Small Business

July 18, 2008

  • Can Your Accounting Staff Take You to the Next Level?

    When your company is just beginning, you're not necessarily thinking about the talents and skills your employees are going to need in the years to come. At first, you just focus on surviving, and that sometimes means that you're willing to hire just about anyone who will work at the pay level you can afford.

May 26, 2008

  • Five Jobs Perfect for Retirees

    One day we all will retire.  Retirement is the time when we kick back and enjoy the things in life that maybe we have overlooked earlier in life because of work responsibilities.  But as it happens, some people get bored with retirement.  They want something to occupy their days other than sleeping or relaxing by the pool. (…)

  • How Long to Hold Business Records

    If we are lucky and if we do everything we are supposed to do, the business we create will thrive for generations to come.  In that amount of time a lot of paper will be generated from the day to day functioning of the business.  When it comes to any records pertaining to a business, how long should they be kept around? (…)

May 25, 2008

  • Benefits of Incorporating a Business

    Starting a business is not easy.  There are many considerations that go into the process.  How will it be managed?  Do I need partners?  What type of growth do I expect?  Your head will likely swim with the possibilities and the work that goes into starting off on the right foot. (…)

May 24, 2008

  • Accrual Accounts Explained

    I bet you never knew that you had to virtually be an accounting major to start a business.  No matter what type of business you choose to start, you have to pick a method of accounting your money.  Your choices are either the accrual method or the cash method. (…)

May 22, 2008

  • Easy Ways to Track Business Transactions

    A business is more than just buying and selling goods and services.  It would be easy if it was, but then the business would find it harder to grow any larger because it would never know how far it had already come.  Accounting can be tricky, but you don’t have to be a math whiz to keep track of business transactions. (…)