Avoid Signing Personal Guarantees on New Commercial Leases (If Possible)
Signing a personal guarantee on a lease can be a frightening and daunting thought for a new salon owner. Summit Salon Business Center's Lynn Chisholm shows you when you can avoid that and how you can limit it.
Is Your Software Underperforming? Switch it Up with Shortcuts
Your salon software is the backbone of your business. And now is the time of year to evaluate its efficiency: Is it providing the tools you need to grow? Does it improve the guest experience? How does your team interact with it? Are you happy with your software’s customer service? If you’re not getting what you need from your current software, it may be time for a switch.
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Understanding the IRS Taxpayer Bill of Rights
Understanding your rights can mean the difference between paying thousands you don't owe and successfully defending your position. Tax Attorney Tina Azarvand walks you through your rights and your options when you feel your rights have been violated, as well as highlights the areas where many salons get in trouble.
Trimming Healthcare Costs with Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts
Both HSAs and FSAs offer valuable tax advantages and can significantly reduce the financial burden that comes with healthcare costs. Find out the difference between the two and how they may benefit both you and your employees.
Straightening Out the Employee Vs. Contractor Classification Confusion
The IRS may enforce penalties, interest, or even jail time if you misclassify your workers. This guide is designed to help you avoid that mess and determine who should receive a 1099 and who truly needs a W-2.
The 2025 Restyle of the Employee Retention Credit Income Tax Rules You Don't Want to Overlook
The IRS has significantly altered its approach to how businesses address the income tax implications of Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims, offering much-needed relief for taxpayers caught between conflicting guidance and practical realities. Tina Azarvand tells you what you need to know.
How the Big Beautiful Bill Delivers a Perfect Tax Trim on Tips for Employers and Employees
The beauty industry has achieved a historic victory with the passage of the No Tax on Tips Act as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law on July 4, 2025. For the first time in decades, beauty professionals and salon owners now enjoy the same tax benefits that restaurants have received since 1993. Learn the ins and outs of the new legislation.
Aura Salonware Announces AuraPay Capital
The new service empowers merchants using AuraPay, Aura's embedded payment processing, with convenient access to funds they can invest in their business.
Finding Financial Balance
Illume Financial Strategies Kristin Stutz offers advice for balancing your business' success with your personal financial growth.
Treasury Department Styles New Path for U.S. Citizens and Domestic Businesses with Corporate Transparency Act Suspension
As the Treasury Department announces suspension of Beneficial Ownership Information reporting requirements for The Corporate Transparency Act, Tina Azarvand explains what that means for small business owners.
To Tax Or Not to Tax: What's the Deal with Tips?
Washington has been full of talk about eliminating taxes on tips. What does that mean? Kopsa Otte's Jaimee Ortegren walks us through the proposed legislation and what it could mean if passed.
The Price of Progress & Profitability: A Salon Professional's Guide to Strategic Pricing
With inflation, rising living costs and increasing expenses, raising your prices is critical yet also terrifying. In this comprehensive strategic guide, Coach Nikki Le walks you through the core elements of sustainable, practical and profitable pricing that empowers you to set rates that honor expertise and rising costs, while creating a solid foundation for career growth.
How the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Can Help You Hire More Staff for Less
Is your salon in need of support staff? Open up your mind to the hiring possibilities and tax advantage of an often over-looked tax credit that can help you hire qualified individuals for less.
Prepare for Small Business Saturday® with American Express
The busy holiday season is here, and with it comes jam-packed days, last-minute client requests and booming retail sales. For many salon owners, the highlight of the season is Small Business Saturday® (SBS). This year on Saturday, November 30, consumers can take their shopping into the small businesses in their communities.
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How Trump's Proposed Tax Code and Tariffs Could Shift Your Salon's Business Strategy
Regardless of your political stance, the incoming administration's proposed tax reform could have a significant impact on your beauty business. And while the final legislation may differ from the current proposals, staying informed and strategically planning ahead is key to navigating these potential changes.
Brushing Up on Business Entities for Beauty Businesses
Sole Proprietorship, LLC, S-Corp, Parnterships--which entity best fits your beauty-based business? Evan Holden from Azarvand Tax Law weighs the pros and cons of each.
Now is the Time to Examine Your Relationship with Money
Our Wellness Blogger Mary Wilson shares strategies for enhancing your relationship with money, leading to greater financial well-being, freedom and peace of mind.