Accounting & Finance

In case you forgot, direct expenses can be tracked back to a specific product, service, customer, or project. Indirect expenses, on the other hand, cannot be tracked back to a…

You do a whole lot every single day trying to grow your small business, support your family, and take care of your employees. Sometimes, you’re so busy taking care of…

When you’re starting a business, you need money, and sometimes you need a little help getting it. Maybe you ran into some unexpected expenses, you have to pay your manufacturer,…

You have a great idea and decided to start a business. Congratulations! You’ve taken the first step to becoming a small business owner. The path ahead of you won’t be…

Usually during a chargeback, the credit card company will side with their cardholders – leaving you to foot the bill. It’s particularly painful if you didn’t do anything wrong and…

Bookkeeping involves keeping track of the financial transactions of a business. Good bookkeeping is essential for making sure your business stays on track and has room to grow. But, how…

Petty cash is a small amount of discretionary funds that your business uses to make change for customers or when it doesn’t make sense to write a check. It can…

When you’re an employee, you might not worry too much about how to save for retirement – you ask your employer to take some money out of each paycheck, then…

As a small business owner, you need access to cash. Unfortunately, sometimes you don’t have cash available – you might need a business credit card or a loan. It’s important…

Embezzlement is a scary topic. You probably don’t want to think about it at all, but knowing warning signs to watch out for and taking steps to protect your business…