Small business owners take on a range of responsibilities that are handled by specialized departments in larger companies. Accounting is often one of these functions, especially in the startup phase.

Evan Tarver has 6+ years of experience in financial analysis and 5+ years as an author, editor, and copywriter. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert.

The accounting cycle takes accountants through ten distinct steps, each of which depends on information generated in the previous step. The accounting cycle is continually repeated, with the final ...

Like it or not, managing your accounting books is all part of being a business owner. And if you’re like the majority of entrepreneurs, you probably worry about making accounting mistakes that can ...

That's a far cry from today's off-the-shelf software. At the entry level, your clients can go into any big box store and purchase a complete and sophisticated accounting system that they, for the most ...