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Sage | January 27, 2022

Sage, the leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses, in partnership with The BOSS Network, an online community of professional and entrepreneurial women, today announce the launch of the Sage Invest in Progress grant to support black women entrepreneurs in their first five years of business. The goal is to help remove barriers to capital that many entrepreneurs – especially women entrepreneurs in the black community –...

CNBC | February 07, 2020

Democratic presidential candidates are taking aim at a new tax break for small businesses. Billionaire Michael Bloomberg last week pitched a $5 trillion tax plan that would raise levies on wealthy individuals and corporations. He also wants to repeal the 20% qualified business income deduction, a feature of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which went into effect in 2018. This write-off permits owners of “pass-through” entities, including S-corporations and partnerships, to deduct up to 20%...

The Morinville News | January 31, 2020

Alberta’s small business confidence dropped 1.3 points in January to an index of 37.0, according to the latest Business Barometer results from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). Far behind the national average of 55.3 points, Alberta remains the province with the lowest business confidence in the country. The business organization considers an index score of 65 to 70 as indicative of a strong economy, both nationally and provincially. “Alberta small business conf...

SMALL BUSINESS ADVICE

XO Accounting | September 29, 2021

Owning a small business, while mostly exciting, can be challenging - especially when invoices aren't being paid on time or clients are simply slow to pay what they owe. XO Accounting, a premier Xero accountant, explains how small businesses can optimise their invoices and get paid faster. The first step to getting an invoice paid: as quickly as possible is by making the invoice appear professional, says XO Accounting. This involves using professio...