Save More Than $200 on QuickBooks Online Essentials

Score an awesome deal on the world’s leading accounting program. October 25, 2020 2 min read Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. If you earn your money by invoicing […]

People & firms on the move: RKL names SALT, international tax leads

Mark BaerHeadshotsColumbus Mark Baer officially assumed the role of CEO at Crowe April , succeeding Jim Powers, who completed two terms in accordance with the firm’s partnership agreement. As part of the transition, Baer appointed Brenda Torres, who previously served as the firm lead for audit quality and operations in audit & assurance services, as the new chief operating officer. […]

Fraud is on the Rise: How to Protect Your Small Business

After a year of tremendous challenges, small businesses are optimistic about their ability to bounce back and grow in 2021, according to a Capital One Small Business Confidence survey. While most of 2020 was focused on the global pandemic 2020 and the hope for economic relief, businesses need to ensure that they are protecting themselves from additional risks, namely fraud. […]

Amazon launches ‘AWS Space Accelerator’ with UK venture firm to help space startups grow

In this article AMZN An AWS Ground Station satellite antenna at one of the company’s data center in Boardman, Oregon. Amazon Amazon Web Services announced the launch of a new space startup assistance program on Tuesday, with the tech giant partnering with U.K.-based venture firm Seraphim Capital on the project. The AWS Space Accelerator is a four-week business support program […]

What to know about tax credits in the American Rescue Plan

kate_sept2004 | E+ | Getty Images Many Americans will pocket some extra money this year and next courtesy of changes the American Rescue Plan made to a handful of tax credits. The $1.9 trillion Covid relief measure tweaked the child tax credit, earned income credit, and child and dependent care credit. The changes, especially those to the child tax credit, […]

Helping general contractors structure their business

When choosing a business entity type for their companies, general contractors must think about the legal, financial and tax implications. How can you help your clients become better informed about which business entity type might benefit them the most? Below, I’ll share six key considerations as they explore the available options. Naturally, I encourage you to offer the expertise and […]

Starting a Small Business? Welcome to Financial Management 101.

December 10, 2020 8 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. This article was written by Mitchell Terpstra, a member of the Entrepreneur NEXT powered by Assemble content team. Entrepreneur NEXT powered by Assemble is a freelance-matching platform leading the future of work. If you’re struggling to find, vet, and hire the right freelancers for your business, Entrepreneur NEXT will help you hire the freelancers […]

Satellite imagery specialist ICEYE continues U.S. expansion, with $50 million in contracts last year

In this article TSLA Three ICEYE satellites, the trio of silver cube-like spacecraft visible near the top of the stack, on SpaceX’s Transporter-1 mission in January 2021. ICEYE Finnish satellite imagery firm ICEYE continues to expand its business in the U.S., announcing Wednesday that it signed $50 million in contracts last year for its services while hiring multiple new executives, […]

Power up your firm’s online marketing

While retailers and consumer-oriented commercial businesses embraced online marketing years ago, accounting practices have been slow to adopt digital marketing strategies. The pandemic has hastened adoption, but for most firms the move to digital marketing remains more reactive than proactive. Many of the digital tools and techniques remain unfamiliar to senior firm management. This issue has been compounded by decades […]

How to Print an Envelope

You have printing options for creating an addressed envelope. The most commonly used is Microsoft Word. You can choose a computer program to print an address on a single envelope, which you load into your printer’s paper input tray. Or, you can do a Mail Merge and print addresses on a sheet of adhesive labels, which you load into your […]

U.S. Effective Corporate Tax Rate Is Right in Line With Its OECD Peers

President Joe Biden’s proposal to raise taxes on corporations has renewed arguments about how much the U.S. should collect from corporations in tax revenue compared to other advanced countries. Advocates of raising corporate taxes argue that the U.S. collects less from corporations compared to its peers and that the U.S. has an unusually low effective tax rate on corporate income. […]

Robinhood gets rid of confetti feature amid scrutiny over gamification of investing

Avishek Das | LightRocket | Getty Images Robinhood is redesigning some of its app features — most notably ditching its confetti animation —amid scrutiny over the popular stock trading company’s so-called gamification of investing. The free-stock trading pioneer, which is gearing up for its public debut, told CNBC the move is an effort to remove the “distraction” from its overall […]

Employees could be heading back to the office sooner than they think

The days of working from home may numbered. While some companies, including JPMorgan Chase, Salesforce and PricewaterhouseCoopers, are dumping office space, others are ramping up their return-to-work plans.   Just this week, Google, one of the first major U.S. companies to send employees home last year because of the coronavirus, told staffers it is accelerating plans to get back in […]

Intuit updates QBO Accountant

Intuit is adding QuickBooks Cash, the bank account for small businesses, to QuickBooks Online Accountant and is planning updates to the Payroll Insights Dashboard for April. Intuit has already started rolling out QuickBooks Cash to accountants and firms, and has added tools to help accountants manage their firm’s cash flow. Professionals will now have the ability to view their clients’ […]

Satellite company AST SpaceMobile expects to close SPAC deal next week and begin trading on Nasdaq

In this article NPAUU IRDM AST’s corporate headquarters and high-volume manufacturing facility in Midland, Texas AST & Science Satellite-to-smartphone broadband company AST & Science expects to close its SPAC merger next week, the company said on Thursday. Its stock will trade on the Nasdaq. Last year, the company announced plans to merge with special purpose acquisition company New Providence, which […]