Your Guide to Growing Your Business

A tax audit is a review of your reported data to ensure it is correct. Here is how a small business can avoid one and how to handle it when the IRS calls.

Employers must designate employees as exempt or nonexempt. Learn the differences between exempt and nonexempt workers and how to classify them correctly.

If your employees are regularly working past their 40 hours a week, you are liable to pay them overtime. Find out what that means for your business.

Gross pay is what employees earn before taxes, benefits and payroll deductions are withheld. The remaining amount is net pay. Learn how to calculate each.

Calculating gross wages is the first step to compensating employees properly and keeping accurate payroll records. Learn about the process with this guide.

Learn the differences between hourly and salaried employees – and how to determine which compensation model is right for your business.

Simple scents work best at getting customers to buy. Here’s how smells can make people want to spend money.

The State Unemployment Tax Act is a tax that states use to fund unemployment benefits. Determine your SUTA rate and employer obligations for paying SUTA.

Direct deposit paychecks are so common that employees often expect them. Here’s how to set up direct deposit for your business.

This guide explains how to borrow from your 401(k) and the key things to consider when doing so.

Small businesses often use iPhones for credit card processing. Learn how to use your iPhone as a POS device and the best credit card processors for iPhone.

Hiring new talent is complex and involves various factors. Avoid these common mistakes that can cost you time and money.

Hard skills and soft skills are both important to an employee’s success with a company, so it’s important to evaluate a job candidate on both.

See our step-by-step guide for using PayPal to bill customers, and find out the cost for invoicing through the payment platform.

When circumstances entirely out of your control make SBA loan payments difficult, you may qualify for a payment pause known as a deferment.

Find out how wage issues combined with inflation can hurt both existing businesses and would-be entrepreneurs.

Small businesses face real dangers if they're a cyberattack target. Learn the financial and reputational repercussions and how to handle a cyberattack.

Generation Z is an increasingly large part of the workforce. Learn how to attract and retain Gen Z employees.

Maintaining an ADA-compliant website protects your business from lawsuits and fines and provides necessary accommodations for your potential customers.

Apple Pay is a convenient, secure and contactless mobile payment method. Learn how Apple Pay works and how to accept Apple Pay in your business.

Having the power to make their own decisions is essential for employees.

Many companies offer employees paid holidays. Which holidays should you choose, and how does it work?

EBITDA is a way to measure your company's financial health. Learn how to use this analysis tool.

Learn about third-party logistics and how outsourcing key e-commerce processes can improve a business's bottom line. Plus, see the best 3PL providers.

To compete for employees when the unemployment rate is low, focus on salary and hiring transparency, finding untapped talent, and offering the benefits that employees value most.

Hiring and retention are top challenges for small business owners. Learn why employees are leaving and how your business can recruit and retain candidates.

Loose cybersecurity standards could spell disaster for a small business. See the risks and get tips to protect your company.

Word-of-mouth referrals can be more effective than traditional advertising if you know how to encourage them. This guide explains how you can do it.

This guide describes the cyberattacks facing the healthcare industry, and includes tips on securing healthcare networks and connected medical devices.

Good business credit helps your company grow faster. Learn how to build and maintain solid business credit.