The U.S. is currently in a period of strong economic activity and the state of Washington has the top ranked economy of all U.S. states, according to a 2017 study by the credit reporting site WalletHub. It follows that there would be an increase in the number of small-business startups during this period. Most small-business startups make some kind of provision for Federal Income Taxes in their budgets. However, more than a few are surprised by the number of other federal and state taxes that they must report and pay.
Read MoreWashington’s Equal Pay Act (EPA) has prohibited discrimination in compensation on the basis of sex since it was enacted in 1943. Despite the existence of similar laws for many years at the state and federal levels of government, studies continue to find a persistent pay gap of approximately 20 percent between men and women in the United States…
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