The difficulty of getting year-end business tasks done will depend on how organized you’ve been throughout the year. Whether you’re a DIY business owner and handling things yourself, or if you have a bookkeeper/accountant, there are some tasks you’ll need to get done to button up 2019. While the government requires much of the work,…
As a small business owner, you will have a choice to make regarding what you want to do about your bookkeeping. You may decide that you will maintain your books and keep track of everything on your own. While you might think that this will save you some money, the truth is that it may…
Owning and operating your own business can be freeing, giving you more significant input and control in what goes on each day as you allow your vision to come to life in the products and services you offer. As fulfilling as it can be for you, operating a business today is so much more than…
As a small business owner, you are always on the lookout to find what can benefit your business the most without breaking your budget. It is not unusual for owners like yourself to think about outsourcing certain back-office services today as a way of having things like accounting and bookkeeping done by professionals that are…
As hard as you have tried, you may not have been able to make your business as profitable as you would like. You see your competitors thriving and doing well, and you wonder what you might be doing wrong. You have the products or services people want, good customer reviews and relationships, excellent marketing and…
It is no secret that accounting is an essential aspect of any business. Without an accounting system in place or someone to watch over it, there is no way for your business to survive. Many small businesses today struggle with accounting because they feel they just do not have the staff or funds to maintain…
There is much more to running a law firm than just going to court or meeting with clients. While television and movies may make all the tasks look glamorous, the truth is that without the back-office procedures going on, there would be no law firm to speak of at all. What goes on behind the…
Running a law firm and keeping it moving forward can be a complicated venture at times. As the head of the firm, the responsibility may fall to you to make sure your staff is meeting all the obligations of the firm. You may not have the manpower to have a separate accounting department to handle…
Owning and running a law firm of any size can be challenging. At any given time, you could be working with many clients, attorneys, and other staff, creating billing hours, cycles, or more paperwork than you ever thought you would see. It is a good thing that your firm is busy, but you may find…
When you pay a bill in your business, are you 100 percent comfortable that the bill payment is correct and justified? Is there ever a chance that a bill is fake or fraudulent? What about duplicates? With so many fake bills being mailed to businesses these days, it makes sense to think about controls you…
