Taxation and Compliance
Federal
The Internal Revenue Service is the agency charged with administering the Federal Internal Revenue Code. Authoritative filing and payment instructions, forms and publications, for payroll, income and other taxes can be found on this site.
California.
California Secretary of State. Find out about doing business in California as well as a listing of businesses qualified to do business in California, their status, and agent
The California Franchise Tax Board administers individual and corporate income and franchise taxes for the State of California. Filing and payment instructions, forms and publications can be found on this site.
The California State Board of Equalization administers California sales and use tax. Filing and payment instructions, forms, publications and permit verification reside on this site.
The California Economic Development Department administers payroll taxes and benefits for unemployment and disability insurance.
Financial Reporting
FASB is the authoritative source for accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (US GAAP)
The official site of the Securities and Exchange Commission contains regulations, enforcement, education and complete Edgar
filings from Public Companies
The impact of International Accounting Standards on US reporting companies compiled by the AICPA is contained here. Go to the official IFRS site for the IFRS Foundation and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
Financial Information
Bankrate.com is comprehensive source for interest rates
Oanda is our favorite foreign currency converter, covering all major currencies
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is a Federal agency that maintains information on consumer prices, consumer spending, wages and unemployment by region
Current and historical interest rates for selected instruments governed by the Federal Reserve Board, as well as the Prime Rate of Interest can be found here.
An open source tool for calculating volatility of a given stock over a given period of time are shown here. Programming tutorials and other open source programs are also available on this site.
An online resource for free business statistics and financial ratios
Bizminer is an online resource for granular industry statistical reports
Gust is an angel Funding network for startup funding for both investors and entrepreneurs.
The Bizjournals site is an excellent source of local business headlines and limited text articles Full coverage is available on a subscription basis. The source is localized, and information for individual markets can be obtained This is thesource of the Book of Lists, an excellent local source of the top businesses by industry within a local market.
Self-help or low cost business documents
Nolo
Legal Zoom
Business social networking and online communities
Proformative is an online community serving corporate finance, accounting and treasury professionals. A great site for getting advice from fellow professionals
LinkedIn is the premier social networking site for professionals
LinkSV - Website providing hard-to-find information on people, capital, and private companies in Silicon Valley
Stock market activity
The official site of Nasdaq contains quotes and research, market activity, news and information, and company profiles of companies listed on that exchange
Quotes and research. Investing tools. Market Activity. Business and investment news can also be found on Yahoo Finance.
This free online version of the Wall Street Journal contains headlines and summaries of today's events affecting business. More comprehensive news can be obtained through a paid subscription.
Federal
The Internal Revenue Service is the agency charged with administering the Federal Internal Revenue Code. Authoritative filing and payment instructions, forms and publications, for payroll, income and other taxes can be found on this site.
California.
California Secretary of State. Find out about doing business in California as well as a listing of businesses qualified to do business in California, their status, and agent
The California Franchise Tax Board administers individual and corporate income and franchise taxes for the State of California. Filing and payment instructions, forms and publications can be found on this site.
The California State Board of Equalization administers California sales and use tax. Filing and payment instructions, forms, publications and permit verification reside on this site.
The California Economic Development Department administers payroll taxes and benefits for unemployment and disability insurance.
Financial Reporting
FASB is the authoritative source for accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (US GAAP)
The official site of the Securities and Exchange Commission contains regulations, enforcement, education and complete Edgar
filings from Public Companies
The impact of International Accounting Standards on US reporting companies compiled by the AICPA is contained here. Go to the official IFRS site for the IFRS Foundation and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
Financial Information
Bankrate.com is comprehensive source for interest rates
Oanda is our favorite foreign currency converter, covering all major currencies
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is a Federal agency that maintains information on consumer prices, consumer spending, wages and unemployment by region
Current and historical interest rates for selected instruments governed by the Federal Reserve Board, as well as the Prime Rate of Interest can be found here.
An open source tool for calculating volatility of a given stock over a given period of time are shown here. Programming tutorials and other open source programs are also available on this site.
An online resource for free business statistics and financial ratios
Bizminer is an online resource for granular industry statistical reports
Gust is an angel Funding network for startup funding for both investors and entrepreneurs.
The Bizjournals site is an excellent source of local business headlines and limited text articles Full coverage is available on a subscription basis. The source is localized, and information for individual markets can be obtained This is thesource of the Book of Lists, an excellent local source of the top businesses by industry within a local market.
Self-help or low cost business documents
Nolo
Legal Zoom
Business social networking and online communities
Proformative is an online community serving corporate finance, accounting and treasury professionals. A great site for getting advice from fellow professionals
LinkedIn is the premier social networking site for professionals
LinkSV - Website providing hard-to-find information on people, capital, and private companies in Silicon Valley
Stock market activity
The official site of Nasdaq contains quotes and research, market activity, news and information, and company profiles of companies listed on that exchange
Quotes and research. Investing tools. Market Activity. Business and investment news can also be found on Yahoo Finance.
This free online version of the Wall Street Journal contains headlines and summaries of today's events affecting business. More comprehensive news can be obtained through a paid subscription.