Bookkeeping
Bookkeeping Franchises, Is a Bookkeeping Franchise for You?
If you have been thinking about how to start a bookkeeping business, you may have thought about your structure, your qualifications and experience and may have thought about what services you can provide. You might then decide it is all too hard to set it up f [read more...]
What is Double Entry Bookkeeping?
For every action there is an opposite reaction. The same can be said for double entry bookkeeping. For every debit there must be a credit. In bookkeeping, you can not have a one sided entry, that is, if you have a debit somewhere, a corresponding credit for th [read more...]
How to Become a Bean Counter
Being a bean counter is a wonderful profession which has increased in popularity in the last decade. Bookkeepers, our bean counters we are more affectionately called, are instrumental in small business owners understanding their businesses on a more frequent b [read more...]
Interesting Facts about Accounting History
Don not be surprised to discover that accounting is roots dates back to the very earliest days of human civilization. Oh yes, I am talking about Ancient Egypt, and the Sumerians in Mesopotamia , the very beginning! Far back, scientists have discovered surprisi [read more...]
Book Keeping Services - How Outsourcing Can Help Your Business
It is important for any business to run smoothly and maintain their bookkeeping accurately. Bookkeeping is a general process of maintaining records in business transactions that are done on a daily basis. It is very important because any business cannot be s [read more...]
The Ethics of Accounting
As an accountant, you are going to come face-to-face with plenty of ethical issues. Deciding whether someones business practices and their actions are ethical is something that can be fairly difficult, but holding ethical standards is a vital part of your job. [read more...]
How to Find Good Bookkeeping Employees
In my prior life, I was a controller of a recruiting company so I have some insight in this area. Asking the right type of questions and finding the right candidate can be challenging. We often get our personal feelings involved in the hiring process; you like [read more...]
How To Retain Great Bookkeeping Employees
With a competitive work environment and changes in the economy, how do you keep the employees you have? You spend so much time and effort on educating your employees, replacing them can be quite costly. Your management style as a business owner can have every [read more...]
Intuit’s QuickBooks Advisor Certification, Is it Worth Joining?
I’ll never forget when I first started working with QuickBooks and then established my bookkeeping practice back in 2001. I had never even looked at, let alone touched, QuickBooks in my life before. I had always worked in high-end software like MAS 90, [read more...]
Putting Value To Your Time With Zero Dollar Checks For Owners Who Are Not On Payroll
In previous articles we have talked about entering our time into QuickBooks. So now what do you do with the information after it is entered? How many of you actually know what your profitability is per client?
One of the most common things I see amo [read more...]