Finance

Improving your balance sheet can optimize your cash flow, paint a clearer picture of your finances and reveal whether you can take on debt or investors.

Learn the important facts that every borrower and personal guarantor needs to understand if they hope to succeed with an SBA offer in compromise following an SBA loan default.

Getting audited by the IRS can be a stressful and, ultimately, costly event. To help avoid that scenario, we've collected 19 tips to avoid being targeted by the IRS.

If your business received money through the Paycheck Protection Program, your tax situation for 2020 will be different from previous years.

Millions of small businesses in the U.S. operate as pass-through entities.

With his experience and passion, Agapito "Aga" Morgan is uniquely poised to lead KeyBank's Commercial Banking Healthcare Team and serve as the co-chair of its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council.

If your employees use a business car or travel around in their own vehicle for work, you need to know how to track and manage the mileage tax deduction.

Here are nine suggestions to help you turn around your business if you're struggling with SBA loan default.

Using double-entry accounting can provide a complete picture of your business's finance at any given moment.

What should a small business do when facing a recession? Here are some practical ways to recession-proof your business.

Small business owners are pessimistic about the coming months, but there are reasons to be optimistic over the longer term.

Are you paying too much for credit card processing? Find out how you can reduce the amount you pay for transactions.

These money-saving tips will help your small business run efficiently and profitably.

The Paycheck Protection Program is open for a new round of funding. See if you qualify, how to apply for forgiveness, and what you can use the loan to cover.

Don't want to take on debt or give up control of your new business? Here's how to bootstrap your enterprise instead.

While the holiday season is a lucrative time for merchants, the inevitable holiday hangover of chargebacks is less welcome. Here's how to ease the process and increase how much you recoup.

You don't need a ton of cash to get a business up and running. Opportunities abound to become a business owner with less than $500. Here's a look at 20 of them.

Here's how to minimize your credit card processing fees the legal way.

You can borrow from your 401(k), but is it the best solution to your money problems?

You can use your assets for a business loan to increase your available capital.

Credit cards can be an effective way to fund your small business if you pay off your balance each month and take advantage of the many perks available to you.

Even if it isn't your forte, you still need to know the basics of accounting to ensure your business is being run right. Here are 11 accounting tips all small business owners should follow.

Don't get caught in one of these common credit card processing scams.

Your business's books don't have to be such an annoyance.

Knowing how to save money when running a small business is essential if you want to be profitable or expand. Simple choices such as using certain instruments, software apps or automated tasks can...

You can do these things in advance to make your business investment-worthy.

The pandemic has led to an escalating debt crisis, with businesses facing mountains of late or unpaid invoices. You need to be tactful in how you collect late customer payments, however.