IRS Plans a 50% Ramp-Up in Audits of Small Businesses Next Year

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[–]magnora7 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

What country is actually good for small businesses? Sucks because despite all this nonsense, the US is still one of the best ones to run a small business in. Which just shows how terrible it is worldwide imo

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It is shocking out there for them alright, oddly enough in the small town I reside in (in Oz) only one business out of roughly 50 closed down, a posh coffee shop that hadn't been in operation too long. I think a key to success is owning the building you do business in, which most in my main street do. It's just more evidence to me that going forward the smaller regional hub towns will do better than the cities in many ways.

It's very complex this business of small business though a lot of the problem is people unwilling to adjust to the new realities of bigbox and the internet. If you want to doggedly hold onto a small jewelers shop in a mall, in the face of much cheaper on-line watch sales etc then you are setting yourself up for poverty IMO. I went to a small starter motor/alternator reconditioner in the city a while back and the price they wanted/needed for a recon on a 70's alternator was more than a new chinese knockoff on ebay. The world has changed and we consumers with it hey.

[–]Drewski[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Liechtenstein, maybe? Good luck getting approved to stay there though, let alone citizenship. US is still one of the better places to open a business, but when the gov't can arbitrarily close down your store on a whim, and then stuff like this... it's a real tough time for independent businesses.