Tax and Accounting
IRS Rules on Deducting Business Expenses
Business expenses are the cost of carrying on a trade or business. These expenses are usually deductible if the business operates to make a profit. What Can I Deduct? To be deductible, a business expense…
How the New 2020 IRS W-4 Form Affects Small Business Employers and Employees
Outside of fun festivities—and the fact that it’s the beginning of an entirely new decade—most people are excited for 2020. A new year means new beginnings, new goals and, in the case of the Internal Revenue…
Why the New Year is the Best Time to Switch or Start Using Payroll Software
As you reach the final months of any year, there’s the holiday period. (Insert any number of appropriately timed seasonal cliches here.) However, there’s also the process of closing the books on one year of…
Why Small Businesses Should Pay Attention to Quarterly Tax Payments
There are a lot of awesome things that go along with owning a business. For example, personal fulfillment, passion—and, of course, making money. But what goes hand in hand with making money? Paying taxes. Filing…
How to Start a Home-Based Bookkeeping Business with No Prior Experience
When it comes to work-from-home opportunities, there’s plenty of attention paid to things like affiliate marketing and e-commerce. That makes good sense since those have been reliable ways to earn money for a long time…
5 Ways to Incorporate QuickBooks into Your Accounting Processes
With over 42 million users and counting, QuickBooks is one of the top accounting software platforms in the world. Though there are many reasons why this software product is so popular today, one of the…
Understanding Payroll Frequency: The Enigma Decoded
A year can be divided in multiple ways: 52 weeks, 365 days, or 12 months. This means there are different payroll schedules that a business owner can follow—weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, or a combination of a…
4 Pros of Hiring a Bookkeeper Instead of Managing It Yourself
Small businesses—no matter what you’re selling—all have one thing in common. Bookkeeping. Scrambling to organize every receipt, log every mile driven, tracking each expense, and feverishly downed cups of coffee as you meet with a…
7 Year-End Accounting Tips for Small Businesses
The holiday season is full of obligations. In the midst of the present buying, Christmas caroling, and tree trimming, make sure you don’t forget about your year-end accounting. Closing the books at the year’s end…
9 Accounting Best Practices for Truckers
Learning to keep track of your books is important for any business owner. Sound financial information makes it possible for them to accurately maintain their books, file their taxes, and make business decisions. There is…
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