Most dentists use proprietary software to manage their practice. As you might imagine, there are countless dental-specific programs, the most popular being Dentrix, Ace, and Dovetail. The primary focus of these programs is to manage patient care and set appointments with very minimal, if any, focus on accounting. To keep track of transactions and provide financial information, dental practices really benefit from using an accounting program like QuickBooks.
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Many small business owners start out doing their own bookkeeping. As business grows, there is often little time to manage the books and the search for an internal bookkeeper begins. While QuickBooks is user-friendly, it’s important to hire a candidate that knows their way around the software.
Commercial Activity Tax (CAT) is a tax imposed for the privilege of doing business in Ohio. CAT is calculated on taxable gross receipts from most business activities in Ohio, or activities that benefit an Ohio-based business.
There are two ways of accounting – cash basis accounting and accrual basis. The main difference between them lies in the timing of when revenue and expenses are recognized.
If you reflect on your bookkeeping processes, you will likely arrive at a few areas that need improvement. There are things you can do now to make bookkeeping easier. Things to consider are:
Many small businesses are choosing to leave their QuickBooks Desktop (QBD) accounting software for the accessibility of QuickBooks Online (QBO). As a bookkeeper for a small business, I was part of a conversion recently. Below are some of the tips I can offer.
Before the Conversion
Clean up Vendors: Take time to weed through your vendors for duplicates and update contact information. Merge like vendors and make vendors not used in several years inactive. This process is much simpler with QBD.
As unpleasant as it is, you probably have debt that you are never going to collect. This is a good time to write off bad debt and clean up your A/R Aging report. The proper way to account for bad debts is with the Allowance Method. However, many small businesses use the Direct Write-Off Method when dealing with bad debts. This method expenses bad debts at the time it is deemed uncollectible.
Need polished reports for your banker, directors, or investors? The Management Reports feature is a simple, yet powerful feature in QuickBooks Online (QBO). The feature allows you to produce financial statements as needed and can be emailed or printed. In a few simple steps you can customize a professional-looking package of reports, complete with:
Client entertainment is a cornerstone of running a small business. The tax law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has given many small business owners anxiety regarding what is considered a deductible business expense beginning in 2018.
Cybercrime does not discriminate between small business and large corporations. All businesses need to be on alert. Hackers have created elaborate phishing tactics and are able to impersonate communications from executive management often seamlessly. We’ve come across to savvy business people who have fallen victim to attempts to gain access to money in the past month. Below are two stories and what could be done to avert a loss:
