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Perkins Law Tips for Happiness as Small Biz Owner
January 21, 2025

Here are a few suggestions for maximizing your effectiveness—and preserving your sanity— as a small business owner. These tips and observations are the product of working with small business owners for many years (and being a business…

Reducing the Risk and Impact of Fraud for Small Businesses and Nonprofit Organizations
January 17, 2025

This is by no means intended to serve as an exhaustive checklist that will make your organization bulletproof against fraud. However, considering these issues will put a business owner, manager, or HR director in a better position to reduce…

New Federal Reporting Compliance Reminder for Small Business Owners
August 26, 2024

A new federal reporting requirement went into effect 1.1.24 that applies to most small businesses.  For companies formed prior to 2024, the deadline to file online the required Business Owner Information (BOI) report is 12.31.24, so there is…

Reminder to Virginia Small Business Owners – Minimum Wage Increase Effective January 1, 2025
August 12, 2024

Just a friendly reminder to all Virginia employers that the minimum wage increases to $12.41/hour effective January 1, 2024.  Click here to view the Memorandum issued by the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry.

Henrico County Adopts Tax Relief Measure to Benefit Small Business
June 27, 2024

The Henrico County Board of Supervisors recently approved a significant Business, Professional and Occupational License (“BPOL”) tax threshold increase from $500,000 to $1 million in gross receipts. This increase goes into effect in 2025…

Commonly Asked Questions About the Federal Trade Commission’s Non-Compete Ban
June 24, 2024

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published its Final Non-Compete Clause Rule (“Final Rule”), which bans post-employment non-compete clauses between employers and their workers. Absent judicial intervention—a…

NEW COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW STARTING JANUARY 1, 2024
January 10, 2024

Introduction Effective January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA") now imposes reporting requirements on most small business entities (corporations, limited liability companies, certain partnerships, etc.), which will require an…

Thumbs Up to Workbench RVA!
January 10, 2024

One of the great things about being a small business and nonprofit lawyer is that I get to work with an amazingly diverse, talented, and passionate group of people every day.  Check out the latest update on one of RVA’s unique small businesses—The…

Look What’s Coming Up! Small Biz/Nonprofit Alert from Perkins Law
November 01, 2023

There is an upcoming Small Business Networking event sponsored by SCORE on November 14, 2023 from 5pm-7pm at Garden Grove Brewery and Urban Winery.

Look What’s Coming Up! Small Biz/Nonprofit Alert from Perkins Law
September 26, 2023

There is an upcoming Small Business Networking event sponsored by SCORE on October 19, 2023 from 8am-10am at the Dominion Energy Innovation Center. Click here for more information.