Category: Growing your Business
The Problem with Making Short-Sighted Small Business Decisions
Running a small business is hard. New problems and unforeseen circumstances can come up daily. Still, when you base your decision-making process on fixing everything...
How to Maximize the Benefits of the FICA Tip Credit for Businesses
Federal Taxes – some of the population’s least favorite words, both among business owners and employees. From the moment we earn our first paycheck, we...
The 5 Worst States to Hire Remote Employees From: The Challenges of Remote Hiring
Before remote hiring, just plain regular hiring has always had its challenges. Writing the job ad, getting people to show up through the interview process,...
How Much Do Employee Benefits Cost for a Small Business?
As businesses strive to attract and retain talented employees, providing comprehensive and attractive employee benefits has become increasingly important. Among these benefits, group health insurance...
When should I have a separate legal entity for my small business?
I have previously written about the need to have a number of checking accounts, including a payroll checking account, when starting or running a small...
ACA Common Ownership Rules – Don’t be guilty by association
Just the other day, I had to speak with one of my kids about getting in trouble at school for talking when he wasn’t supposed...
Paying Out Tips – Nightly, Weekly, Payroll? What’s the Whirks Way?
Do you remember your first day of work at your job? I remember being equally excited for the new adventure and anxious about how well...
HCM, ASO, and FMLA: Understanding Payroll Acronyms
If you've started a business, you may have heard folks throw around payroll acronyms like HCM, FICA, and ERC. That's because no matter what group...
The 3 biggest payroll mistakes restaurants make
Payroll might not be the first thing you think about every day when you open your restaurant, but when mistakes happen it can be terrible...
How to set meaningful goals for 2023
I love the process of planning a trip or going on vacation. I enjoy mapping out the details of the agenda and the excitement it...