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Business groups press Legislature to stop state income tax on federal stimulus aid Tens of thousands of businesses could be affected in Massachusetts By Jon Chesto Globe Staff,Updated January 22, 2021, 7:04 p.m. Email to a Friend Senator Eric Lesser is pushing a bill that would protect so-called pass-through entities from being hit with a tax on funds they kept from the Paycheck Protection Program.Photos by Steven G. Smith/Photo by Steven G. Smith Add this to the to-do list that business groups want the Massachusetts Legislature to tackle ASAP: a tweak to state law that could protect thousan...

For brick and mortar retailers in the Boston area, it’s boom or bust, depending on where you look By Janelle Nanos Globe Staff,Updated January 23, 2021, 2:50 p.m. Email to a Friend A shuttered store opposite the empty Lord & Taylor department store on Boylston Street.Lane Turner/Globe Staff Legions of Boston’s office workers left town when the pandemic broke out. When they return, they’ll find its streetscapes profoundly transformed. Wander the city’s corridors of commerce and you’ll witness darkened storefronts and shuttered restaurants. These are the casualties of a...

Small businesses face new challenges as state’s paid leave program kicks in The toughest task may be figuring out how to fill workers’ shoes while they are out By Jon Chesto Globe Staff,Updated December 31, 2020, 7:33 p.m. Email to a Friend Eric Michelson, co-owner of Michelson’s Shoes in Lexington and Needham, wants his workers to have easy access to the program.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff Owners of small businesses have wrestled with logistical problems and plummeting sales since COVID-19 arrived. Now, they can add one more possible headache to the list: the state’s new pa...

Capacity limits, taking effect just after Christmas, scramble shoppers’ plans By Caroline Enos Globe Correspondent,Updated December 26, 2020, 5:29 p.m. Email to a Friend Shoppers waited outside Market Basket in Somerville on Saturday.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff Customers lined up in the cold outside some Massachusetts supermarkets Saturday — the first day the state’s new capacity limit on businesses went into effect. The new limit requires most businesses in the state to allow only 25 percent customer capacity for at least two weeks, the lowest level since many businesses reope...

BOSTON — A day after announcing new business restrictions aimed at preventing a post-Christmas boom of COVID-19, Gov. Charlie Baker launched a massive new $668 million relief fund to help