Choosing Accounting Software
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Bookkeeping
Recent Bookkeeping Articles
Credit Where Credit Is Due: Using Plastic to Finance Your Start-Up
Financing your business on credit cards may save time and allow you to keep business expenses separate from personal ones. But without careful management, cr... Read more
Hot Tip: Payroll Tax Strategy
If sales and payroll taxes go unpaid, company shareholders can be found liable. You can prevent this by hiring a payroll services firm. Read more
Human Resources: Hitting Pay Dirt
Micro Stamping Inc. dramatically reduced the number of hours it spends tracking employees' work hours by implementing labor-management software. Read more
How to Collect from Clients: Walk the Walk, Talk the Talk
Collecting payment from clients is a matter of negotiating terms in advance, separating collection and business functions, and keeping internal accounting sy... Read more
Clearance Sale, Pricing Article
Clearance Sale, Pricing Article - Channeled Resources, a Chicago company that sells recycled paper products, offers a solution to problems with slow-moving i... Read more
Terms of Endearment
Don't sign on new customers until they've agreed to your payment terms. Read more
Benchmark: Up to Your Eyeballs in Old Files?
Do you really need that tax return from 1991? Here are some general guidelines to help you decide. Read more
Forget Spreadsheets
Brodsky stresses that the best way to track monthly sales and gross margins is to do it by hand. Read more
Help! We're Facing a Cash-flow Crisis
Here's how one company motivated employees to develop solutions to a cash-flow crunch. Read more
Obit: Boston Ad Agency Finds Cost of Doing Business Doesn't Add Up
The obit of an advertising/PR firm that was started by three talented partners and why the firm failed. Read more
Taxing Endurance
A CFO and a tax expert detail how to avoid some of the pitfalls of state audits. Read more
Accounts Receivable: Phoning Slow Payers Pays Off
A management expert offers some tips on how to get slow payers to pay and what slow payments might mean. Read more
Accounts Payable: Creating a System of Safeguards
An architectural firm's vice-president explains his four-step system to manage accounts payable. Read more
Advisers: Rent a CFO
A company president explains how his business brought in a short-term CFO. Read more
Why Start-ups Fail
A veteran entrepreneur explains that the capital problems start-ups have usually are a result of bad planning. Read more
Advisers: Taxes 'R' Us
A CFO explains why she feels that having only one tax advisory firm can keep costs down. Read more
Leading Edge: Paging for Cash Flow
A CEO tells readers how he is able to monitor his daily numbers with a new pager, and how to get the pager. Read more
Second-Time Smart
A look at an Inc. 500 CEO, who left his first company because of a rift with his partner, and the lessons he learned. Read more
Bootstrapping: Great Companies Started with Less than a Thousand Dollars
CEOs from 11 different companies share tips and suggestions on how to fund a start-up with under $1,000. Read more
Software Selection: Budget Accounting Software
A look at five inexpensive small-business accounting software packages. Read more
Cash Flow: Barter to Contain Expansion Costs
A fitness retailer explains the benefits of using an international bartering network, and how to contact them. Read more
Accounts Receivable: Speedier Collection
A CEO tells how he ratcheted-up collection efforts as soon as interest rates started to climb. Read more
Raising Capital: Credit Card Dos and Don'ts
An accountant warns entrepreneurs about using personal credit cards for a business quick fix. Read more
Time Out for Foreign Cash Flow
One company credits its growth to an obsessive focus on daily cash management and careful utilization of international bank accounts. Read more
