Strong recordkeeping skills? You’re in business. Poor recordkeeping skills? Time to step it up. Keeping business records is an important part of operating a healthy business, making decisions, and being eligible for business tax credits and loans.
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New employee forms are a staple of the onboarding process. Before an employee can legally begin working for your business, they need to fill out required forms. What forms do new employees need to fill out?
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Businesses could apply for a Paycheck Protection Program loan through May 31, 2021. As of June 1, 2021, the SBA is no longer accepting PPP loan applications. This article applies to PPP loans taken out in 2020. The Consolidated Appropriations Act (signed into law on December 27, 2020) reopened the Paycheck Protection Program and made […]
Read MoreThe Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act: Important Changes to the PPP
If your business has been devastated by the impact of the coronavirus, you might be interested in new ways to cut back expenses. Instead of laying off or furloughing employees as a way to decrease costs, you might benefit from a work share program. What is worksharing?
Read MoreWhat Is Worksharing, the Layoff “Alternative?”
Distributing pay stubs is often an important part of the payroll process. But, do employers have to provide pay stubs? That answer depends on where your business is located. To stay compliant, you need to know the pay stub requirements by state.
Read MorePay Stub Requirements by State (Plus Chart & Infographic!)
If you’ve taken out a business loan or line of credit, you’re aware that interest accrues on the borrowed amount. But, do you know how to record accrued interest in your books?
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这篇文章已经更新,包括2022信息rmation. Thinking about offering employer-sponsored health insurance? Sure, you could offer a traditional group health insurance to your employees, but that’s not your only choice. There are a number of small business health insurance options you can choose from.
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Quick: Tell me what your business does in under a minute and a half. Can you do it? Probably not—for one of two reasons. First, we can’t hear you. And second, you may not have nailed down your entrepreneur elevator pitch yet.
Read MoreRising to the Occasion: How to Master Your Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch in 5 Steps
How do you pay your employees? With checks? Direct deposit? Other? There are a number of ways to pay employees, especially as money continues moving into the digital sphere. If you want to know how to pay employees, take a look at your options.
Read MoreHow to Pay Employees: Types of Payment You Can Offer
Ten out of 10 businesses sell products or services. And when you make a sale, you need to record the transaction in your accounting books. How comfortable are you with making a sales journal entry?
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