Outright’s Community is expanding and we’re looking to bring even more great content to our community of small business owners and sole-proprietors! We’re searching for three bloggers. Are you one of the bloggers we're looking for? Be sure to read all the details before applying.
The Positions:
The Business of Web Development (or Programming) Blogger – [...]
Outright is Seeking Programming, Legal and Etsy Business Bloggers!
Posted by: Jennifer Escalona, March 11, 2010
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Mariette Knoblauch is Here to Make Taxes Less Scary.
I am an accountant, but I wasn't always an accountant, and I know how confusing, complicated, and downright frustrating all this tax stuff can be.
You don't want to deal with all these rules and paperwork. You have a great idea for your business, and you want to design the most awesome hats, serve the most [...]
Posted by: Mariette Knoblauch, February 9, 2010
What’s in the 2011 Federal Budget for Small Business?
The president has released the 2011 federal budget with a significant number of changes in federal tax laws that will impact self employed individuals and small businesses. Here is a highlight of some of the proposed changes.
Make the $250,000 Section 179 capital asset deduction permanent. Section 179 provides that, in place of capitalization [...]
morePosted by: Wray Rives, February 2, 2010
Top 10 Things to Consider When Starting Your Own Business
Outright’s CEO and co-founder, Kevin Reeth, was on WGN News today to talk about the “Top 10 Things to Consider When Starting Your Own Business.”
Have an honest conversation with yourself
Figure out your value proposition
Find a paying customer
Build your network and pipeline, not with advertising but with Linkedin, Facebook, and Twitter profiles
Delight every customer
Set up a [...]
Posted by: Paul O'Brien, January 25, 2010
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Empowering the Self-Employed for Tax Season with Automated 1099 e-Filing and Online Communities
Helping entrepreneurs control their fate this taxseason, we’re launching RightTaxesNow.com, a dedicated website with tax advice and online petitions to demand legislative support of small business tax-relief. We’re excited to announce that the site accompanies the release of a fully online and automated 1099 e-filing service.
The growing unemployment rate has forced more people than [...]
Posted by: Paul O'Brien, January 21, 2010
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IRS Self Employed Workshop
Those friendly folks over at the Internal Revenue Service have a new virtual workshop geared toward helping self-employed individuals.
The video topics include:
General information about federal taxes
Setting up and running a business
Filing and paying taxes online
Running your business from your home
Setting up a retirement plan
Federal taxes in regard to employees and contractors
Managing payroll and withholding
Making tax [...]
Posted by: Wray Rives, January 6, 2010
Mileage Rate for 2010: Government Cuts THEIR Cost While Entrepreneurs Struggle to Earn a Living
In spite of improvements in the unemployment rates, millions remain unemployed and almost everyone is considering working for themselves. Rest assured the IRS is doing their part; in 2010, you can still deduct all those miles you spend on the road, writing off 50 cents per mile for business miles driven.
Only 50 cents per mile?
You [...]
Posted by: Wray Rives, December 29, 2009
Collect and Manage W-9 Forms Online; Free
Whether you hire contractors or you are one, tax season starts in January with form 1099-MISC. To ensure the accuracy of the 1099, you need the contractor's accurate taxpayer identification. The way to get it is with the W-9.
Today, Outright.com collects and manages W-9s for you; free
Automated Online: Contractors fill out the W-9 online, all [...]
morePosted by: Paul O'Brien, December 17, 2009
Mileage calculation, eBay listing fee roll up, and CSV importing
As many of you know, each Monday night we release the code from the previous week's development effort. The Outright product team is going to start adding posts to keep you up to date on what we're releasing and we will be here to respond to questions as you ask them.
Mileage calculation
Tonight's code release introduced [...]
Posted by: Bill Watt, December 1, 2009
Outright Raises $5.5M with Sequoia Capital
This year has experienced tremendous demand for cost effective small business solutions because of the growing ranks of unintentional entrepreneurs. Advancements in open platform technology have also given a slew of start-ups the ability to create alternatives to expensive software. We’re excited to share that the VC community has taken notice, offering backing to a [...]
morePosted by: Paul O'Brien, November 16, 2009
