North Dakota has the best 10-year survival rate for all businesses in the country. Unemployment is exceptionally low, and the cost of living goes easy on anyone’s wallet.

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Start a new business in Nebraska today. We show you how.

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Initiatives that benefit an Iowa small business include no personal property tax. There is also no sales and use tax on machinery and equipment purchases. This state also offers a refundable credit for increasing research activities. It is up to 6.5% of qualifying expenditures. Furthermore, Iowa offers reduced or no corporate tax. Also, they have a 50% deductibility for federal taxes from Iowa corporate income. Iowa is one of only five states which offer this deductible.

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In 2019, Dollar Sprout reported Minnesota is the number six best place to start a business in the nation.

Dollar Sprout reports a great business 10-years survival rate and a modest cost of living. Plus there is low unemployment, and some business filings are now free. But watch out for those winters!

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If superlative characteristics are important to a business, then the business really has but one choice, and that’s to raise the high end of the salary range.

But they would likely have to do that anyway.

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The federal government is working to offer business owners unique recession business funding opportunities for these unique times during the coronavirus pandemic. Some states are following suit. Do you know what’s available to you at both the federal and the state level?

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There are many steps to starting a business.  It is important to start on a firm foundation. Then, when the twists and turns come, you can be safely secured in your seat.  That means ensuring you have a name and EIN, and all the licenses and registrations necessary at each level of government. Also, make sure that you are legally incorporated.  

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Business Insider named Wyoming as the top state in the entire nation to start a new business in, per an article published in 2016.

Why? The sales tax rate is low. Also, they do not even have any corporate income tax, individual income tax, or gross receipts tax. There is also a thriving startup scene. Wyoming is fourth in the nation for startup companies.

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South Dakota has a decent rate of new business owners. South Dakota also has the second best business tax climate. But the pool of potential workers to hire is small in the state. South Dakota has the lowest percentage of available employees at 0.52%.

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Montana has a ranking near the top for key economic indicators. These are items like export growth, entrepreneurial activity, long term job growth, small business lending and business birth rate.

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