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Rise and SHINE with Aluram

by Staff

Shine Time: Aluram’s High Shine Line Delivers Moisture and Shine with Clean Ingredients

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Is Your Software Underperforming? Switch it Up with Shortcuts

by Staff

Your salon software is the backbone of your business. And now is the time of year to evaluate its efficiency: Is it providing the tools you need to grow? Does it improve the guest experience? How does your team interact with it? Are you happy with your software’s customer service? If you’re not getting what you need from your current software, it may be time for a switch.

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Prepare for Small Business Saturday® with American Express

by Staff

The busy holiday season is here, and with it comes jam-packed days, last-minute client requests and booming retail sales. For many salon owners, the highlight of the season is Small Business Saturday® (SBS). This year on Saturday, November 30, consumers can take their shopping into the small businesses in their communities.

Salon Management

What Your Morning Coffee Order is Trying to Teach You About Cash Flow

by Bobbi Neilson

Starbucks customer loyalty program teaches salons a powerful lesson on how to use gift cards and memberships to build loyalty while holding the money responsibly in a high-yield account that protects your business from a cash-flow crunch, while earning you interest on money you've already been paid. Bobbi Neilson shows you how.

A woman get her hair rinsed at a shampoo bowl in a salon, but instead of suds in the bowl, there are tax bills.

Salon Management

Rinsing Away Tax Debt with the IRS Fresh Start Program

by Tina Azarvand, Esq., LL.M.

An Offer in Compromise allows you to settle your tax debt with the IRS for less than the full amount owed. Azarvand Tax Law's Tina Azarvand helps you determine if you qualify and how to pursue your Fresh Start.

A future salon owner's well manicured hands sign a lease agreement than includes a personal guarantee.

Salon Management

Avoid Signing Personal Guarantees on New Commercial Leases (If Possible)

by Lynn Chisholm, Summit Salon Business Center

Signing a personal guarantee on a lease can be a frightening and daunting thought for a new salon owner. Summit Salon Business Center's Lynn Chisholm shows you when you can avoid that and how you can limit it.

Salon Management

Understanding the IRS Taxpayer Bill of Rights

by Tina Azarvand, Esq., LL.M

Understanding your rights can mean the difference between paying thousands you don't owe and successfully defending your position. Tax Attorney Tina Azarvand walks you through your rights and your options when you feel your rights have been violated, as well as highlights the areas where many salons get in trouble.

Salon Management

Trimming Healthcare Costs with Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts

by Leticia Skrabut, J.D., Azarvand Tax Law

Both HSAs and FSAs offer valuable tax advantages and can significantly reduce the financial burden that comes with healthcare costs. Find out the difference between the two and how they may benefit both you and your employees.

Salon Management

Straightening Out the Employee Vs. Contractor Classification Confusion

by Thomas Fowlkes, Azarvand Tax Law

The IRS may enforce penalties, interest, or even jail time if you misclassify your workers. This guide is designed to help you avoid that mess and determine who should receive a 1099 and who truly needs a W-2.

Salon Management

The 2025 Restyle of the Employee Retention Credit Income Tax Rules You Don't Want to Overlook

by Tina Azarvand, Esq., LL.M.

The IRS has significantly altered its approach to how businesses address the income tax implications of Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims, offering much-needed relief for taxpayers caught between conflicting guidance and practical realities. Tina Azarvand tells you what you need to know.

Azarvand Tax Law's Yan Wang walks you through new tip tax legislation and how it benefits both employees and employers.

Salon Management

How the Big Beautiful Bill Delivers a Perfect Tax Trim on Tips for Employers and Employees

by Yan Wang, Azarvand Tax Law

The beauty industry has achieved a historic victory with the passage of the No Tax on Tips Act as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law on July 4, 2025. For the first time in decades, beauty professionals and salon owners now enjoy the same tax benefits that restaurants have received since 1993. Learn the ins and outs of the new legislation.

Salon Management

Aura Salonware Announces AuraPay Capital

by Staff

The new service empowers merchants using AuraPay, Aura's embedded payment processing, with convenient access to funds they can invest in their business.

Kristin Stutz of Illume Financial Strategies offers some sound financial advice.

Salon Management

Finding Financial Balance

by Kristin Stutz, CFP

Illume Financial Strategies Kristin Stutz offers advice for balancing your business' success with your personal financial growth.

Keep up to date with legislative changes that can impact your business with our resident Tax Attorney and Blogger Tina Azarvand. Here she shares changes to the Corporate Transparency Act.

Salon Management

Treasury Department Styles New Path for U.S. Citizens and Domestic Businesses with Corporate Transparency Act Suspension

by Tina Azarvand, Esq., LL.M.

As the Treasury Department announces suspension of Beneficial Ownership Information reporting requirements for The Corporate Transparency Act, Tina Azarvand explains what that means for small business owners.

Salon Management

To Tax Or Not to Tax: What's the Deal with Tips?

by Jaimee Ortegren of Kopsa Otte

Washington has been full of talk about eliminating taxes on tips. What does that mean? Kopsa Otte's Jaimee Ortegren walks us through the proposed legislation and what it could mean if passed.

Salon Management

The Price of Progress & Profitability: A Salon Professional's Guide to Strategic Pricing

by Nikki Le, Nikki Le Consultancy

With inflation, rising living costs and increasing expenses, raising your prices is critical yet also terrifying. In this comprehensive strategic guide, Coach Nikki Le walks you through the core elements of sustainable, practical and profitable pricing that empowers you to set rates that honor expertise and rising costs, while creating a solid foundation for career growth.

Azarvand Tax Law's Caroline Moss shows you how to take advantage of an often overlooked tax credit to hire more staff for less. - Azarvand Tax Law

Salon Management

How the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Can Help You Hire More Staff for Less

by Caroline Moss and Tina Azarvand, Esq., LL.M.

Is your salon in need of support staff? Open up your mind to the hiring possibilities and tax advantage of an often over-looked tax credit that can help you hire qualified individuals for less.

Azarvand Tax Law's Caroline Moss offers a strategic heads-up on proposed tax reform and how it can impact your beauty-based business.

Salon Management

How Trump's Proposed Tax Code and Tariffs Could Shift Your Salon's Business Strategy

by Caroline Moss & Tina Azarvand, Esq., LL.M.

Regardless of your political stance, the incoming administration's proposed tax reform could have a significant impact on your beauty business. And while the final legislation may differ from the current proposals, staying informed and strategically planning ahead is key to navigating these potential changes.

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