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By having an organized process for storing receipts, you don’t have to waste valuable time searching for them. Upgrade from the shoebox! Here’s a recipe to get your receipts into storage and you back into your business, including easy to follow directions, tips and tricks, and an ingredients list you’ll need to make the perfect dish. Bon Appetit!

So your accountant is working on “accounts payable aging.” He says it means “a report that shows what bills you still owe vendors, how overdue they are, and how much you have to pay right now to stay on top of them,” but all you hear is “bills, bills, bills.” This is what your accountant really means when he says the words “accounts payable aging.”

Accountants frequently stay late or work on weekends to meet urgent and important requests from their clients. Due to the nature of these requests, even the smallest task can be so integral to a business’ future that accountants have no choice but to help. Here’s a story of why one accountant paused a family game to send her client some paperwork.

Today is client onboarding day. These are the days accountants take the reins from their account management team and meet their clients for the first time. Client onboarding days start with a lot of research into the company and what they do, preparation, and quite a few meetings to discuss its needs, priorities, and expectations of the accountants.

By keeping all your accounting related documents together in one folder, you can help streamline processes like filing taxes and audits. Here is a recipe to save time by keeping all your documents in one organized accounting folder on your company’s server, including easy to follow directions, tips and tricks, and ingredients you need. Bon Appetit!

So your accountant is talking about “bank statement reconciliation.” He tells you that it means something along the lines of “reconciling bank accounts with financial reports,” “deposits and withdrawals,” and “truing up your transactions,” but all you hear is static. Here’s what he really means when he talks about, “bank statement reconciliation.”

You may think doing your own accounting is a great idea. In theory, it saves you money, you can be deeply involved in all aspects of your business, and can grow. However, this isn’t usually the case. Using an accounting service to handle your finances may be the best way to grow your Seattle based business. Here are just a few of the reasons why.

So, you’ve decided to outsource your accounting. There are so many different types of firms that specialize in so many different things. How do you know you’re making the right choice for your business? We’ve made your decision a little easier by putting together a list of five questions you should ask yourself while you search for your best match.

Okay, now Susan has a better picture of her business through understanding her profit and loss. But what if she wants a big-picture look at her business? What happens to her assets and liabilities? This is where a balance sheet, a report showing what a company owns and owes, comes in. Here we will describe the bare necessities of balance sheets.

It’s easy to think that accountants spend most of their time behind a computer analyzing data for clients they don’t get to know. What people don’t realize is that accountants spend sometimes years cultivating relationships with their clients. Over the course of five years, one accountants’ professional relationships transformed into a friendship.