Preparing Your Financial Statements For Your Small Business
Financial statements have been referred to throughout this guide. This chapter will cover financial statements in more detail. However, the steps to prepare financial statements are not included, as they are outside the scope of basic bookkeeping.
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Bank Reconciliation For Your Micro Business
A bank reconciliation must be prepared every month for your checking account. A"bank rec" helps you find and adjust the differences between your check register and the bank statement.
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Forms of Business For Your Small Business
You choose the Form of Business which best suits your needs. Each uses a different income tax return (see Chapter 12, Income Tax Returns), and there are some differences in accounting. As you go down the list, each form of business becomes more complicated.
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Understanding the Basics of Bookkeeping for your small business
Bookkeeping starts with the identification of a transaction or event to be recorded, generally in the form of a paper business document. Financial transactions are an exchange of goods and services, which include cash receipts, cash disbursements, sales and purchases on credit, obtaining loans, and purchasing equipment.
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Using a Checking Account For Your Small Business
The starting point of any simple bookkeeping system is the checking account or check register (manual or electronic spreadsheet). The checking account must be reconciled with the bank statement every month to assure that the check register is correct. (This will be discussed in Chapter 10, Bank Reconciliation).
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Find The Small Business Accounting Option That Works For You
If you are the owner of a small business, probably one of the things you least enjoy is keeping track of your accounting. The bad news is that the reason for most small businesses to fail is because of that fact. Owners who have a great dislike for accounting tasks tend to prioritize other more interesting business tasks like sales, customer care, communications, etc. We show you here a few important tips to make your small business accounting better.
