Archive for the 'Government' Category

Littleton Colorado leads the way in the future of economic development. They practice “Economic Gardening” a model of economic development that seeks to cultivate new business through entrepreneurship.
Every county in the nation for all practical purposes has economic development people at work.
What model is being used where you do business?
Most are trying to lure yesterday’s [...]

The U.S. House of Representatives is considering tax relief for stay at home parents. If this would affect you, you may want to contact your representative.
After years of watching this tinkering with the tax code, it all begins to sound like polishing the brass railings as the Titanic is going down.
Sweeping Suggestions For Tax [...]

MSN is reporting how FEMA is preparing to auction off 20,000 mobile homes. Mobile home dealers feel the federal government might flood the market.
Buying and selling used mobile homes (by “toting the note”) is a brand of real estate all by itself.
If that sector of real estate is “your baby”… you may get alot more [...]

French Bloggers beware. You may soon be breaking the law by reporting on or videotaping acts of police violence unless you are a ‘Professional Journalist’ . Does one Google Adsense click on your blog make you ‘professional’?
From MacWorld
The French Constitutional Council has approved a law that criminalizes the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence [...]

Home based entrepreneurs and work at home telecommuters who want to deduct unreimbursed expenses have gotten a tax break … if they live in the United States that is.
From Smart Strategies
The home office deduction has been greatly expanded by the courts. No longer do you have to use your home office space exclusively for business. [...]

When the subsidies were proposed, everyone assumed 20% of the farms affected would close. Only 2% actually closed. The rest diversified and were strengthened. Gordon Riach should know… he’s been marketing New Zealand woolen products 54 years. When Jack Schultz interviewed him, here’s what he had to say:
From Boom Town USA
In 1984 New Zealand made [...]

Here’s a piece from Sweden (in English) about how their government talks “Entrepreneurship” but practices “Red Tape”. Here’s a quote below. I added the emphasis.
Of the 25 members states of the European Union, Sweden only ranks 18th when it comes to the percentage of citizens that run businesses. Between 1995 and 2005 this figure dropped [...]

Here’s a great article full of good tips. Just a few are…
From Newsday
For the growing number of retirees, consultants, laid-off professionals and those trying to make a dollar out of working from home, here are some tax tips:
Deducting part of your residence. “Even a part of a room devoted exclusively to the business could be [...]

From the San Francisco Chronicle
When it comes to paying income taxes, eBay’s legions of small-time entrepreneurs are on an honor system in which they are supposed to declare their profits to the Internal Revenue Service. Many users, however, ignore the law or are unaware of their obligation.
Now a growing chorus of tax [...]

Last year’s flood which put 20 feet of water in the basement of the IRS building has made the issue of telecommuting a top priority for the agency.
Telecommuting is always talked about as a “contingency plan” for businesses and government agencies, but usually in the context of an apocalyptic contingency like a flu pandemic.
Last [...]