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Bookkeeping · business taxes · individual income taxes
Taxpayers always wonder about whether or not they can deduct expenses when they don’t have a receipt. Generally, yes, you can… but you want to proceed with caution if you’re[…]
You can have a great career in accounting. And you can have tons of fun! But in order to really hit the deck running, you really want to be prepared.[…]
Should you use QuickBooks Self-employed? It’s a great question to ask if you run a small business and you’re wondering which version of QuickBooks to use. But to answer this[…]
Bookkeeping · personal finance
A client asked me the other day about the accounting rules one needs to use for Washington State household employees and independent contractors. This is a great topic. So I[…]
Clients and small business friends regularly ask our CPA firm which is better, QuickBooks Online or QuickBooks Desktop. Over the years, and as we’ve worked with hundreds of small businesses[…]
Bookkeeping · business taxes · Corporate taxation · management · New business
I stumbled onto an online forum discussion recently where participants were berating some new S corporation owner about paying zero S corporation shareholder-employee wages. Now, I need to tell you[…]
Bookkeeping · management · New business
Small-business owners ask us all the time about how they should set up their accounting system. Accordingly, in our office, the accountants have talked about this issue—which accounting system recommendations to[…]
Nobody likes spending more time keeping the books than they have to. It’s boring and, too often, time consuming. However, thanks to the magic of computers, in this day and[…]
First, some questions to think about before we begin: What industry are you in? (For example, manufacturers have different inventory tracking needs than retailers.) How many people will need to[…]
Maintaining a QuickBooks fixed asset item list does a lot to keep your asset accounts organized. A list, a good accurate list, of fixed asset items documents the “nitty gritty[…]
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