President Barack Obama’s stimulus bill promises billions of dollars to get the economy back on track, but many small business owners are still struggling to understand how to get their share of the stimulus pie.

To encourage banks to fund small business loans, the Treasury Department plans to buy $15 billion worth of securitized SBA-backed loans using funds from the bank bailout program, Dawn Williams writes in the Nashville Examiner.

The SBA also created the American Recovery Capital loan program, which provides deferred-payment loans to small businesses unable to pay current debt. No-fee ARC loans are interest free. Click here to find out more.

Small businesses also can take advantage of a number of tax cuts and credits, Williams writes. Among other provisions, businesses that sell goods and services to the government, businesses that reduce debt and businesses that invest in new plants and equipment in 2009 are eligible for tax breaks.

Find out more at: http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/moneymatters/a/ecstimtaxes.htm.