The recently passed federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is marked by sheer breadth and attendant complexities. Given that reality, it was widely anticipated in America's business community that fully understanding the law and applying it for maximum benefit would take some...
Do you always need a contract to protect your business? The short answer: Yes. However, not all business contracts are created equal. Each contract should be tailored to protect your business interests. Your business contract should address the potential issues that...
Macy's CEO Jeff Gennette is under no illusions when evaluating the country's retail business climate and the competition his historical American company faces. "This is the most competitive retail environment that I've ever seen," he stated last week in tandem with...
A recent article on financing for small businesses in New York notes the “liberating and lucrative path” that select company owners are able to forge when they do things right in the commercial realm. That realm is of course vast, complex and ultra-competitive, with...
Survey data regarding the federal government's recently passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are piling up, and they are conclusively showing company managers' confusion about the new law. To be clear, there seems to be no strong sense of discontent emerging in the ranks of...
New York City Council Member Rafael Espinal recently introduced legislation concerning a central workplace reality that seemed reasonably likely to garner instant attention. In fact, it already has, with his so-called “right-to-disconnect” bill that pushes a...
Are you a New York business owner preoccupied with thoughts about selling your business? Or are you perhaps an entrepreneur who ran with an idea, turned it into a profitable venture and now have a creative spark and itch to move beyond the business and use the profits...
New York and other states are jealous mistresses in that they want to realize profit from transactions between business entities and consumers. In the realm of retail transactions, they customarily achieve that goal through the imposition of a sales tax. The amount is...
A tech startup whiz was told by peers in California's Silicon Valley a few years back that he was "a little bit crazy" when he decided to start a company in New York City. They were wrong. And so were legions of other naysayers concerning the high-tech business...
Certainly more than any other city in the United States (and perhaps to a degree unparalleled anywhere in the world), New York City is home to an incredibly diverse and eclectic group of businesses. An individual walking through any of the city's boroughs can...
