Finance
What the SBA's 75% Loan Guarantee Actually Covers
The federal guarantee behind an SBA 7(a) loan protects the lender's exposure, not the borrower's balance — here is what it does and doesn't change.
Isabel Duarte · August 15, 2026
Finance: Money, Saving and Investing
Money management for firms without a finance department: receivables and collections, credit lines, payment terms, tax timing, and how to read your own accounts. Pieces show the arithmetic instead of summarizing it. Intended for owners, office managers and bookkeepers making funding and payment decisions every month.
Finance
Why Credit Lines Are Established Before You Need Them
Lenders extend liquidity in good quarters and ration it in bad ones — the undrawn line you set up this year is next year's crisis tool.
Tanya Brooks · August 10, 2026
Finance
When Refinancing Business Debt Actually Pays
The math is rate savings against fees and term extension — the discipline is knowing which of the three you are actually buying.
Isabel Duarte · July 18, 2026
Finance
The QBI Deduction: What Pass-Through Owners Need to Know
Up to 20 percent of qualified business income, tax-free — if your business clears the service-business tests or stays under the income thresholds.
Isabel Duarte · June 25, 2026
Finance
SEP-IRA or Solo 401(k): The Self-Employed Retirement Math
Both shelter up to roughly the same contribution ceiling — the difference is upfront costs, employee coverage, and how much you can save at modest income.
Isabel Duarte · June 3, 2026