Out of 75 business problems, owners cited tax code complexity, frequent changes in the tax code and the depletion of earnings needed to grow the firm as 6th, 7th and 8th, behind health-care costs, uncertainty about the economy, energy costs, uncertainty about government policy and the cost of regulations and red tape, rounding out the top five.
Many business owners blame the complex tax code, which doesn't offer black-and-white standards for telling the difference.
Collaboration with Microsoft resulted in a feature that lets Focus owners punch in their zip code and see if their local utility offers lower rates for electricity use when demand is low.
Each system contains a unique code to help police reunite owners with their property if it is stolen.
And when the tax code lacks permanency, business owners have a hard time planning and must spend even more time and resources to map out the best routes for growth, says Bill Rys, tax counsel for the National Federation of Independent Business, a lobbying group in Washington.
The city's health code specifically forbids it, forcing pig owners in the nation's largest metropolis to keep their swine secret or take the risk an unhappy neighbor might squeal.
In considering tax-related burdens, 56% of business owners say the administrative headaches imposed by the federal tax code are the largest burden on their business, according to a March 2012 survey of 350 NSBA members.
Then all you need to do is go to Flingo.org and get a few lines of embed code to put on your web site, and owners of a Flingo-enabled TV set will be able to send your video to their TV with one click.
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Master Lock sells a garage-door opener with a built-in fingerprint scanner, the Kwikset SmartScan Deadbolt will open up your front door with another finger swipe and Schlage's LiNK door locks allow owners to give anyone access to their home by punching a code into a computer keyboard or mobile phone's keypad.
Finally, the plan makes multi-factor authentication available to website owners for the cost of adding a few lines of software to their server code.
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It means controlling spending, simplifying our tax code, and reining in red tape that is choking small business owners who want to hire more workers.
There is no unified labor code in place and in the past, disputes between workers and factory owners have been settled with government arbitration.
Billed as the first QR-code promotion that Pandora has done, this publicity campaign would engage dog owners through a savvy integration of in-store and online touchpoints.
It allows smartphone owners to make in-store purchases by typing in a telephone number and personal ID code at the cash register.
At the present time, the IRS interprets the tax code in a way that pushes foreign investors towards financing big business at the expense of small business owners.
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And in yet another layer of IP complexity, server owners often incorporate software provided by third-party developers, and in some cases also hire people to write code to add customized features to the server.
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Using OnStar, GM car owners who sign up with RelayRides can leave the keys in the car and have renters unlock it by using a code on a smartphone, thereby saving the hassle of exchanging keys in person.
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