Business Payroll

Team ZenBusiness March 2, 2023

How do you do payroll when you hire employees ? Here are facts to help you understand your responsibilities and easily manage your small business payroll and payroll taxes. Learning to do payroll can seem like an overwhelming task when you first hire employees. Among the things you’ll need to do to manage your small ...

Filing Taxes When You’re Self-Employed: Quarterly or Yearly?

By Marshall Lee March 1, 2023

By and large, being self-employed is great. Now that you’re the boss, you get to call the shots: you pick your projects, set your hours, and, when business, is booming, you reap the rewards. But every rose has its thorn. And for the self-employed, tax time can be pretty thorny. When you plant your flag ...

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