Small Business

U.S. small business employment increased slightly in February, with employees earning more money and working more hours. Small business revenues continue to drop, with the retail industry seeing the largest decline.

The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation knowingly created an inequitable system of setting premiums for workers' comp insurance that resulted in overcharges to hundreds of thousands of Ohio businesses between 2001 and 2008, according to a judge's ruling in a class-action lawsuit.

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The Internal Revenue Service has expanded its Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP), paving the way for more taxpayers to take advantage of this low-cost option for achieving certainty under the law by reclassifying their workers as employees for future tax periods.

Fortunately, the experts at Avalara have put together the "Retailer's Guide to Sales Tax Holidays in 2013," a comprehensive list of tax exempt items and dates across the country.

For a limited time only, the leading cloud-based small business platform adds new product tier to give early stage businesses the tools they need to streamline operations from Day 1.

Fewer Ohioans are going into business for themselves, and the state's level of self-employment is one of the lowest in the nation, according to data reviewed by the Dayton Daily News.

March 25 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans available in several counties in Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.