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Merchant Services – Looking Beyond Transaction Cost
You’ve decided to allow your clients to pay you by credit card, and you need to find yourself a merchant services provider. Is there an easy way to go about it? Not really, but there might still be a shortcut. Merchant service providers have mastered the art of making…
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QuickBooks – When to Upgrade to the Latest Version
Each year, in the Fall, Intuit releases a new version of QuickBooks for their Pro, Premier and Enterprise line-ups. We’re now onto QuickBooks 2011. Should you upgrade to the 2011 version and when? In 2009, Intuit had a total revenue of $3.2 Billion…
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Breakthrough Austin and ProLedge Partner to Support Education in Austin
ProLedge, the leading bookkeeping services firm in Austin, TX and Breakthrough Austin, the award winning education nonprofit have launched a joint program to support low-income students to build a path to college. Breakthrough is a nonprofit organization…
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Bookkeeping Fraud – Simply Don’t Ask for It!
Horror stories of bookkeepers who defrauded their employers or clients abound, but when you look at what happened, in almost all the cases, you can see that the business owner simply got massively sloppy and begged for trouble…
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Budgeting – The Minimalist Approach. 30 Minutes In and Out.
The principal reason many businesses don’t have a budget is that it sounds like a daunting task to setup and to keep up with. They feel like it is an “all or nothing” type of approach…
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Tracking Sales Taxes – Can’t Be Done Half Way… Unfortunately
In some states, the agencies are so aggressive in collecting their sales taxes that a higher portion of small businesses get sales tax audits than IRS audits. It is very easy to get yourself…
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Bookkeeping Software – When Getting Fancy is Counterproductive
When you ask business owners why they chose QuickBooks for their bookkeeping needs, you get two groups of answers. You have those who say “I didn’t think too hard about it…
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Mr. Bookkeeper, I’m Your CFO For The Next 5 Minutes.
You’re the business owner, but unless you company is large enough, you’re the CFO too. You might be the bookkeeper as well, but first and foremost, when it comes to financials…
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QuickBooks Backups? Of Course! But When?
Doing QuickBooks backups is like brushing teeth. It’s a drag. You know you should do it, but it feels harmless to skip it some times. “Come on! I won’t get a cavity just because…
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Bookkeeper or QuickBooks Consultant? Which One Do You Need?
When small business owners need help with QuickBooks, the typical reflex is to ask their CPA or look for a bookkeeper. It will often work, but it is not necessarily the best option…