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Small Business Cybersecurity in 2026: Five Numbers Owners Should Actually Use
Most small business owners do not need a 60-page threat report on cybersecurity. They need a short list of numbers that changes what they do Monday morning. The numbers below come from direct source reports: Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report, the FBI IC3 2025 Annual Report, CISA ransomware guidance, IRS Publication 4557, FTC Safeguards…
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The 1099 Threshold Just Moved for the First Time Since 1954. What That Means for Your Vendor Files, Year-End Process, and Backup-Withholding Discipline.
The 1099 reporting threshold just changed for the first time in 71 years. From 1954 until December 31, 2025, the Form 1099-NEC and Form 1099-MISC reporting threshold was $600 per payee per year. Starting January 1, 2026, it is $2,000. The mechanical change is small: a single number in the tax code moved. The operational…
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OBBBA Raised the Employer Childcare Credit. Small Businesses Get the Biggest Bump.
Among the changes the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act made effective for tax year 2026, the expansion of the employer-provided childcare credit under Section 45F is one of the largest in dollar terms and one of the most underdiscussed for small business operators. The headline numbers are eye-catching: the maximum credit more than tripled for…
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It’s National Small Business Week 2026. Here Is What Is Actually Free and Useful This Week.
It’s National Small Business Week. The week runs May 3 through May 9, 2026, and the things actually worth knowing about it fit on one page. Here is BCA’s read. Why this week exists National Small Business Week has been an annual presidential proclamation since 1963, when President John F. Kennedy first declared it. The…
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IRS Enforcement in 2026: A Small Business Owner’s Field Manual for the Automated Era
The IRS in 2026 is smaller, leaner, and more automated. The full field manual on AUR notices, deduction screens, and the documentation that defeats them.
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IRS Enforcement in 2026: The Quiet Shift to Automated Compliance
If you hear from the IRS in 2026, the odds are high it won’t be from a person. It will be a computer-generated letter triggered by a data mismatch, sent before any examiner has looked at your return. That shift is the single most important thing small business owners and self-employed taxpayers need to understand…
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BEA Form BE-13: The Filing Requirement Foreign Business Owners Don’t Know About
If you’re a foreign national who recently formed a U.S. company, acquired an interest in one, or invested in an existing U.S. business, there’s a federal filing requirement you may not know about. It doesn’t come from the IRS. It comes from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce,…
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The Compliance Checklist for Foreign-Owned U.S. Businesses: Forms You Probably Haven’t Filed
Forming a U.S. company as a foreign national is straightforward. You pick a state, file your articles, get an EIN from the IRS, and open a bank account. Most formation services walk you through these steps without issue. What they don’t tell you is that several federal agencies require additional filings that have nothing to…
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DEXIT: Why Companies Are Leaving Delaware and Where They’re Going Instead
If you’ve incorporated your business in Delaware, you’re not alone. For decades, Delaware has been the default choice for American companies, from startups to Fortune 500 giants. Over 1.9 million business entities call Delaware home, and roughly two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated there. Yet something has shifted. A movement now known as “DEXIT”…
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Clean Energy Tax Credits Are Ending: What Business Owners Should Do Before the Deadlines
Update (April 2026): This article has been corrected to reflect the final phase-out dates enacted under the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21, signed July 4, 2025). The Section 25C energy-efficient home improvement credit and the Section 25D residential clean energy credit both ended for property placed in service or expenditures made after December…
