What's Your Number? An Accounting Blog

• Tax Preparation Tips To Keep In Mind As A Contractor Or Freelancer

  9 July 2020

  As a contractor or freelancer, you do have some freedom to pick and choose the jobs you want to take on, and maybe you can even set your own schedule. While this line of work definitely has its perks, it may also come with some additional considerations when it comes to tax preparation. If you want to make sure that you get your taxes in on time while reporting everything as accurately as possible, here are some tips that might help.

• Not Understanding Profits Can Lead To An Accounting Disaster

  30 June 2020

  Few mistakes in the world of business accounting can be as catastrophic as not fully understanding what profits are and how to achieve them. It's easy to think that profitability means simply taking in more money than you spend. More factors come into play, though. Let's take a look at what you need to know about profits. Receipts, Cash Flow, and Profits Aren't the Same Things One of the easiest traps to fall into is the blind belief that money goes into a business and profits come out.

• 4 Tax-Saving Strategies To Use This Year As A Small Business Owner

  15 June 2020

  Your tax liability can really impact your ability to run your business at a profit. When it comes to your tax liability, as a small business owner, there are steps you can take to reduce the taxes that your business has to pay in a legal manner. Tax-Saving Strategy #1: Contribute to a Retirement Plan As a small business owner, the money that you contribute to your retirement account is something that you can deduct from your taxes.

• Job Order Costing Vs. Process Costing — How To Control Your Company's Costs

  7 May 2020

  Controlling and reducing costs is one key goal of all accounting. One of the most important ways a business can achieve this goal is through cost accounting. Cost accounting is an area that focuses on determining how much it costs your company to create its products or services and how you can reduce that expense.  Do you think that cost accounting might benefit your business? To learn more about this vital component, here is a brief rundown of the two types of cost accounting and what to expect from each.

• Why You Should Take Online Training When Using Accounting Software

  2 March 2020

  There are a few very popular small business accounting software programs out there. There are also quite a few online training options, like quickbooks online training, that will allow you to learn how to use these programs. Here are a few signs that you should think about signing up for an online training program so you can better use your accounting software. You Don't Think You're Making the Most of Your Software Program