Fill the gap between DIY and CPA

Small business owners start out as Do-It-Yourselfers in most areas of the business, including bookkeeping. Or they get help from a spouse. Once they grow a little, they might get help from a general administrative staffer. If they are lucky, they can find a professional bookkeeper to come in to the office part-time.

While it is important that business owners understand their numbers, their time is usually better spent on the income producing activities of their business.

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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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