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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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5 Ways Bookkeeping Services Can Help You Grow Your Business

Growth is an important part of your small business. But if you want your business to keep growing and reaching the goals you know your business can achieve, as a business owner, you must have the tools in place to help your business grow and succeed. Bookkeeping services is one of these tools. (more…)

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New Healthcare-Related Legislation Can Affect Small Businesses

You’ve heard of the Affordable Care Act. But have you heard of the Small Business Health Care Relief Act of 2016? As with all legislation, both of these bills are having (in the case of the Affordable Care Act) or could have (in the case of the Small Business Health Care Relief Act of 2016) an effect on you as a small business owner. The purpose of this second law, if passed, is to enable business owners to continue to provide healthcare reimbursement which is currently blocked by the Affordable Care Act. (more…)

Posted in: Operating a Small Business, Payroll, Rules, Regulations and Laws

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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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Is Using Seasonal Workers to Address Business Demands Right for Your Small Business?

Every small business has its ups and downs.  However, some can be more pronounced than others.  Some businesses experience cyclical alterations in sales volume.  As a recent article notes, for some businesses in the New York City area, one answer that has provided some relief to this variability has been seasonal workers.  (more…)

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Could You Handle Different State’s Payroll Taxes and Regulations?

I was really excited for a colleague who got a big contract that was going to expand his company this year. He was excited because his small business would no longer be just a local business, but would now be a business that worked nation-wide. We celebrated with a congratulatory lunch. It wasn’t but a couple of weeks later that he called and was obviously down. I was afraid he’d lost the deal. But no, he said it was worse – it was about payroll taxes. (more…)

Posted in: IRS and Tax forms, Payroll, Payroll Processing, Payroll Taxes, Rules, Regulations and Laws

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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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The All Important Audit Trail: What Is It and Why You Need It

Whether you own a large or small business, every business generates documents that record your company’s daily transactions. These records are important because they provide you with documentation to support your bookkeeping entries. Whether or not your small business is ever audited, it’s a must that you maintain a complete and accurate audit trail to manage your operations, detect fraud, and ensure compliance with government regulations. (more…)

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