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Starting Over

Career setbacks and restarts can be particularly challenging for the self-employed. Rather than just focusing on updating one’s resume and strategizing on whom to send it to, the self-employed often have to reinvent their brand, find a new way of doing business and uncover a fresh customer base. This can be a gut-wrenching process requiring a lot of introspection, faith, courage, and above all, confidence. Learn from the stories of three NASE Members who weren't afraid to reboot their businesses.

Feb 04, 2013

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Ask The Experts: 1099 Forms, NASE Dues Deductibility

Q: I'm filing 1099 forms for independent contractors that I worked with this year. Can I complete the forms myself or do I need to pay a service to do it for me? Q: Can I deduct my NASE Membership dues on my taxes?

Feb 04, 2013

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Member Spotlight: Lifelong Learner

Elizabeth Power has been an NASE Member since 2004. She owns EPower & Associates, Inc., in Nashville, Tenn.

Feb 04, 2013

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2013: Paychecks Will Be a Little Lighter

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 was signed into law by President Obama on January 2, 2013. While the Act avoided hitting many self-employed Americans with higher income tax rates (individuals making less than $400,000 and couples making less than $450,000 will see their income tax rates remain the same), those with income exceeding those levels will see their tax liability increase to a rate of 39.6 percent. In addition all Americans will see their paychecks a little lighter in 2013 due to expiring tax holidays and two new health reform law-related taxes.

Feb 04, 2013

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Have a Home Office? The IRS May Offer a Streamlined Deduction for It (Washington Post)

NASE President & CEO Kristie Arslan was featured in the Washington Post's business column by syndicated columnist Michelle Singletary discussing the simplified Home Office Deduction.

Jan 29, 2013

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New Home Office Deduction Is Simpler, but Smaller (The New York Times)

The New York Times "You're the Boss" column ran a great article on the simplified Home Office Deduction featuring NASE National Tax Advisor Keith Hall.

Jan 29, 2013

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Llewellyn King: Entrepreneurs Confront Big Government and Big Business

Great commentary from Keith Hall, NASE National Tax Advisor, on the challenges of the tax code for American's small businesses, the self-employed, in Llewellyn King's Twin Cities column.

Jan 28, 2013

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Easier Tax Form, Smaller Deduction (Wall Street Journal)

NASE Member Council member Tiffany Washington was quoted in the Wall Street Journal, discussing the new simplified Home Office Deduction!

Jan 22, 2013

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What Micro-Businesses Want from Washington (Central Valley Business Times)

In an interview with the Central Valley Business Times, NASE President and CEO Kristie Arslan discussed the self-employed agenda in 2013 and concrete steps that President Obama and Congress can do to help the nation's smallest business.

Jan 22, 2013

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Moving Forward with Small Business

On the 57th Presidential Inauguration of President Barack H. Obama, Kristie Arslan, President and CEO of National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE), the nation’s leading resource for the self-employed and micro-businesses, today encouraged the president to take bold action by implementing a robust plan for America’s small business community.

Jan 21, 2013

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