Small Business Tax Tips

Editor's note: As a special feature for March, TheStreet.com offers an ongoing series on everything you need to know about taxes. Today is part 10.

April is a-comin', and along with rain showers and the ensuing greenery, the month should bring a flurry of Americans filing last-minute tax deductions and adjusting claims.

Often, small-business owners tend to overlook write-offs that are available to them. So that this doesn't happen to you, Mel Schwarz, a partner at the national tax office of Grant Thornton in Washington, D.C., has provided some quick tips to make sure entrepreneurs are getting all they should from their returns.

In addition, he also gives some insight into how small-business taxpayers can maximize their return for next year. ...