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Top 3 Big Bad Bookkeeping Habits

You know what the lifeblood of your small business is, don’t you? It’s money. And if you aren’t managing your money and accounting appropriately, you could be developing habits that will actually KILL YOUR BUSINESS. (more…)

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Retirement Benefits Come from Employment and Payroll

In today’s world where so many workers have lost their pensions, there is one employer who has remained steadfast in meeting their pension commitments – the United States government. As of an August, 2016 article in the USNews.com, there was still one beneficiary receiving benefits from a Civil War pensioner. (more…)

Posted in: IRS and Tax forms, Payroll, Payroll Processing

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What Will Give You What You Need to Make Good Business Decisions?

OK, we have already established that bookkeeping and accounting are often not an entrepreneur’s favorite part of running their business – and that’s all right. But what they miss out on if they don’t keep their books up to date are the tools that can help them make decisions; decisions that will be fueled by the owner’s confidence to grow their small business. (more…)

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Mis-categorization and Generalization Can Throw Your Accounting Records into a Tizzy

Small business owners and entrepreneurs have a reputation for being outliers, rebels and thinkers of a different sort. Many times that means they come up with some really great ideas and innovations, but it can also mean that they stumble into problems when it comes to general accounting practices. Some big idea people are extremely detail oriented and others can’t do a thing with details – and therein lies the problem. (more…)

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When Are You Paying Your Employees?

You might think that setting up a regular payroll would be easy. You know, put in names and start paying the employees. But stop right there, you’re going to have to first determine when you’re going to pay them, and I’m not talking about what day of the week. Of course, it’s much more complex than that. You have to consider the hold back. What’s that? Well, it’s certainly something you have to consider. (more…)

Posted in: Payroll, Payroll Processing, Rules, Regulations and Laws

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Honest, It Was Just a Mistake

It was just a mistake. Those are awful words – and impactful words – especially when it comes to financial aspects of a small business. And when it applies to payroll, payroll taxes and the IRS, those words could mean the end of a small business. (more…)

Posted in: IRS and Tax forms, Operating a Small Business, Payroll, Payroll Processing

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Why Small Businesses Lose at Tax Time

It’s just a couple of bucks … That’s what busy small business owners say to themselves all the time when they stop to pick up envelopes or paper for their office. But it’s that mindset – and the lack of accounting that can be a big cost to their business in the end. While the expenses might not add up to be more than $50 or $100 a month, that can be $600 to $1,200 a year! And the cost … (more…)

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So You think Handling Your Own Payroll is Easy?

As if payroll itself wasn’t complicated enough, there are IRS reporting deadlines and deposit schedules to comply with as well. And, to make things ever more interesting, it can change depending on how your payroll changes through the year. How can a small business owner keep up with it all? (more…)

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Bookkeeping Mistakes – Every Small Business Owner Makes Them

My friend, Karen, has a boutique. She has been running the small business single-handedly for close to six years now, and she recently expanded to take over some additional space next door. The additional square footage has had a greater impact than she expected – and has created some real stress and most importantly, one humongous realization. (more…)

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Are You Keeping Your Small Business Accounts In Order?

The truth always comes out at this time of year – right after small business owners file their tax returns. Unless a business owner has learned about accounting practices and knows the ins and outs of profit and loss statements and balance sheets, the language of business finance can be absolutely foreign. As a friend of mine often says, “I think they’re talking Pekingese.” (more…)

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