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Document Retention 101
As a small business owner or employee, one thing you don’t want more of is paper. Yet, before you shred – yes, shred rather than toss in the trash – important documents, you need to know the guidelines on how long to keep documents, tax records and other important...
My Top 10 Favorite QuickBooks Online Apps
In my previous post about accounting for meals and entertainment expenses, I mentioned Receipt Bank as an app that syncs with QuickBooks Online to keep track of receipts and expenses. That’s just one example of an app that integrates with QuickBooks Online. Apps are...
Bookkeeping Tips for Meals & Entertainment Expenses
One of the biggest myths in bookkeeping has to do with expenses related to meals and entertainment. If you don’t know this already, not everything is 100% deductible; in other words, you can’t take a client out for a steak dinner that costs $100 and think that entire...
Why Your Small Business Should Be Using Bill.com
When you are running a business every penny counts, and every minute counts. You've taken the time to follow your passion and hone your skills to provide your customers with the best products and/or services you possibly can. A lot of energy also goes into building...
How To Use Your Paypal Data in Quickbooks
While a bookkeeping service Atlanta knows and trusts can give you peace of mind that your accounting is being done properly, QuickBooks by Intuit can also help with streamlining your accounting processes. The software assists in simplifying accounting and bookkeeping...
The Critical Numbers You Need to Know For Small Business Success
While many small business owners have a basic knowledge of bookkeeping and financial management, few have an accounting background. Most would rather stay focused on doing what they love most: running their businesses. A small business owner’s time is much better...
How to Avoid the Three Biggest Small Business Accounting Headaches
Keeping track of finance and accounting is often one of the hardest parts of running your own small business -- but your business depends on it. Some parts of accounting are more challenging than others, and can take extra effort to understand and manage properly. So...
These Small Business Accounting Mistakes Will Cost You
Most small business owners would rather think about anything besides taxes, and bookkeeping can be a thorn in their side as well. Just about every business move you make has a potential accounting or tax ramification, and it’s all too easy to make a wrong move that...
Cash vs Accrual Accounting: Why You Need to Know the Difference
Cash and accrual accounting differ quite a bit, and knowing just how they differ is important to every business owner whether you plan to hire a bookkeeping service Atlanta knows and trusts, or do your own accounting in-house. The main difference between cash vs....
Store or Destroy? How Long to Keep Financial Records
Keeping proper records for the right amount of time is confusing for many small businesses. Some wind up not holding onto financial records long enough. Others hold onto every scrap of paper that looks like it might be important someday, and they keep holding it like...