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Cutting Costs in Your Skagit County Business Right Now

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Freelancers and independent contractors tend to be more expensive upfront, but they do spare you the price tags of health insurance and other perks and payroll taxes. Be aware that tax authorities are watching more closely now whenever companies claim a worker is an “independent contractor” without adhering to many conditions.

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Instagram Shopping Platform Will Open To Wider Array Of Businesses

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And Instagram clearly is thinking of not just small businesses, but even small, independent contractors or freelancers. In a Tuesday (June 23) press release , the company said it will be opening up Instagram Shopping to a wider array of businesses, including Instagram creators who have products or other offerings to sell.

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A Cutting Expenses How-to for Skagit County Businesses

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If you’re a new business, you’ve probably also shelled out a lot for inventory and marketing, and startups report being surprised by their first business tax bills, as well as by the price tags of insurance and tech. Your ax has a lot of potential targets. Where to start? Let’s get right to the big one on many minds: Payroll.

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Uber Faces Lawsuit By British Drivers

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The union will also make the case that Uber drivers are subject to performance monitoring at work, and will show evidence of how the company has “tagged” driver profiles accordingly, with categories such as late arrivals, missed rides, canceled riders and inappropriate behavior. . A hearing is set for Aug.

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Friday Footnotes: ‘You Can’t Be Seen As the First Person to Leave’; How Firms of All Sizes Are Using AI | 10.6.23

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While Adidas did not make a secret of the fact that the shoes, with their futuristic design and price tag of more than €230, were highly successful, it never disclosed the brand’s revenue and profits. He suggested that they are independent contractors and not employees.

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Combining Personal And Business Spend Management — The Right Way

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But many of them, argues Erno Tauriainen, CEO and co-founder of small business expense management app SPENT Money , can’t adequately address the needs of micro-businesses, freelancers and contractors — professionals with some of the finest lines between personal and professional spend.

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A Run Through of the Payroll-Related Provisions of the Latest COVID-19 Law

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trillion price tag – $900 billion in stimulus relief for the COVID-19 pandemic and $1.4 The financial assistance for employee wages, salaries and benefits is an aggregate amount of $15 billion for passenger air carriers and $1 billion in aggregate for contractors. trillion in omnibus spending for the 2021 fiscal year.

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