Creditors keep their evaluation standards secret, making it difficult to know just how to improve your credit rating. Nonetheless, it is still important to understand the factors that determine creditworthiness. Periodically reviewing your credit report can also [...]
Small business owners are reminded that tax reform legislation lowered the backup withholding tax rate to 24 percent. In addition, the withholding rate that usually applies to bonuses and other supplemental wages was also lowered to 22 [...]
The key to avoiding headaches at tax time is keeping track of your receipts and other records throughout the year. Whether you use an excel spreadsheet, an app, an online system or keep your receipts organized in [...]
If you've decided to start a business, one of the most important decisions you'll need to make is choosing a legal entity. It's a decision that impacts many things--from the amount of taxes you pay to how [...]
Is Charleston the most undervalued U.S. city for housing costs? So says a new analysis from Smart Asset (www.smartasset.com). As quoted in today's Post and Courier, "We estimate, given the quality of life available in the Holy [...]
The Associated Press has calculated each state's per-capita federal tax bill (federal income, payroll, and estate tax) using data from IRS and population estimates from the Census Bureau. The result shows that South Carolina residents pay $4,685 [...]
The Post and Courier reports that TechNet, a Washington-based innovation advocacy group, has released a "startup economy index" based on the proportion of job postings in a region that uses the word "startup." The Lowcountry ranks #25, which [...]
According to a recent article in the Post & Courier, the number of new businesses formed in Charleston since the 2008 recession has outpaced most of the nation. According to U.S. Census data, 1,700 businesses opened up [...]
