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If you’re a small business and receive funds via credit cards online, or other online payments from your clients, you can anticipate receiving a 1099-K this coming tax year. The 1099-K is the IRS’ latest tax form for small business, which is provided directly to the IRS from your online payment provider (such as PayPal). …

Welcome to the FreshBooks Tax Thursdays series! We know a lot of small businesses struggle with taxes, so we’re hoping to help make it a little easier by featuring advice from leading accounting professionals every second …

As part of our series on helping folks get paid for their work, this guest post is written by the RightSignature team to share some ideas on how to avoid contract nightmares. RightSignature is a tool that lets you get documents signed online and integrates with FreshBooks. Whether you’re a freelancer, contractor or small business, having a …

What will 2012 hold for small businesses? We asked a handful of business trend-watchers and business owners for their opinions on how the coming 12 months will likely shape up. Their verdict? Overall, businesses will build on the social media lessons they learned …

Are you still dreaming of the paperless office? Meet Francois (@francoisbotha), an ambitious business owner in Cape Town who manages his whole business in the cloud – only the creative ideas are sketched out on paper. Maybe that’s why he looks so relaxed? Francois uses FreshBooks to …

Accounting guru Eric Matthews from thatbookkeeper.com gives us a special preview of our upcoming Tax Thursdays series! We know a lot of small businesses struggle with taxes, so we’re hoping to help make this a little easier by featuring advice from leading accounting professionals …

Feedback on your idea has been nothing but positive and you’re feeling ready to set sail into entrepreneurship. But wait, now it’s time for the business plan. Where do you start? Your goal is to develop the brilliant ideas haphazardly scribbled in your mental notebook into …

According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), a non-profit academic research group, 110 million people around the world were involved in starting a business in 2010, and another 140 million were running businesses they began 3.5 years ago. Of that 250 million total, 63 million expect to hire at least five employees over the next …

Hiring or working with other owners is all about getting more done and faster, while being able to focus on the work that you love. As much as it can be rewarding, it can also be painful. Mike McDerment, former independent business owner, now CEO / Co-founder of FreshBooks, takes you through when it’s time …