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Accounting 101
The first in a series of Accounting 101 articles that demystifies accounting and accounting software. Understand the terms cost of goods sold, margin and markup and how to calculate them.
Accounting software is a great improvement over manual methods as long as it’s set up correctly. Take five steps to set up your accounting software. Understand the importance of the reconciliation process, for your accounts that is, and what to look for in a reconciliation report.
Petty cash is one of those methods of accounting that virtually every small business owner uses, but one that is difficult to keep track correctly. Dreading tax season? Try these five ways to make it easier on you and your tax accountant.
Get the fundamentals right. Understand the concept of cash versus accrual basis accounting and learn some advantages of accrual basis accounting. Job costing is the process of tracking the expenses incurred on a job against the revenue for that job.
 
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