You don’t know what you don’t know. This phrase couldn’t be more true, especially when it comes to taking up your business’s accounting. After all, it’s a technical and complex subject. And when it comes to your responsibilities, you probably have a million accounting questions,even if you don’t know exactly what they are.
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Rachel Blakely-Gray
Rachel Blakely-Gray has spent more than a decade writing about payroll, payroll taxes, and accounting for small business owners at Patriot Software. As Content Manager, she covers everything from multi-state payroll tax filing to 1099 reporting requirements, translating IRS and state regulations into plain English.
For Simple Bookkeeping, Consider Going With the Cash Method
May 26, 2022Forty percent of small business owners agree that bookkeeping (the process of recording transactions) and taxes are the worst part of the job. Although it might be taxing (no pun intended!), bookkeeping is a key part of business. But, that doesn’t mean you have to make things unnecessarily difficult. For simple bookkeeping, you may consider […]
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On-call Pay: California | Does Ward v. Tilly’s, Inc. Ruling Affect You?
May 20, 2022If you want your business to be legally compliant, you must follow federal and state employment laws. California employers should know about the 2019 court case, Ward v. Tilly’s, Inc., and how it affects paying for on-call time. Read on to learn about California on-call laws.
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Will the Courts Accept a Jury Duty Excuse Letter If You’re in a Pinch?
May 20, 2022Sometimes, you or your employees’ personal responsibilities conflict with your business. For many small businesses, if you miss work or lose an employee for an extended period of time, there can be harmful effects on productivity in the workplace. But if you or an employee are called in for jury duty, you might not have […]
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Neglecting the Nanny Tax Won’t Help the Medicine Go Down
May 19, 2022You may follow all the rules when it comes to running payroll for your small business employees, but what about your household workers? Regardless of whether you are an entrepreneur, employing a household worker makes you an employer. And as an employer, you are required to pay household employment taxes, otherwise known as the nanny […]
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The Return of the Social Security No-match Letter: What You Need to Know
May 19, 2022Verifying your employees are authorized to work in the United States is one step of the new hire paperwork process. You must gather your employees’ names and Social Security numbers (SSNs) so you can fill out essential documents like payroll reports. But if an employee’s SSN and name don’t match the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) […]
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What You Can (and Should) Do to Achieve Gender Equality at Work
May 19, 2022The topic of gender equality at work is heavily debated. Do hiring managers place more men than women? Do women earn less than men working the same jobs? Are women passed up for promotion opportunities?
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Salary History Laws by State: Do You Need to Cool it With the Questions?
May 19, 2022As an employer, you want to know everything you can about potential employees. But some questions, like inquiring about salary history, are off-limits in some states. To stay compliant, learn salary history laws by state.
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Job Rotation Program: Pass or Play?
May 18, 2022Some employees can be hard to hold onto. Why? Employees, particularly millennials, want more opportunities to learn, grow, and advance their careers. In fact, job development is so important that 87% of millennials want it. The good news is that your employees may be able to get the development they want without changing companies. Cue: […]
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Accounting Firm Website: 7 Must-haves
May 6, 2022There are over one billion websites in the world. Scrap that. Let’s narrow things down a little bit. There are over 85,000 accounting service businesses in the United States, according to IBISWorld. And let’s say that at least half of those firms (43,000) have an accounting firm website. That’s a bit of Googling competition.
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