by Marie Browne | Apr 9, 2020 | Accounting, Business, Taxes
As you probably know, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) was signed on March 27, 2020. The $2 trillion package includes $349 billion for a loan program called the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). This is an unprecedented program both in...
by Marie Browne | Jan 4, 2020 | Business
So you’ve hired a manager to manage your employees? Congratulations, and deepest sympathies. Congratulations because this must mean that business is booming. And sympathies, because now you are a manager of your manager, and this might not be a role you...
by Marie Browne | Mar 20, 2018 | Business
I can’t wait for tax season to end so I can play with technology. Yes, I am a geek girl at heart. From the day I was introduced to the magic of Lotus 1-2-3 a million years ago at the University of Washington (Slash File Retrieve!) followed by BASIC programming...
by Marie Browne | Aug 8, 2017 | Business, Taxes
When the voters of Washington State passed Initiative 1433 by an overwhelming 57% majority, I do not for a minute think they were trying to create an administrative nightmare for small business owners. They were just voting to raise the minimum wage and to give...
by Marie Browne | Nov 12, 2016 | Business
You probably know the statistic that gets pulled out whenever there is a horrific airplane crash with no survivors: Flying in an airplane is much, much safer than driving a car. So why are some of us still so afraid of getting on a plane? Is it for the same reason...
