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Accountants Save Small Businesses Time, Money and Stress at Tax Time

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  And as the study chart below shows, this saves the vast majority of them time, money and stress. After all, we could use a bit less stress. According to a recent Intuit survey , about 60% of small businesses with fewer than 20 employees use outside accountants to help them with their taxes. 

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Why Independent Work and Coworking Increase Mental and Physical Well-Being

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. The evidence shows that social support—family and friends you can count on, as well as close relationships—can have a direct effect on health and buffers the effects of various psychosocial stresses, including workplace stress, that can compromise health. This is where coworking comes in.

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Gig Workers and Economic Anxiety

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The report describes their anxiety index as: a tool designed by Edison Research and Marketplace to measure the amount of stress a person feels about their individual financial situation. The higher the number, the more stress a person is experiencing.

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The Problems Fashion Freelancers Face

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The most common issues included the irregularity of work, extreme pressure and stress, clients canceling jobs with no notice or compensation, and ageism. So one may ask, why do they do it?

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Small Business Closure Scenarios

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but the main reason small businesses close is financial stress. Census; closures due to financial stress are not specifically tracked.  .  (2) employer small businesses are businesses that employ at least one traditional (W2) full or part-time employee and have fewer than 500 employees. (3) Below is a brief description.

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Farmers Business Network Raises $250 Million

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Family farms are also under financial stress due to trade wars and the impact of COVID-19 restaurant and cafeteria shutdowns.  Not surprisingly, small family farms - despite having an oversized presence at farmers' markets - only produce about 15% of U.S. farm products. 

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MIT Economists on the Impact of COVID-19 on Labor Markets

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  Urban De-Densification : While stressing that "the death of cities have been greatly exaggerated over many decades," changes caused by COVID-19 will likely lead to a reversal in the growth of large urban centers due to people moving to the suburbs as well as smaller towns.     4. 

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