As we move into the last quarter of 2021, we wanted to give you some small business tax tips to help you close out your year successfully. In this post, we’ll focus on everything you need to know about employing family members and how that affects your taxes. Starting...
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How to Calculate Cash Flow (and Why This Number Matters)
As a small business owner, it can sometimes feel like you’re alone on a desert island with no help in sight for the endless financial reports you have to deal with. This blog post on how to understand and calculate cash flow is the 3rd in a series we’ve been doing on...
How to Read a Monthly Balance Sheet (And Why It Matters)
According to financial website The Balance SMB, the monthly balance sheet is “the most important of the three main financial statements used to illustrate the financial health of a business.” In previous blog posts on this site, we have talked about those 3 key...
What is an Income Statement (and Why It’s Important for Your Business)?
Before we answer “what is an income statement,” let’s back up a little in case you’re just joining us. In our last post, “3 Most Important Types of Financial Statements Your Business Needs,” we had you stranded on a deserted island. (Go back and take a look…it’s a...
Why You Need to Know the Difference Between Profit & Cash Flow
Business owners seem to be in a constant search for one number to tell them if their company is doing well or not. We get it. You’re busy and would much rather spend your energy doing whatever it is you do instead of staring at numbers on a spreadsheet. Having one...
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Entry-Level Accounting Positions: How To Start Your Career On The Right Foot
Attention, job seekers! Are you interested in the best way to secure entry-level accounting positions? Then this post is for you. We’ll explore what hiring managers are looking for, what a good starting salary would be, what kind of experience you need (or don’t...
Operating Lease vs Finance Lease: How New Rules Will Affect Your Small Business
In an earlier post on new lease accounting standards and how they can impact your business, we discussed a couple of different types of leases. Because most business owners are involved with renting some type of property or equipment regularly, we thought it might be...
9 Types of Accounting Jobs To Consider If You’re Looking For An Interesting Career
If you’re wondering what types of accounting jobs are available to college grads and job seekers with accounting degrees, you’ve come to the right place. We’re a CPA firm that’s been around a while (40 years and counting), so we’ve seen a thing or two. One thing we...
How Farm Bookkeeping Can Sow Seeds of Success In Your Ag Business
Farm bookkeeping isn’t exactly like bookkeeping for ordinary businesses. In the “non-ag” world, tracking transactions is fairly straightforward. But on the farm, things move at a different pace. The physical aspects of running a successful farm are tough enough....
New Lease Accounting Standards (And How They Can Impact Your Business)
Many businesses are involved with some type of leasing or rent-to-own transactions. Some lease property while others lease equipment to run their operations. Others are the ones leasing those things out to others as a source of revenue. New lease accounting...