Posts Tagged ‘Bookkeeping’
Beating Payroll Scope Creep To The Gate (Bookkeeper’s Guide)
If you offer payroll services at your accounting or bookkeeping firm, you want to know how to sell it while turning a profit. Likewise, if you provide payroll services to clients, then you are likely aware of how quickly payroll can consume your time. So the big question is: How do you profit from offering payroll…
Read More7 Money Management Practices Every Business Owner Should Know
It’s a challenge to manage cash flow. Being strapped for cash is a situation no business owner wants to be in. However, it’s more common than you think — although it’s rarely discussed openly. The process of dealing with the finances of your business through setting goals, tracking income and expenses, budgeting, and investing all…
Read MoreBookkeeping 101: A Crash Course in Record Keeping for Small Businesses
Bookkeeping often confuses many business owners. It is not typically associated with the idea of business operation. However, bookkeeping, recordkeeping, and their intricacies can yield significant benefits for small business owners. Here is what you should know about bookkeeping and recordkeeping, and why you may consider implementing both into your small business. What Is…
Read MoreHow to Create a Simple Bookkeeping Spreadsheet for Your Business
Bookkeeping is a practical way to make sure that your business can track its budget. Every transaction that occurs will affect how your business allocates its finances. The use of a spreadsheet allows you to see all of your transactions in one place. There are a few things to consider, especially if you want to…
Read MoreThese Are the Accounting & Bookkeeping Facebook Groups You Should Know
You want to learn more about taking your practice online. You’re looking for tips on using cloud-based tools and decoding the ever-growing ecosystem of fintech applications. Or, maybe you just want to connect with your fellow humans — your accounting and bookkeeping peers. Even if you’re not a social butterfly or networking master, believe it…
Read More10 Simple Accounting Solutions for Small Businesses
Every small business needs to be on top of its numbers. By learning bookkeeping and accounting basics, you can ensure you have the necessary skills to handle your accounts. You can also make use of accounting software solutions to make your financial operations run much more smoothly. Another way of finding solutions to accounting issues…
Read MoreHow 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 now. They also have fairly low barriers to entry and just about anyone can get started in those fields with…
Read More4 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 client. At the end of each quarter, it’s time to figure out exactly what you owe in taxes—what you made,…
Read MoreSmall Business Recordkeeping 101
Maintaining business records is a must for any small business. Keeping good records ensures that your business runs smoothly and efficiently, and that you’re prepared when tax time rolls around. Many businesses have experienced crippling issues that compromise business success when they ignore basic recordkeeping practices. Here’s a primer on small business recordkeeping and why…
Read MoreHow to Create & Analyze a Small Business Budget
So, your sales are rising, you paid off an SBA loan, and you just hired your first employee. Everything’s going swimmingly with your small business. Or so it seems anyway. How can you tell for sure? One way to gauge your success is to craft a budget that acts both as guardrails and yardsticks for your…
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