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May 22nd, 2013 - 6:00 pm § in bookkeeping, Taxes

Guest Post: Top Accounting Firms to Watch in 2013

Top Accounting Firms to Watch in 2013   Accounting is more than just keeping track of purchases and balancing a checkbook. For example, remitting tax, owning an account in the bank, handling finances- either personal or business, all require accounting knowledge. Some of those who specialize in acc[...]

December 13th, 2012 - 3:46 pm § in bookkeeping, business start up

Guest Post for my many fans in the UK!

    Tips For Starting a Business With Little Money Want to start your own business?have less money with you?lets see some tips how to start your own business with little amount…. The idea of starting a new business is similar to searching for a job having control on your working hours but n[...]

November 12th, 2012 - 6:00 pm § in bookkeeping, business start up, General Info

Calling on your past due Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable – How to get PAID   One of the more difficult aspects of my career has been collecting on Accounts Receivable.  Certainly our current economy does not help matters, and being in a recession since 2008 puts a bind on all businesses.  We have all seen in recent years a num[...]

October 22nd, 2012 - 1:50 pm § in bookkeeping

Guest Post from the folks at AccountingEDU.org

Should my Small Business Outsource our Accounting Tasks or Hire Someone Internally? The health and vitality of your business depends on how well you monitor and record your finances. Between tax obligations, cash flow management, payroll and other overhead, there are so many things to consider when [...]

July 9th, 2012 - 9:10 am § in bookkeeping, business start up, General Info

Guest Post: How Accounting Services Prevent Fraud

How Accounting Services Prevent Fraud Description: Article describes the various ways in which the use of third party accounting services helps to decrease the possibility of a business being a victim of fraud. A joke that is very apt in this context goes: A businessman is interviewing several candi[...]

April 6th, 2012 - 5:45 pm § in bookkeeping, business start up, General Info

Form W-4 – Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate

Form W-4  A common practice for bookkeepers, accounting clerks, HR professionals and Controllers such as myself is to advise an employee, friend or relative on how to fill out their form W-4.  This is a mistake!  Unless you are a tax-preparer, you should not be handing out ANY tax advice, includi[...]

March 22nd, 2012 - 10:00 pm § in bookkeeping, business start up

To deduct or not to deduct – the Home Office

I had a great conversation with an individual recently that has prompted me to write this post, again thinking that if this topic was on his mind, it may be on yours too.  It was a simple question with, and don’t be surprised here, a not-so-simple answer.  Whenever I speak about tax deductio[...]

January 19th, 2011 - 8:00 pm § in bookkeeping, business start up, General Info

1099 Time

I have had several businesses contact me regarding rumors that they have heard about a new law regarding 1099′s. It’s no rumor, but I’m not getting too excited just yet.  Allow me to explain. Currently, in general, a company must issue a 1099-misc to any company that provides serv[...]

October 27th, 2010 - 6:30 am § in bookkeeping

I will Return!

Sorry for my lack of posts, I’m working a new full time day job and it’s taking up a huge amount of my time, plus the fact that I am servicing my home-based clients in the evenings does not leave me heck of a lot of time. Excuses, I know. But I do have a [...][...]

April 27th, 2010 - 11:28 am § in bookkeeping, business start up, General Info

USE Tax

What is USE tax and why do we have to pay it? There is a common misconception in business that when you purchase something and the vendor/supplier does not charge you sales tax for whatever reason, the business is not responsible to pay the sales tax.  They treat it like a discount, a bonus, yippee[...]