How To Organize Your Information To File 1099s On Time
One of the biggest year-end tasks, for many businesses, is sending and filing 1099 forms. Depending on how many contractors your business has used this…
Don’t Forget These Year-End Business Tasks
Welcome to the fourth quarter! Business year end is an incredibly busy time, and we highly recommend getting a jump start on closing out your…
Five Steps To A Better Business Budget
As the end of the year approaches, many business owners are turning their thoughts to strategy and goals for next year. Along with those discussions comes…
Building A Community Of Accountants
Having a professional community of accountants who are supportive and helpful is one of the really special benefits available to Xero advisors. Xero has gone…
State Sales Tax News: 3 Things Every Online Retailer Should Know
If you run a business that sells products online, hopefully you're aware that you need to be collecting sales tax from your customers and remitting…
Why Manual Payroll Can Crush Your Business And What To Do About It
Businesses that run payroll manually are all too common, and we've seen the unfortunate and damaging effects. There are many things you can and should…
Are Robots Coming For Accountants?
We spent last week at Xerocon, an annual event that brings together cloud accounting leaders for education, inspiration, networking, and good times (accountant-style). One recurrent theme…
Don’t Endure Another Painful Tax Season
Getting 2018 tax returns done was messy for so many taxpayers due to changes under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). Many people were surprised by…
Five Signs You’re Outgrowing Your Accounting Processes
Like most other aspects of your business, your accounting needs change over time. If you started small, you likely used a basic spreadsheet to keep…
Why You Should Lock Down Your Books Every Month
If closing your books at year-end is key in preparing tax returns, then locking them down at month-end takes them to a whole new level.…