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The 2026 small-business tax checklist most owners miss
Your accountant is not going to read your bookkeeping notes for fun. Here is what good preparation looks like before tax season…
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Priya Iyer
Business Editor
Priya leads the carmannews business desk, covering small business operations, personal finance, and the corporate moves that quietly shape what people earn and spend. Before carmannews she covered banking and credit markets for a wire service. She holds the CFA charter and writes the Sunday business briefing.
Credentials: CFA charterholder; 11 years on personal-finance and small-business beats.
Based in: Mumbai, India
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When refinancing saves money — and when it just resets
Refinancing math is simpler than most lenders make it look. A fifteen-minute calculation tells you whether the savings beat the closing costs.…
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The 30-minute weekly bookkeeping setup that pays off
Most small businesses do their books once a year, in March, in tears. carmannews built a 30-minute weekly system from a CPA-recommended…
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Why credit card cashback can cost you on business spend
A 2% cashback card looks free until you reverse-engineer the merchant fees you are passing through. On many small-business spending profiles, the…
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How much working capital you actually need, by industry
The common rule of thumb — three months of operating expenses — is too generic. carmannews compared working-capital benchmarks across seven small-business…
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The right way to fire a client (and when you should)
Firing a client is uncomfortable but rarely as costly as keeping a bad one. Map the decision against four signals: payment behavior,…
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Personal finance in your 30s: a four-account system
In your 30s, the personal-finance question shifts from "how do I save more" to "how do I make my saving automatic." The…
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The annuity pitch your parents got — and why it’s wrong
Annuities are not inherently bad, but the way they are sold creates strong incentives that aren't aligned with the buyer. carmannews walks…
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Side businesses that survived 2025 — and ones that didn’t
Across 2025, print-on-demand, dropshipping, and reselling struggled while service businesses, niche newsletters, and digital templates grew. The pattern explains both groups.
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Service-business pricing: why cost-plus kills margins
Cost-plus pricing — calculating your hourly rate and adding margin — is the wrong starting point for a service business. carmannews walks…