The most important thing you need to know about sales tax is that administering it correctly can be challenging. If you sold only one type of product to customers in one city, collecting and paying sales tax would be easy. But most businesses have a wider reach than that. QuickBooks Online offers tools that allow […]
Do You Have a Business Continuity Plan? You Should
What if disaster strikes your business? An estimated 25% of businesses don’t reopen after a major disaster strikes.1 Having a business continuity plan can help improve your odds of recovering. The Basic Plan The strategy behind a business continuity (or disaster recovery) plan is straightforward: Identify the various risks that could disrupt your business, look […]
Find and Keep the Best Talent for Your Business
Finding the best candidate to hire is often costly and time-consuming. But, if your new hire turns into a loyal, hardworking, long-term employee, your investment may be worth every cent and minute. Locate Candidates How do you find good people? In the past, people who were job hunting would look in the “help wanted” section […]
Are Opportunity Zones an Opportunity for You?
Created by the TCJA in 2017, opportunity zones are designed to help economically distressed areas by encouraging investments. This article contains an introduction to the complex details of how these zones work. The IRS describes an opportunity zone as “an economically-distressed community where new investments, under certain conditions, may be eligible for preferential tax treatment.” […]
Using QuickBooks Online’s Customer Records
Your customers are your company’s lifeblood. Are you managing those relationships carefully? Here’s how QuickBooks Online can help. If you’ve been in business long enough to remember tracking your customers manually, you probably remember what a nightmare it was. Maybe you had a card file and paper folders – and lots of sticky notes and […]
Be Proactive When it Comes to Business Issues
Your manager breaks her leg playing softball and will be out for a month. Or your receptionist’s husband lands his dream job, but it’s out of state so they’ll be moving. When you own a small business, learning to expect the unexpected comes with the territory. Yet, you don’t have to stand idly by and […]