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Welcome to Idaho Small Business Solutions™
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This site will help you start or grow
your business in three important ways:
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New
to business or to Idaho? Start with the Business
Wizard. It will give you a customized Checklist of
local, state, and federal taxes and regulations that affect
your business. You will also find information on
licenses and permits you might need, as
well as information on registering your
business in Idaho and employee issues.
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- The Resource Wizard
will give you a
customized Checklist of funding and other business
development resources in your area.
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- The text, topic buttons (on the left), and tabs (at the
top of the page) will
provide answers to many common business
questions.
The What's
New section below provides information on
recent regulatory, licensing and tax changes
that may affect your business and
information on upcoming programs and workshops
that may
benefit your business.
If you find this site helpful, please send feedback
so we can continue to meet your business
needs. If you did not find the information you need, please let us know about that as well.
What's New
for Idaho Small Businesses
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World
Trade Day 2009 May 5-6 in Boise.
Presented by Export Idaho. For information
and to register, visit http://exportidaho.com/idaho-world-trade-day.aspx.
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An
Economy in Transition conference
presented by TechHelp, Panhandle State Bank,
Intermountain Community Bank and Magic
Valley Bank. Cost is $99. Dates and numbers
to call to register include:
May 7 - Twin Falls, call (208) 732-0151
May 8 - Nampa, call (208) 454-2800
May 12 - Sandpoint, call (208) 263-0505
May 14 - Rathdrum, call (208) 687-5585
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IRS
Changes Reporting Requirements for Single Member LLCs with
Employees - As of January 1, 2009
the IRS amended reporting requirements for
single member LLCs with employees. Single
member/single owner LLCs that have employees
but have not elected to be treated as
corporations may be required to change the
way they report and pay federal employment
taxes and wage payments and certain federal
excise taxes. The LLC will also need to
obtain a Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)
if it does not have one. For information,
visit http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=98011,00.html.
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Family
and Medical Leave Act Changes - New provisions
to the Act took effect January 16th. If your
business has 50 or more employees, you will
need to be familiar with the changes.
Information is available at http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/fmla/finalrule.htm.
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The
Environmental Protection Agency recently
instituted new air pollution
compliance requirements for businesses
that dispense gasoline, fabricate or finish
metal products, strip paint or apply surface
coatings, or polish or electroplate metal
products. For information, visit http://www.idahosbdc.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.view&page=33
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The
Idaho Small Business Development Center at
Boise State University has been awarded a
Small Business Sustainability Initiative
grant to fund projects offering energy
efficiency assistance to small
businesses. For information on how your
business might qualify to receive an energy audit, call
208-426-3875.
This site is a major effort of the
RIB Committee. Would you like the
committee to address a particular business
issue? Please click on the RIB logo for more
information.
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