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Getting Your Books Ready for Your CPA Before Year-End
A CPA working from messy books has two options, and you pay for both. They either bill you to clean the books before they can
The 13-Week Cash Flow Forecast Every Service Business Should Run
Every service-business owner remembers one particular month: the one where the profit and loss looked great and the bank account did not agree. Profitable on
What Your Bookkeeper Does That Your CPA Doesn’t (And Why You Need Both)
A bookkeeper and a CPA are not the same job at two different prices, though plenty of owners assume they are. They are different jobs
DIY, In-House, or Outsourced: How to Decide Who Keeps Your Books
Most owners face this decision without ever naming it. The books need keeping, so you either do them yourself, hire someone to do them, or
The Financial Systems That Break When Your Business Doubles
I spent years owning the profit and loss for trades businesses at Apex Service Partners, and the same thing happened almost every time a company
When to Move Off Spreadsheets and Onto Real Bookkeeping
Spreadsheets are not a mistake. For a brand-new business with a handful of transactions a month, a well-built spreadsheet is a perfectly reasonable way to