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Section 1202 Gross Assets and Basis Issues for Qualified Small Business Stock
JD Supra - California
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July 25, 2025
In order for stock to be qualified for an exclusion on gain under Internal Revenue Code (Code) Section 1202, the issuing corporation must, among other requirements, have aggregate gross assets of no more than $75 million at the time of the stock...
Startups And Drones: A Tale Of Two State Grants
The Ticker - Michigan
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July 26, 2025
A pair of major state grants is headed to northern Michigan, one to foster further entrepreneurial growth, the other to bolster the area’s investment and implementation in drone technologies. The Ticker touched base with 20Fathoms and Traverse...
Ad hoc holidays cripple small businesses, says DUBS Miri
Borneo Post
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July 25, 2025
Mohammad Hafidz says for many micro and small businesses, such disruptions could directly affect cash flow and the ability to maintain day-to-day operations. MIRI (July 26): The Sarawak Bumiputera Entrepreneurs Chamber (DUBS) Miri has voiced...
Private sector highlights business support measures
Bangkok Post
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July 25, 2025
PUBLISHED : 26 Jul 2025 at 04:10 The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has presented recommendations to the commerce minister aimed at pushing the economy forward amid global trade uncertainties. During a meeting on Thursday, the Commerce...
Tennessee sales tax holiday encourages support for local businesses
Volunteer State News - Tennessee
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July 26, 2025
Tennessee shoppers are encouraged to support small, independent businesses during the upcoming sales tax holiday, according to NFIB State Director Jim Brown. The event will take place from Friday, July 25, through Sunday, July 27, allowing...
Small businesses: Protecting your personal assets with an LLC
Pine Cone Press Citizen - Minnesota
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July 25, 2025 at 11:34 a.m. By By Mabel Alarcon-Craven, business development consultant, Center for Rural Affairs | Comments: 0 | Leave a comment Many small businesses start as bootstrapped, one-person operations: just you, your idea, and a whole...
New Law Supports Small Businesses
The Source Weekly - Oregon
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July 25, 2025
Governor Tina Kotek signed House Bill 2337 into law, which establishes a procurement program to prioritize small businesses in Oregon. House Bill 2337 will incentivize state spending within Oregon communities, circulating local dollars directly...
SBA Relief Still Available to North Dakota Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Adverse Weather
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding eligible small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in North Dakota of the deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset economic...
SBA Relief Still Available to Oregon Small Businesses, Private Nonprofits and Residents Affected by the Harney County Flooding
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding eligible small businesses, private nonprofits, and residents in Oregon of the Aug. 25, deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset physical...
SBA Relief Still Available to Oregon Small Businesses, Private Nonprofits and Residents Affected by March Storms
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding eligible small businesses, private nonprofits, and residents in Oregon of the Aug. 25, deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset physical...
SBA Relief Still Available to Montana Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Adverse Weather
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding eligible small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Montana of the deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset economic...
Shaheen proposes legislation to exempt small businesses from tariffs on Canadian goods
WMUR 9 - New Hampshire
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July 25, 2025
As business owners examine the potential effects of tariffs, U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is working on new legislation she hopes will offer some relief for small businesses.Late next week, tariffs are expected to rise again, reaching as high as 50%...
BASAI Urges Government to Resolve Regulatory Gridlock in Biostimulant Sector: Startups, SMEs Face Existential Crisis Amid Kharif Season
Krishi Jagran
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July 24, 2025
Biostimulants are frontline tools in climate-resilient agriculture, helping plants withstand drought, salinity, extreme temperatures, and other climate-induced stresses. (Photo Source: Canva) The Biological Agri Solutions Industry Association...
Sen. Moody pushes for harsher federal retail theft laws as shoplifting rises in Pensacola
WEAR - Florida
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PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Retail theft could soon come at a higher cost. Senator Ashley Moody is pushing for harsher penalties at the federal level. The new laws would be modeled after Florida's retail theft laws. The Pensacola Police Department says...
Backing the underdogs: How Sourcefin is powering South Africa’s small business dream
The Small Business Site
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July 25, 2025
Meet the #AbsaSmallBizFriday Featured Business of the week – Sourcefin. Sourcefin fintech built for South Africa’s “forgotten” small businesses – the everyday heroes who keep the economy moving but are too often left out by traditional finance....
SME concern over cost of living eases but remains top risk
Continuity, Insurance & Risk Magazine
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Fewer UK small and medium-sized enterprises now view the cost of living as their greatest risk, although it remains the top concern in 2025, according to new research from Allianz UK. The insurer’s latest SME Risk Index shows that 54% of firms...
One Big Beautiful Bill Act Provides Expanded Tax Benefit Opportunities for Qualified Small Business Stock Investors
JD Supra - California
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July 25, 2025
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), enacted July 4, 2025, made a number of changes to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), including certain notable changes to the provisions of Code Section 1202 for “qualified small...
House Small Business Committee Advances Key Legislation for Growth
Small Business Trends
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July 25, 2025
In a significant move aimed at bolstering small businesses across America, the House Committee on Small Business recently passed five new bills, setting the stage for what lawmakers describe as a “Golden Age of Main Street America.” As the...
$20,000 grant to boost storm prep for Johnston small businesses
Johnstonian News - North Carolina
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SMITHFIELD — The Triangle East Economic Development Foundation has received a $20,000 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation to help small businesses better prepare for hurricanes and other severe weather. The funding is part of Duke Energy’s 2025...
Swaratsingh: More support for SME’s needed from large companies
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 25, 2025
Business Rishard Khan 3 Hrs Ago Kennedy Swaratsingh, Minister of Planning, Economic Affairs and Development, and Minister in the Ministry of Finance speaks at the UTC graduation of Scale Up TT, Cohort 5, at Le Reve Conference Centre, C3 Mall, San...