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- With the variety of legal and occupational protections afforded to workers under federal and state law, hiring an employee can be far more expensive than the hourly wage you intend to pay. This is particularly true in the construction industry, where the cost of compliance with OSHA regulations and the purchase of hard-to-place workers compensation insurance can signi
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- After incorporating your small business and working hard to collect private clients, the last thing you probably want to deal with is an audit letter from the IRS. Unfortunately, just because your business is small doesn't mean that it isn't subject to the same tax penalties as larger, multi-million dollar businesses. Here are two red flags that might prompt an IRS ta