Accounting, bookkeeping, and tax tips to help you understand your small business finances.

How to Manage Your Cash Flow and Spending (With Pulse)

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Bookkeeping

The Top 7 QuickBooks/DIY Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)

Do your own books, they said. It'll be easy, they said.

Tax Tips

The Big List of Small Business Tax Deductions (2020)

Here's a list of small business tax deductions commonly available to entrepreneurs. Check it twice, and make sure you're claiming everything you can.

Resources

Small Business Accounting 101: A Guide for New Entrepreneurs

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Bookkeeping

How to Catch up on Your Bookkeeping

Behind on your bookkeeping? Use this step-by-step process to get your books up-to-date in no time.

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Tax Tips

Tax Liability: What It Is and How to Calculate It

Good news! You don’t need a degree to figure out how much tax your small business owes. We’ll show you how.

Tax Tips

When Are Taxes Due? 2019-20 Filing & Extension Deadlines

Filing deadlines can creep up on you. Take a few minutes to save these 2020 tax filing deadlines to your calendar, and stay ahead of the IRS this year.

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Tax Tips

Trump Tax Plan: A Simple Guide for Businesses

Trump's 2018 tax plan affects every small business in the U.S. There are big tax breaks C corporations, a 20% deduction for most service businesses, and a few changes to what expenses you can deduct.

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