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Welcome To The Small Business Guide To Bookkeeping

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This guide aims to provide you with the necessary knowledge and practical steps to successfully set up and manage your company’s books. Chapter 7: Closing the Books Prepare to close the books. Closing the books’ refers to the process of finalizing a company’s financial records for a specific accounting period.

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Accounting 101 For Small Business Owners

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Manage Your Bookkeeping As convenient as accounting software is, you will have to put in some work to keep up your books—or pay a professional bookkeeper to do it for you. Chapter 7: Recording Journal Entries A journal entry is a record in your company’s books of a transaction or group of transactions.

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Are There Hidden Risks in Your AR Portfolio?

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In February, Epiq Bankruptcy reported that commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings climbed 118 percent year-over-year. For most companies, AR is one of the two largest assets on their books. Historically, only half of all new businesses make it to their fifth anniversary.