[This article was originally published in the Small Business blog at Captain401.com, a fintech company offering 401(k)s for modern employers.] Fall is tax time for smart small business owners. Don’t wait until Tax Day in 2017 (April 17th for personal tax filing and March 15 for corporations) to act. By then it will be too late to do much to cut your 2016 tax bill and …
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Your small business may be forced to offer a state-run retirement savings plan
California just passed a law that will force a business with five or more employees to enroll its workers in a state-run retirement savings program if the business doesn't provide any other qualified savings plan. Gov. Jerry Brown has 30 days to sign or veto California Secure Choice, which lawmakers passed Aug. 31, 2016. Most observers expect he will approve the law, which …
Slow Money and Nurture Capital: Time to invest big money in local food economies?
Slow Money, the nonprofit formed to apply big-league investment savvy to grow small farms and community-based food businesses, just launched its first philanthropic fund, the Soil Trust, this October and will choose its first investments next spring, April, 2013. The group, based in Boulder, Colo., will channel donations small and large into a pool of capital. The money will …