In November 2009, the IRS launched a new National Research Program Initiative (the Initiative): an industry wide detailed random audit of employment taxes for 6,000 businesses over the course of the next three years. The purpose of the Initiative is two fold: (1) assess systemic employment tax compliance; and (2) collect assessments from delinquent employers. With tax revenues dwindling from the recession, the U.S. Treasury Department is...more
Author: Peter CarlsonThere are more than 105 million of them in the United States. Worldwide, there could be at least 250 million of them. Them, according to statistics from the Nielsen/Net Ratings service, is the number of active Web surfers. 250 million in the whole world? The figure is more than the populations of Canada, Australia, Great Britain, and a few non-English speaking countries combined. That’s a lot of them!With so many active...more
Energy production is expensive, and a heavy investment is required to build the plants necessary to turn fossil fuels into energy, such as coal plants. It is also expensive to manufacture plants that turn natural resources into energy, such as river dams and wind generators. However, thanks to the help of a recent joint venture of both U.S. and China companies, the largest wind farm in America will be developed in West Texas.The Joint Venture Partners A-Power Generating Systems Ltd. is a China-based company that specializes in distributed power generation, and it owns China's largest wind turbine manufacturing facility. They have teamed up with the U.S. Renewable Energy Group and Texas wind power developer, Cielo Wind Power, to form a joint venture in West Texas. This JV will entail a wind farm project covering 36,000 acres of land and will generate approximately 600 MW of electricity per year. Why Texas? In a state that was made from the discovery and drilling of crude oil, clean wind will now be one of its largest energy output. Why did they choose Texas? It turns out that the largest state in the contiguous U.S. has enough sustainable wind in parts of West Texas to build the...more
Author: Matt Couch Why is it important for owners of small businesses to get out of debt trouble as early as possible? Big firms and institutions often get all the publicity and credit for powering the economy. However, the role of small businesses cannot be ignored. It is only when such owners get back on track will the economy really come...more
By: Todd Spodek, Esq.: Google has recently launched Google Scholar, which is an amazing free resource for both lawyers and non-lawyers to research the law. Everyone can now read the full legal opinions of U.S. State, Federal and Appellate cases.These cases can be searched by the case name, or topic. Further, one can now easily see how a legal...more
Author: Andrea Fletcher Are you aspiring business men or business women? Need finance to meet your various small business related requirements? Without thinking much simply go for short term business loans! Short term business loans are especially structured for the borrowers who are facing financial crunch for their business which can be new or old. With the help of these loans you can easily procure funds to spend on sudden and short term business expenses. These kinds of Short Term Loans UK can be derived in both secured and unsecured option. The borrowers are required to place a security against the loan in case of its secured loans option. For keeping as security, borrowers can use their valuable assets like home, cars, property, etc. On the other side if the borrowers are unable to produce any security, then they can opt for its unsecured loans option where no security is required. Short term business loans allow you have full freedom to utilize the funds according to your existing needs and desires, like purchasing land for office premises, giving salary to the employees, purchasing new machinery and equipments etc. The procedure of these loans is quite easy, hassle free...more
Sick of paying for leads that lead to no sales or spending numerous hours prospecting through cold leads? Would you like some warm leads for free?If you've been in the real estate business for at least a few years or have a decent-sized clientele...more
Given the dismal outlook for the job market in the foreseeable future--driven in large measure by the uncertainty of the regulations and taxes the government may impose on businesses--employers are reluctant to take on permanent employees.There are...more
Are you having a big party? If so you can hand out promotional drink coasters to give away and help your business. By giving away the promotional drink coasters, you are giving away a fantastic gift that has your business name and logo on it. People...more
A few of my firm's charity auctions have a diverse mix of guests who seem to be comprised of three distinct groups- non-paying clients- non-paying or reduced-ticket-price employees of the non-profit- full-paying guestsAlthough I can appreciate why a...more
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If you write a business plan only as a sales document, using it to get buy-in from investors, you are missing a great opportunity to create a document which works both for these external parties and your own guidance. Follow these tips to make sure...more