Ditch the Stress of Small Business Bookkeeping

One cause of stress around business bookkeeping is the feeling that one does not have sufficient understanding of what all the numbers mean and which categories to use for various transactions. Working with a professional advisor who can help you understand the numbers can help relieve this stress. To help you get started, consider this...

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Nonprofit Accounting: Restricted Funds—Not Yours Until You Earn Them

Hey, nonprofit executive. Great news! You just received a $100,000 grant! What do you say to that?

“Start the party! Right?”

Well, actually, no—not unless your budgeted activities agreed to by the funder included having a party on their dime. And the odds of that are about as likely as the odds of you getting another grant if you spend restricted funds inappropriately. In fact, chances are that you and each board member would be responsible for repaying ...

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Business Accounting: Focused on the Details

“Business” starts with “busy.” Business owners have so much going on that the temptation to cut corners can be quite alluring. However, business accounting – done correctly – is all about the details – at least to start. For this reason, business owners are sometimes the worst choice to staff the bookkeeping function.

Cutting corners in your bookkeeping, company accounting, payroll process, and any financial management of your company could spell disaster. That is why

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