Tips for Small Businesses on Avoiding Audits

Of the 230 million plus tax returns expected to be filed each year, about 16 million returns result in audits for small businesses and sole proprietorships. The root cause is often times traced to improper reporting of profits and losses on Form 1040. Incorrect...

Backup Your QuickBooks File to Avoid Data Loss

Imagine that you are ready to do your bookkeeping, you try to open your file and find that your data file is corrupt or lost.  What would you do?  Unfortunately this can happen, and merely assuming that the online backup plan you have in place (if you have one) will...

Understanding How Accounts Affect the Balance Sheet

In the last two posts, Understanding Assets on the Balance Sheet and Understanding Liabilities and Equity on the Balance Sheet, I explained the different types of accounts that appear on the Balance Sheet.  This report shows the health of the business at a single...

Understanding Assets on the Balance Sheet

As a bookkeeper, I provide reports to clients for them to know the health of their businesses.  Two of the main reports are the Profit and Loss (also known as the Income Statement) and Balance Sheet. Sometimes clients don’t understand what each type of account...

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