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Treasury Mulls Changing Definition of ‘Small Business’
The Treasury Department’s Office of Tax Analysis has released a paper that considers changing the way to identify small businesses and their owners, along with their tax characteristics. Read more »
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Obama Pushes Small Business Tax Breaks
January 31, 2012President Obama encouraged Congress to act on a package of legislative proposals to expand tax... Read more »
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Small Business Innovation Programs Reauthorized
December 22, 2011Congress has reauthorized the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology... Read more »
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Problems Found with Small Business Lending Fund
December 15, 2011Lack of clarity about the requirements for the Small Business Lending Fund that was established... Read more »
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House Hearing Finds Little Support for Small Business Health Tax Credit
November 16, 2011The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing to discuss the relative... Read more »
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Congress Plans Hearing on Small Biz Health Tax Credit
November 10, 2011The Republican leader of the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee plans to hold a hearing... Read more »
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Hell No, Don't Cut the GAO
October 17, 2011As someone who works within a 3-wood from New York's financial markets, I found myself wandering... Read more »
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Banks Agree to Increase Small Business Lending by $20 Billion
September 22, 2011The federal government has secured commitments from 13 banks to increase their lending to small... Read more »
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Obama Calls for Tax Credits for Hiring in Jobs Bill
September 8, 2011President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress on Thursday evening to present a jobs bill... Read more »
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Senators Introduce Bill to Promote S-ESOPs
September 7, 2011A bipartisan trio of senators has introduced legislation that would foster the growth of S... Read more »
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Senate Probes Problems with Small Business Contracts
July 28, 2011The Senate Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight held a hearing to examine the diversion of... Read more »
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Progress... Sort Of
July 18, 2011There used to be this great TV spot for a large commercial bank that spoofed its competitors'... Read more »
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Treasury Opens Small Business Lending Fund
July 14, 2011Six community banks have received a total of $123 million as part of the first wave of capital... Read more »
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Customers of compliance
July 1, 2011Increasing regulation makes government clients valuable, but hard work Read more »
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FASB Chair Leslie Seidman on Convergence with IFRS
February 1, 2012
Financial Accounting Standards Board chairman Leslie Seidman provides an update on the progress FASB is making on converging U.S. GAAP with IFRS.
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Most Unusual Items Submitted on Employee Expense Reports
January 19, 2012
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10 Stories That Shaped 2011
December 29, 2011
Our editors' picks for the 10 stories that shaped accounting in 2011.
