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Alpha Nail Spa: The Charge That Doesn't Show Up: What Every Nail Salon Owner Should Understand About Taxes
Charging part of a service on the card and quietly collecting the rest off the books has a name, skimming, and it is one of the surest ways to raise concern with the IRS. Here is why it is riskier than it looks, and what honest owners do instead.
Charlotte's Fintech Founders Take On the Payments Establishment
A wave of uptown startups is using the city's banking DNA to reinvent how small businesses move money — often in partnership with the very giants they hope to disrupt.
Half on the Check, Half in Cash: The Payroll Habit the IRS Takes Most Seriously | Cureton Nail Salon Waxhaw NC
Paying part of a worker's wages in cash off the books can feel like a win for everyone, but of all the habits in this series it's the one the IRS treats most seriously. Here is why it raises concern, and why it quietly hurts your staff too.
Hollywood Nails & Spa: The Charge That Doesn't Show Up: What Every Nail Salon Owner Should Understand About Taxes
Charging part of a service on the card and quietly collecting the rest off the books has a name, skimming, and it is one of the surest ways to raise concern with the IRS. Here is why it is riskier than it looks, and what honest owners do instead.
When a Craft Brand Grows Up: Asheville's Scaling Dilemma
The mountain city built a national reputation on small-batch everything. Now its most successful makers face the hardest question in business: how big is too big?
Raleigh's Life-Sciences Boom Is Running Out of Lab Space
Demand for specialized real estate has outstripped supply across the Triangle, forcing developers into a construction race with real consequences for the region's scientists.