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43% of Holiday Shoppers Are Using AI
INCBOOK • HOLIDAY COMMERCE • AI SHOPPING • 2026 Is your small business visible when someone asks an AI assistant to find the right gift, compare prices or discover a…
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Buying a Business With No Money Down? Veterans Just Got a Major SBA Acquisition Break
INCBOOK • BUSINESS ACQUISITION FINANCE • BREAKING 2026 Buying a Business With No Money Down? Veterans Just Got a Major SBA Acquisition Break For a limited period, an eligible veteran…
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The 10 Hottest AI Business Opportunities for 2027
INCBOOK • AI BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES • 2027 Skip the generic chatbot agency. The bigger opportunity may be helping ordinary businesses install, connect, secure and manage AI systems that are quickly…
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Three New SBA Loan Programs Most Business Owners Have Never Heard Of
INCBOOK • SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING • 2026 And they're actually making loans. Nearly $500 million moved through three little-known SBA financing options during FY2026—targeting manufacturers, food-supply businesses and companies that…
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Your Employees Built Their Own AI Agents Without Telling You
INCBOOK • SMALL BUSINESS AI • 2026 The 15-point Shadow-Agent Audit: find the automations that can read company data, call APIs and take actions before an employee-built productivity shortcut becomes…
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The SBA May Use AI to Monitor Your Business
INCBOOK • GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING • 2026 What government contractors should keep on file before an algorithm, analytics system or reviewer sees something it does not understand. Updated November 2, 2026…
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The $500,000 Startup Tax Credit You Can Use Even When Your Company Owes Little Income Tax
INCBOOK • STARTUP TAX • 2026 Software startups, engineering firms and product-development companies may be able to turn part of the federal research credit into a payroll-tax offset. The catch:…
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Section 179 vs 100% Bonus Depreciation in 2026: Which Should a Small Business Use First?
INCBOOK • SMALL BUSINESS TAX • 2026 Which should a small business use first? The answer changed dramatically now that 100% bonus depreciation is back permanently — and the biggest…
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Your Small Business may be owed money from a 5.5 billion dollar credit card settlement
INCBOOK • BUSINESS MONEY RECOVERY • 2026 The $5.5 Billion Credit Card Settlement Could your small business still be owed money? Two rounds of partial payments have moved, billions remain…
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IRS Mileage Rate Jumps to 76 Cents: How to Calculate Your 2026 Business Miles Correctly
INCBOOK • SMALL BUSINESS TAX • 2026 The IRS Quietly Raised Business Mileage to 76 Cents Are you using the wrong rate for 2026? This year has two business-mileage rates,…
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Top 10 AI Business Scams: From Deepfake CEOs to Fake Employees
INCBOOK • BUSINESS FRAUD • 2026 The Top 10 Business Scams in the Age of AI The old scams did not disappear. They got better. Here are the payment requests,…
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The SBA Bonding Shortcut: How a Small Contractor Can Bid on a $9 Million Job
INCBOOK • SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTING • 2026 The SBA Bonding Shortcut How a small contractor can compete for a $9 million job — even when conventional surety markets will not…
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Your Employees Are Already Using AI: What Small Businesses Need to Check Now
INCBOOK • AI AT WORK • 2026 Your Employees Are Using AI Anyway The 15-minute Shadow-AI Audit for small businesses — find the AI tools already inside your workflow, draw…
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The Fake Invoice Is Getting Scary Good: A 10-Minute Payment Verification System for Small Businesses
INCBOOK • SMALL BUSINESS SECURITY • 2026 CEO Impersonation, Fake Invoices and ACH Fraud: What Small Businesses Need to Check A 10-minute payment verification system for small businesses — built…
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The AI ROI Audit You’re Paying $900 a Month for AI Tools Are They Making Anything Back
Small Business Technology Audit I tend to get skeptical when a company can name every AI subscription it pays for but cannot tell me which one actually changed a number…