Laws and Regulations

On Monday, November 29, the Senate voted against two proposals to repeal the new Form 1099 reporting requirements. As a result of the new healthcare law, beginning in 2012, all businesses will be required to complete IRS Form 1099 for any vendor from which it purchased more than $600

Can the U.S. manufacturing industry afford to comply with U.S. EPA's pending greenhouse gas regulations? During today's OnPoint, James Bradbury, senior associate in the climate and energy program at the World Resources Institute, discusses new research on the impacts of EPA regulation of emissions on U.S. manufacturing.

"Expecting high-end tax cuts to trickle down as job creation is about as reasonable as pouring gasoline on your hood and expecting it to fuel your car."
-- Lew Prince, owner, Vintage Vinyl, an independent music store.

Overland Park, Kansas-based Design Resources; Lenexa, Kansas-based Gill Studios and Fairfield New Jersey-based Points of Light have applied to participate in the accreditation program developed by the Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), the promotional product industry’s only independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Across the country, small businesses are talking to their accountants about a hefty tax credit that could make health insurance a little more affordable.

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is poised to win a long-sought victory as Senate Democrats appear likely to win a key vote that would clear the way for a bill creating a $30 billion government fund to help open up lending for credit-starved small businesses.

As mom-and-pop businesses struggle to make ends meet, the latest attempt to help them has gotten mired in Washington politics.

As part of Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s commitment to strengthen and reform chemical management, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, is proposing several actions to improve reporting on chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

President Barack Obama is looking to boost lending to small businesses by using federal bailout funds to shore up smaller community banks and induce them to offer credit to firms he called the "backbone of the American economy."

The Chicago-based Quality Certification Alliance (QCA) has formed a distributor advocacy group that formalizes the relationship the organization has with distributors who understand the value compliance programs have in building stronger relationships with suppliers, creating competitive advantage in the marketplace and building loyalty with their end-buyer clients.