Barbara Weltman is an attorney, a nationally recognized expert on tax and small business, and a member of the J.K. Lasser Institute Team of Editors & Writers. Barbara has written dozens of top-selling business books, including J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2008: Your Complete Guide to a Better Bottom Line, J.K. Lasser's 1001 Deductions and Tax Breaks 2008: Your Complete Guide to Everything Deductible, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business, 3rd Edition, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting an eBay Business, and The Rational Guide to Building Small Business Credit.

Barbara is the publisher of Big Ideas for Small Business®, a free monthly online newsletter providing entrepreneurs with the information on issues and concerns that matter most to the small-business community, and Idea of the Day. She is also the tax and law expert for Inc.com and a contributing editor of New York Enterprise Report and PINK magazine.

Barbara serves as Staples.com's Small Business Tax Expert. She is a member of the Small Business Advocate Brain Trust and serves on the advisory boards for Small Business & Entrepreneurship (SBE) Council, WE-Inc., Boardroom's Bottom Line/Personal, Tax Hotline, and Bottom Line Retirement. She is an adjunct professor at Manhattanville College, where she teaches Principles of Entrepreneurship, and is a frequent lecturer at the Learning Annex.

A popular speaker on small business topics, she has participated at both local and national conferences, including the DOL/SBA's Women Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century, SCORE's Westchester Small Business Conference, and eBay Live!

Barbara is a sought-after media commentator and has appeared as a tax and small business expert on CNN, CNBC, The Today Show, Bloomberg TV, numerous radio stations nationwide, and podcasts for Smart Money, Forbes, and Inc.com.

She is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School and a member of the New York Bar.