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Bookkeeping Basics for Small Business: What Every Owner Should Know

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Familiarize Yourself With Your Bookkeeping System Businesses use two primary methods to document revenue and expenses and report to the IRS: cash basis or accrual. Thus, selecting the proper type of accounting immediately is important. Depending on the proper method for your company, every other bookkeeping task is affected.

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Avoid These Costly, Yet Common Small Business Bookkeeping Mistakes

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Misclassifying expenses , skipping reconciliations, and misunderstanding how to handle accruals are all common bookkeeping mistakes that can lead to serious reporting errors and even IRS red flags. Technology has made it easier to track, categorize, and reconcile financial activity with far less effortand far fewer errors.

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How AP Automation Makes Month-End Closing Easy: Part 3

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Cash management, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, accounts payable – there are countless activities that must be accounted for before closing the books for the month.

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Understanding the Impact of Unbilled Receivables on Your Bottom Line

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Why Companies Have Unbilled Receivables In contrast to cash accounting, unbilled receivables is when the company is paid in advance and the amount is entered as an asset on the balance sheet. Send invoices earlier to account for billing delays. Reconcile your unbilled receivables account frequently to ensure there are no discrepancies.

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