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Employee Files: What to include, what to leave out, and what’s confidential

BMT Office Administration

While dealing with lots of paperwork doesn’t rank as most HR professionals’ favorite task, proper recordkeeping for employee personnel files is a must for any organization. In addition, if an employee is involuntarily let go, their employee file must be kept for one year following the termination date. Why is that?

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Small business tax credits and deductions you should know about

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And now is the time to think about them, since the tax-filing deadlines for calendar-year corporate returns are fast approaching—March 15 for S corps and April 18 for C corps. Snag: There are at least 24 different definitions of a small business in the tax code (we counted!), For tax years beginning after Dec.

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It’s time to review (or create) your document retention policy

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As a starting point, consider what these organizations say about some major types of records to keep and for what length of time: Per the Internal Revenue Service : The length of time you should keep a document depends on the action, expense, or event which the document records. Keep copies of your filed tax returns permanently.

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Stay organized and secure with electronic records management

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Many serve as supporting evidence when the company files taxes or gives reports to other federal agencies. Electronic files allow approved people to get what they need regardless of where they are at. Payroll information. Organizations need to keep various records as proof of business processes and activities. OSHA forms.

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SaaS for Very Small Businesses – Show Me the Money | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

This might sound like a shocking statement, since "Enterprise Software" typically means the world of SAP and Oracle, and the traditional heavyweight, expensive, pay-huge-license-fees-upfront, then try-to-implement-forever model that does not work anymore. We advertised on television and radio and print. SMBs to Spend $2.2

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Small Business Bootstrapping Techniques | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Especially if your aim is to build a personal business, like contractors, freelancer, self-employed, sole-trader and virtual assistants , working from home , creating an income and keeping it small and manageable, then bootstrapping is definitely for you. PUSSHE Said on October 26th, 2007 at 9:28 am [.] Thanks for the comment. – ST.

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