Why You Need to Open a Business Bank Account
Starting a new business is an exciting time with so much potential and overwhelm. In the midst of your dreaming and scheming, launching and everything else, you might be forgetting to open a business bank account. The truth is that opening a bank account for a new business often gets put on the back burner.…
5 Simple Steps to Update Your Business Books Weekly
Are you a procrastinator? Maybe you’re overwhelmed and don’t know where to begin? Let’s just say you shouldn’t wait until tax time to work on your business books. I strongly suggest you make it a weekly task on your calendar so it becomes a habit. Plus, you’ll be able to see reports about the financial…
7 Easy Apps to Simplify Your Small Business Finances
I’m guessing if you’re here, then you most likely own a business or are thinking about starting one. In either case are you ready to modernize, automate and make your life a little easier? Yes? Here are 7 easy apps to help simplify your small business finances. Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links to products…
Savvy Ways to Invest in Your Retirement as a Digital Nomad
Are you a small business owner and a digital nomad? Then it’s time to start to invest in your retirement. Get the tax benefit now. Save for later and grow your net worth. It’s all a win-win, right!?!?! How exactly do you multiply your net worth while also reducing your current taxable income? Invest in…
3 genuine ways to deduct 100% of business meals
Do you want to write off business meals? You’re not alone. Thanks to a new law enacted December 27, 2020, new IRS regulations, and a new IRS notice (yep, all three are new), you have fresh opportunities to deduct 100% of your business meals. For 2021 and 2022, you can deduct 100 percent of your…
9 Important Reasons to File a DBA for Your Business
Every business has a legal name regardless if it’s simply your own legal name or a separate name registered with the state. However, a DBA or “Doing Business As” is a name that is separate from the legal name of the company. A DBA can also be called a trade name, assumed business name, or…
Which Business Expenses Can You Deduct?
Are you self-employed? If so, how do you know which business expenses you can deduct? Do you ever worry about raising a red flag on your tax return? It’s not always easy to determine which business expenses to write off. Let’s review the different types of business expenses and how you can deduct the most…
5 Overlooked Bookkeeping Strategies to Help Your Business
Whether you’re new to owning a business, new to bookkeeping, or just want a refresher, there’s a lot to be said for exploring bookkeeping strategies to help your business. Successful bookkeeping strategies include any practice that allows your business to: save time or money, complete bookkeeping tasks more efficiently, mitigate the stress associated with estimated…
5 Straightforward Tips to Understanding the 1099
I hear lots of business owners talk about issuing 1099s or even receiving a 1099. It’s all about the 1099. Yet, many misunderstand the rules around them and what 1099 is actually for. Let’s work at understanding the 1099. Understanding the 1099 The first thing to understanding the 1099 is that it’s used to report…
7 Helpful Last-Minute Business Tax Deductions
Can you believe the end of the year is just around the corner? Now is the time to plan for 2020 taxes! Let’s go over 7 helpful last-minute business tax deductions to help you reduce your 2020 taxes. 7 last-minute business tax deductions 1. Prepay Expenses Using the IRS Safe Harbor Thank the IRS for…