As this year ends, why not make a New Year’s business resolution and focus a marked effort to organize your company’s financials? If you plan all year long, when tax time comes, the meeting with your tax professional will be much easier...
People go into business because they have an interest in producing a specific product or service. The last thing they want to do is wade their way through all kinds of financial ratios. The liquidity analysis is an important ratio for an owner to know...
Whether you're starting your own small business or if you're already managing a successful enterprise, there are ways to streamline your forecasting processes. At the end of this catalog you'll even find advice for forecasting and analyzing...
When looking at a financial statement, do the numbers just seem to be a jumbled mess? There actually are specific methods you can use to analyze the information, and this guide will walk you through the steps of the process with realistic samples...
Are you a small business owner who is concerned with how implementation of the 999 tax plan would impact your business? This interview with an expert on these issues is a must read to help you answer your questions.
What important lessons can be learned in revisiting the key milestones in the history of accounting? Here, readers will come to understand that even in the earliest levels of civilization; humans devised methods of keeping track of events and...
What are some of the mega giants who have lost it all in bankruptcy filings? Here, we’ll take you through a pictorial look at ten of them with a synopsis on what went wrong with each. Bankruptcy is never fun, but maybe some of these companies...
The advent of MS Excel spreadsheets and templates has somehow dispelled the general notion that accounting work is tedious and monotonous. Here, small business owners will find loads of downloadable templates and sample forms compiled as a collection...
Who’s afraid of being audited? Most business owners are, and they dread the day they might receive an IRS audit notification. Actually, the fear stems primarily from not knowing what to expect; hence, we’ve created this guide to audits...
Have you ever heard of a standard mileage rate? Did you know that the part of your home that is used for business is deductible if you meet the criteria? These and other tips for claiming small business tax deductions are reviewed here for your...