BizFilings wants to help business owners Incorporate Your Dream^sm by providing the opportunity for one lucky business owner to win $5000 to fund a growing business.

Business incorporation services leader BizFilings has been selected for the 2008 Madison Award in the Business Services category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA).

Business Owner’s Toolkit, the total know-how for small businesses, is helping bring new business wishes to life this holiday season by telling the story of how Old St Nick became the successful business owner, Santa Claus.

The story of Nick becoming Santa Claus is chronicled in, Santa’s Storybook: A Dream, A Wish and a World of Inspiration.

Anyone can start a successful business, according to Norm Brodsky, lifelong entrepreur and coauthor of The Knack: How Street-Smart Entrepreneurs Learn to Handle Whatever Comes Up.  The key, he said it to learn the hard lessons before you get started.

Even in tough economic times, it’s possible to support entrepreneurship and alleviate poverty in the developing world this holiday season by participating in a lending group organized by Business Owner’s Toolkit.

Challenges in the current economy are leading many successful business people in corporate America away from Wall Street and back to Main Street where they can realize lifelong dreams of owning their own business.

Question: Is it true that I save tax dollars if I form an LLC?

Answer: Generally speaking, personal tax rates are lower than corporate tax rates. Corporate income is taxed at 34 to 39 percent. Singles making under $80,000 and marrieds making under $160,000 have a personal income tax of 25 percent. This means that businesses with incomes that are less than $350,000 may experience tax savings by forming an LLC instead of a corporation.

Becoming the president of an international corporation used to take a lifetime of hard work. Now it can be done with a PC, strong entrepreneurial spirit and the remaining balance of 2008.

While Americans wait to see who’ll win the election, business owners can deploy business tactics that work to their advantage, regardless of the outcome.

In preparation for Halloween, the Business Owner’s Toolkit offers 10 frighteningly-good treats for entrepreneurs who are ready to launch a new business. 

Instead of filling a bag with sugary-sweets, these treats from the Business Owner’s Toolkit and its sponsors will line pockets of business owners with savings: