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How Better Bookkeeping Helps Me Understand Profitability and Taxes
Often, small business owners juggle various responsibilities while trying to grow their business. Bookkeeping and tax compliance tasks often get less...
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How to Transition to a New Accounting Firm
It is not uncommon for small business owners to find themselves working with an accounting firm that isn’t a great fit for their needs. A mismatch...
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What Can You Do to Lower Your 2023 Tax Obligation?
It's hard to believe that 2023 is already half over. Although summer is a time for vacations and relaxing in the backyard, you can't afford to take a...
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4 Strategies to Strengthen Your Small Business
Even at the best of times, the future is unpredictable. As anyone who has run a business for any length of time understands, there will often be...
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Beware of a 100% Personal Liability Penalty
A "100% penalty" can be assessed against a responsible person when federal income tax and/or federal employment taxes are withheld from employee...
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The advantages of using an LLC for your small business
If you operate your small business as a sole proprietorship, you may have thought about forming a limited liability company (LLC) to protect your...
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What You Should Expect from a Great Accounting Team
A Great Accounting Team AND YOUR NEEDS! One of the challenging things a small business owner must do is to create and maintain accurate and reliable...
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6 Types of Payroll Tax Obligations Employers Should Know
There's more to paying taxes than just federal and state income taxes. Another major tax chore for employers is payroll taxes. These expenditures can...
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Payroll Deduction IRAs Are a Cost-Free Benefit
If you've considered setting up a retirement plan for your employees and decided it was too costly or too much trouble, there is an alternative. No...
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Strong billing processes are critical to healthy cash flow
Once a business is up and running, one fundamental aspect of operations that’s easy to take for granted is billing. Often, a system of various...
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Can My Business Afford an Accounting Service?
Have you ever asked yourself the question, can my business afford an accounting service? My guess is yes. Generally, the small business owners we...
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Annual Accounting Services vs. Monthly Accounting Services
When starting a small business, determining how you’ll handle the bookkeeping, accounting, and taxes isn’t exactly the first thing people choose to...
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Estimating the Value of Your Business Today
Proactive business owners always have an eye on the future. And part of that preparedness means knowing what the company is currently worth and doing...
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Boost Profits with These 10 Techniques
They say little things mean a lot. And relatively small expenses can add up to a huge amount of money your company could be wasting.
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How Start-Up Expenses are Handled on Your Tax Return
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, government officials are seeing a large increase in the number of new businesses being launched. From June 2020...
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Don’t Assume Your Profitable Company has Strong Cash Flow
Most of us are taught from a young age never to assume anything. Why? Well, because when you assume, you make an … you probably know how the rest of...
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7 Valuable Deductions for Self-Employed Individuals
If your business was forced to close due to the pandemic, you may be itching to get back in the game. Or maybe you’re looking to fulfill a lifelong...
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Labor Shortage: Evaluating Your Employment Value Proposition
In normal market conditions, people who’ve been unemployed due to an economic slump are generally eager to take a job when the economy perks up. But...
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The IRS has Announced 2022 Amounts for Health Savings Accounts
The IRS recently released guidance providing the 2022 inflation-adjusted amounts for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).
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The Restaurant Revitalization Fund is Now Live
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected various industries in very different ways. Widespread lockdowns and discouraged movement have led to increased...
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New Restaurant Revitalization Funding Program (RRF)
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is preparing to launch the Restaurant Revitalization Funding Program (RRF). In order to help you apply, we...
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Ins & Outs of “Reasonable Compensation” for a Corporate Business Owner
Owners of incorporated businesses know there’s a tax advantage to taking money from a C corporation as compensation rather than as dividends. The...
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PPP Adjusted to Prioritize Very Small Businesses
When the Small Business Administration (SBA) launched the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) last year, the program’s stated objective was “to provide...
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Launching a Small Business? Here are Some Tax Considerations
While many businesses have been forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some entrepreneurs have started new small businesses. Many of these...
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PPP Application Deadline Extended in New Law
On March 30, 2021, President Biden signed legislation to extend the application period of the popular Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) through May...
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The Evolution of the Employee Retention Credit
The pandemic has adversely affected many sectors of the U.S. economy, causing widespread job losses. At the start of the national emergency, Congress...
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IRS Extends the Tax Paying and Filing Deadline for Individuals
The IRS has announced that the federal income tax filing deadline for individuals for the 2020 tax year is extended from April 15, 2021, until...
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The American Rescue Plan Act has Passed: What’s in it for You?
Congress has passed the latest legislation aimed at providing economic and other relief from the COVID-19 Pandemic that has haunted the country for...
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Work Opportunity Tax Credit Extended Through 2025
Are you a business owner thinking about hiring? Be aware that a recent law extended credit for hiring individuals from one or more targeted groups....
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Tips for Starting a New Business Today
When one door closes, another opens. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many small businesses to permanently shutter. But it has also provided new...