In an ongoing effort to combat telemarketing scams, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne announced Friday the recent filing of a lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court against several Arizona-based businesses and individuals. The defendants are alleged to have targeted mainly elderly consumers in a “work from home” business opportunity scam.

For businesses looking to reduce expenses in 2014, now is the best time to upgrade lighting to maximize SRP rebate dollars and energy savings. Lighting consumes up to 40 percent of a commercial facility’s energy and is typically the least expensive equipment to replace.  

The Obama administration stated Tuesday it is delaying for one year, until January 2015, the requirement that businesses with more than 50 employees provide health insurance to their workers or pay a penalty.

The announcement by the Treasury Department comes after numerous complaints from businesses that the requirements were too complicated and difficult to implement in time.

Last month, the Community Alliance Against Family Abuse (CAAFA) was saddened to read the story of Carie Charlesworth, a teacher in San Diego, California whose abusive husband stalked her at the school where she taught second grade. The Holy Trinity School fired Ms. Charlesworth and prevented her two children from continuing to attend. Firing an employee does not terminate the problem of domestic violence at the workplace. When a victim of domestic violence is fired for her abuser’s actions economic independence is taken from the victim and other victims are shown that reporting potential danger to the school results in termination. Reaching out for basic advocacy from an organization like CAAFA could have helped reinforce the safety of Ms. Charlesworth, her children, and the school.

Gone are the days when the majority of customers paid cold, hard cash for their purchases. Some of the most intrepid greenback supporters even brought piles of the stuff to the bargaining table when it was time to seal the deal on an automobile. In a world where convenience and security vie for the top spot on everyone’s priority list, paying with plastic has become standard operating procedure. If you’re still on the fence about whether your business can gain from joining the credit card revolution, take some time to check out three of the main benefits.

The E-Verify process just got more secure for Arizona employers.

Local retailers say their online competitors have a competitive advantage because there is no city or state sales tax for many online purchases.

The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) reminds individual income and corporate taxpayers who received a tax filing extension and have not yet filed that the deadline to submit returns is October 15.

Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) will be sending renewal letters to businesses next month to renew their 2019 Arizona Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) license. Every business licensed with ADOR is required to renew their Arizona TPT license, which is due January 1, 2019.

Starting Oct. 1, the way we use credit cards will begin changing.

Oct. 1 marks the day stores are supposed to have terminals that can read the new computer-chip credit cards. But many stores don't have the terminals yet, and many consumers don't have the new cards, either.

Unfortunately as in all sales industries, some sales people sell based on fear or misinformation, and the merchant processing industry is no different.

Ever since the credit card networks mandated an October 2015 transition to EMV credit cards, many small businesses are being contacted by creative sales people demanding that they switch their merchant accounts right away and spend upwards of $1000 to purchase a new credit card terminal in order to become "compatible".

Take off your entrepreneur hat for a moment and replace it with consumer headgear. Now, imagine yourself attempting to make a purchase at a local store using your American Express card. “I’m sorry,” you are told, “We don’t accept AmEx.” This isn’t the first time your card has been refused, but it makes you wonder why. Now, switch to your merchant hat and let’s find some answers.

The Arizona Department of Transportation will conduct a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Availability and Disparity Study designed to determine whether minority- and women-owned business enterprises have had equal access to federally assisted transportation contracting opportunities within the state.

Someday, you will think back to the time when you used an inefficient, unsecured cash register for your business. You will wonder why you waited so long to obtain the full range of accounting, purchase tracking and productivity solutions that POS can provide. However, that day is still a long way off. At the moment, you’re all too aware of the advantages of POS, but you’re unsure how to proceed. Following the steps below will help you move toward the POS system that will catapult your business to the next level.

When you were in the beginning stages of planning your small business, you may have had serious reservations about the financial end. With your math and accounting classes only a distant and hazy memory, you probably pictured yourself poring over ledgers and spreadsheets, agonizing in vain over your company checkbook. Fortunately, you can now put those fears to rest. Take some time to see for yourself what millions of other small business owners have already recognized: QuickBooks from Intuit can make your work life into a well-oiled and seamless machine. Here are some of the reasons. 

Join us November 7, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM for a job fair for veteran job seekers, active duty military members, guard and reserve members, and military spouses.

Watch a competent surgeon at work and you’ll immediately notice that he/she pays special attention to her tools. He/She uses the most state-of-the-art instruments available, organizes them carefully, and makes sure he/she takes advantage of every piece of technology at his/her disposal. As a business owner, your approach should be exactly the same. Here are five indispensable keys to your future success.

The Internal Revenue Service today announced a simplified option that many owners of home-based businesses and some home-based workers may use to figure their deductions for the business use of their homes.

In tax year 2010, the most recent year for which figures are available, nearly 3.4 million taxpayers claimed deductions for business use of a home (commonly referred to as the home office deduction).

As a business owner, it’s important to understand how the Affordable Care Act can affect your business. However, with so many misconceptions about how the Affordable Care Act works, this can be difficult.  To clarify the myths versus facts, we’re launching a new blog series called “Myth vs. Fact: The Affordable Care Act and Small Business”.