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January, 2009The beginning of the year is a good time to reassess your company's finances and to make some New Year's resolutions related to your company's financial operations. Due to budget and...
View ArticleTen Ways SmartBooks Makes Life Easier for CPAs
January, 2009SmartBooks helps ease the year end crunch by requiring less review and adjustment. SmartBooks improves your ability to do tax planning by providing up-to-the-minute actual data so you can...
View ArticleAdvantages of SmartBooks Over an Individual Bookkeeper
Some individual bookkeepers do great work. However, there are a number of issues to consider when a business relies on one person for an important business function regardless of how well intentioned...
View ArticleSafeguarding Your Legal Retainers
March, 2009When attorneys receive retainers or other advance deposits from clients, those retainers must be kept in a separate bank account and may not be comingled with attorneys' own funds. Only...
View ArticleTake Control of Your Business Finances
June 2009Given the difficult current economic conditions it is more important than ever that business owners take control of their finances. This means understanding who owes them money, to whom they...
View ArticlePlan Now To Avoid Tax Surprises
November 2009A good practice for all business owners is to sit down with their CPA every fall to do tax planning to identify expected liabilities and strategies to minimize the tax burden. This year it...
View ArticleFirst SmartBooks Commercial
This commercial was created by Jimmy Young, founder of our client Young Broadcasters of America.
View ArticleIt's not Too Early To Think About Taxes
May 25, 2011Although it may seem like 2010 income tax returns were just filed, it is already time to start thinking about 2011 taxes. Estimated tax payments are often required over the course of the...
View ArticleWhat is a Bookkeeper, Controller & CFO and Which Do You Need?
July 20, 2011A Bookkeeper records vendor bills, creates customer invoices, makes collections calls, reconciles bank and credit card accounts, and makes various other accounting entries on a daily,...
View ArticleBookkeeping on a Mac
August 1, 2011We have noticed more and more people are using Macs for business these days. We also know there are challenges with using accounting software on a Mac, and want to present solutions for...
View ArticleInternal Controls: Is Your Bookkeeper Stealing From You?
August 24, 2011Sadly, if you Google "bookkeeper theft" you get a long list. Here are some examples:Software company Motorcycle DealerAmerican LegionManufacturing company Various Colorado businessesWhen...
View ArticleBusiness Continuity and Bookkeeping in the Cloud
September 7, 2011Last week here in New England, Hurricane Irene showed us how a "weakened" storm that scored low in the hurricane rating scale can still inflict tremendous damage to individuals and...
View ArticleIt's Not Too Early to Work on 1099s
September 22, 2011At SmartBooks, as at all other businesses we know, one of our least favorite activities is managing Form 1099 reporting. However, it is one of those things we must do properly to keep...
View ArticleTen Red Flags for Bad Debt
October 6, 2011Many businesses extend credit to customers, and there are inevitable collections problems and bad debt expense. In some industries and companies, extending more attractive credit terms...
View ArticleTime for Year End Tax Planning
October 27, 2011Although the warm summer weather doesn't seem that far behind us, it will be the end of the year soon. Among other things, that means it is time for business owners to review their tax...
View ArticleEfficient Expense Reports
November 29, 2011Does this sound like the expense report process at your company? Employees dread taking the time to save, retrieve and compile receipts, fill out an expense report, and put it on their...
View ArticleSafer Banking Habits
January 9, 2012Small business owners are increasingly taking advantage of expanded online banking services rolled out by banks in the last decade. At the same time, we see many businesses continuing to...
View ArticleDo You Have Cash to Pay Your Taxes?
March 8, 2012This time of year we find out from tax preparers what our tax liability is for the previous year's income. Unfortunately in many cases the figure is a surprise. There are often interest...
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