Small Business

Charday Penn | E+ | Getty Images Small-business owners and side-gig hustlers are facing a major tax deadline. Filers who pay estimated taxes every quarter, including independent contractors and partners in business entities, owe their final payment of 2020 on Jan. 15. Generally, the other deadlines for quarterly taxpayers are April 15, June 15, and

Kevin Johnson, CEO, Starbucks Scott Mlyn | CNBC Starbucks is starting a $100 million fund aimed at investing in community development projects and small businesses in areas populated by Black, Indigenous and people of color. The company’s Community Resilience Fund is part of a broader plan to step up its commitment to racial and social

Marc Romanelli | Tetra images | Getty Images The Covid-19 crisis has hit Latino small businesses particularly hard, including not being able to access PPP funding at a similar rate to other business owners. And many individual proprietors or small, family-owned businesses may feel the impact of Covid more directly, as the pandemic has disproportionately

Manager Pat Ryan stands at the counter at the Pig Pit BBQ in Cohoes, NY on December 09, 2020. The pandemic crushed businesses on Boston’s Water Street. Craig F. Walker | Boston Globe | Getty Images With the renewed Paycheck Protection Program launch imminent, small business owners and advocates are eagerly awaiting access to much-needed

Jovita Carranza, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, speaks as Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury secretary, listens at a House Small Business Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. Erin Scott | Getty Images The Paycheck Protection Program will reopen on Jan. 11, offering forgivable loans to small businesses and allowing certain cash-strapped firms to borrow a