Tag: partnership

  • EIDL, Restaurant Grants Offer Relief to Struggling Small Businesses

    EIDL, Restaurant Grants Offer Relief to Struggling Small Businesses

    The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), signed into law in early March, aims at offering widespread financial relief to individuals and employers adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The law specifically targets small businesses in many of its provisions. If you own a small company, you may want to explore funding via the Small Business…

  • Beware the Ides of March — If You Own a Pass-through Entity

    Beware the Ides of March — If You Own a Pass-through Entity

    Shakespeare’s words don’t apply just to Julius Caesar; they also apply to calendar-year partnerships, S corporations and limited liability companies (LLCs) treated as partnerships or S corporations for tax purposes. Why? The Ides of March, more commonly known as March 15, is the federal income tax filing deadline for these “pass-through” entities. Not-so-ancient history Until…

  • Six Ways to Get More Value from an IT Consultant

    Six Ways to Get More Value from an IT Consultant

    IT consultants are many things — experts in their field, champions of the workaround and, generally, the “people persons” of the tech field. But they’re not magicians who, with the wave of a smartphone, can solve any dilemma you throw at them. Here are six ways to get more value from your company’s next IT…