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

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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.

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.

Resources

Small Business Accounting 101: A Guide for New Entrepreneurs

Learn the fundamentals of small business accounting, and set your financials up for success.

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The Only Tax Checklist You'll Need

Get organized and skip the stress. This tax checklist tells you everything you need to file on time—customized for your business.

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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.

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Bookkeeping

Excel Accounting and Bookkeeping (Template Included)

A quick and painless guide to doing your own bookkeeping in Excel (with a Bench template).

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Accounting

Chart of Accounts: A Simple Guide (With Examples)

This is a straightforward guide to the chart of accounts—what it is, how to use it, and why it’s so important for your company’s bookkeeping.

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Accounting

Balance Sheets, Explained (With Example + Template)

How much money does your business have? What’s your company worth? The balance sheet has the answers.

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