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Do You Know the Difference Between Payroll Expense and Cost of Labor?
Did you know that the cost of labor can be one of the largest expenses a small business can have? It’s second only to the cost of real estate, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Depending upon...
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Is It Time Your Business Hired a Bookkeeper?
As a small business owner, are you handling your production, marketing, administration, and bookkeeping on your own? Doing it all yourself is one of the biggest mistakes that many entrepreneurs make...
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How to Stay on the Path to the Most Successful Year Ever
How is the year looking for you so far? It kind of goes along with the way of resolutions that we start the year with high hopes and ambitions, but once we get back to the daily grind, well, it gets...
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IRS Issues New Withholding Guidelines for Payroll Taxes
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued the new (percentage method) payroll withholding tables for 2018 along with notification that the W-4 Form is in the process of being updated to reflect the...
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Employees Must Be Proactive to Determine Accurate Payroll Tax Withholding
Way back at the end of February we wrote about the new payroll tax withholding guidelinesissued by the IRS. Since that time, the IRS has issued a new Form W-4, more information, and calculators that...
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3 Reasons Why an Emergency Fund Is a Necessity for Your Business
Most financial advisors tell people they need to have an emergency fund to cover unforeseen financial issues; job loss, medical expenses, or home repairs, that may occur in their lives. The same can be...
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Is Convenient and Easy Making a Muddle of Your Business Bookkeeping?
Is your business going paper-free or at least relatively paper-free? While the idea sounds terrific, it can create a mess if you still operate your business bookkeeping systems like you did 30 years...
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Take Advantage of Seasonal Downtime – Review Your Business Budget
While many businesses can heat up during the summer, a lot of businesses experience a major slow-down. With the kids out of school, people are often busy taking vacations or participating in warmer...
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What is the Risk for Employee Information in Your Business?
If you have been a business owner for even a day or two you know how complicated all the rules and regulations can be about almost every aspect of business. There are laws and forms and records and it...
View ArticleSummer Isn’t Laid Back for Payroll Processors
We all look forward to summer, don’t we? Longer, warm days filled with sunshine and the prospect of fun draw us into a state of reverie with the prospect of letting things slip by. That doesn’t often...
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Handling the Limitations of Payroll Software
If your small business employs workers, you must have a reliable payroll system. If your company only has a few employees, you may be able to get by with a manual payroll process. However, once your...
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Is a Dependent Care FSA (DCAP Flexible Spending Account) Right for Your...
No doubt about it, expenses always seem to be going up. Employers know that their employees are tightening belts and are looking for ways to help even if significant pay raises aren’t in the current...
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Overtime Sounds Like It Is So Simple – Until You Get Sued
Here’s a stumper for you: What do Arsenio Hall, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, and Lars Ulrich all have in common? If you don’t know Lars Ulrich, he is the drummer for the band, Metallica. Now, go ahead,...
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3 Bookkeeping Solutions for Non-Tech Business Owners
Congrats! You’re a small business owner who has turned your passion into a profitable business. Every day, you get to work on something you love. That’s what most business owners strive for. But...
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How to Hire the Right Way for Your Business
Hiring for small business owners is a huge step. Adding one more expense, and one that is a high responsibility to another person or family, is a step that is not taken lightly by business owners....
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Do You Know the Difference between Bookkeeping and Accounting?
When most small business owners think of the terms bookkeeping and accounting, they often use them interchangeably. While it’s true both bookkeeping and accounting are important in the management of...
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5 Most Important HR Terms for Small Business Owners to Know, Understand, and...
Ask any business owner what one of the top challenges they have in running their business and, by far, HR or people will be in the top of responses you get. Business owners say that doing the work of...
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