While we all have to keep our monthly books up to date for tax and other compliance reporting purposes, we should never stop there. Your books hold a wealth of information that you can use to run your business better. Here are five reports you should never be without. Budget-to-Actual Profit and Loss Statement Hopefully, you’ve already seen how powerful the Profit and Loss Statement is. Let’s take it a deeper level and add budget…
Read MoreThe Chart of Accounts is the backbone of your accounting records. It is a list of all of the accounts – bank, loan, asset, revenue, and expense – in your General Ledger, which holds all of your accounting transactions. Think of your Chart of Accounts as a collection of buckets that hold dollars of items related to your business. Each bucket should be meaningful and have a purpose. For example, if you have three checking…
Read MoreIn 2020, the CARES Act created a new concept of tax credit called The Employee Retention Credit. This credit did not get a lot of publicity at the time because it was dwarfed by the Paycheck Protection Program and a pandemic. In December 2020, the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) was extended to June 30, 2021. On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). ARPA extends the…
Read MoreWhen it comes to running a successful business, how important is it to be organized? In a word: very. Now, how would you rank your organization skills? Honestly, the answer really doesn’t matter. We can always get help from technology, and this is where Airtable comes in. Airtable goes beyond spreadsheet solutions when it comes to tracking teams, projects, tasks, dates, and other information in your business. Cloud-based, Airtable allows you to organize information in…
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