Do You Need An Accountant For Your Small Business?

Screen Shot 2015-11-12 at 4.47.04 PMAnyone starting their own business knows that keeping costs down is of vital importance.  Alyssa Gregory encourages new business owners to consider twenty-one areas where accountants will make their lives easier.  In her article, Do I Need An Accountant, she provides a useful checklist and summary of items required for new start-ups, such as opening business bank accounts, governmental forms and classification of contractors vs. employees.  In her assessment, knowing when to enlist the help of a professional is key to creating and maintaing fiscal health.

It’s The Little Things

A delicious slick of pepperoni pizza over white backgroundReading this article made me realize that small details are very important, but that it takes observant people who are willing to act to make them count.  What this young mother did with a pizza order, got her the help she needed.

This is also true in the accounting business.  Small details that could save/cost you money can easily be overlooked.  It takes an attentive CPA with an eye for detail to best serve your business interests.

Florida woman’s online order asks for pizza, police help

I Don’t Think Taxes Cause PTSD

84b3ba77b19421cca20ea0d0787d816eI was fascinated by this article about PTSD and how it has most likely been around since the dawn of man.  Known by different names through the generations, such as shell shock in WWI.  They even revisited the idea that it was a true illness in Downton Abbey the other night when they were refusing to put a soldier’s name on a memorial due to his “cowardice” since while suffering this malady, he attempted to flee.  The name ‘Post Traumatic Stress Disorder’ was recognized during the Vietnam war.  Clearly war has always been hell and many who fought were visited by “ghosts they faced in battle.”  How will this historic connection aid in our understanding and acceptance for those who currently suffer?

Post-traumatic stress ‘evident in 1300BC’

The Flu and Contingency Planning

Kate Barr of the Nonprofits Assistance Fund writes:

I have not had the H1N1 flu.  I hope to keep it that way. However, this flu is starting to really affect me because of the number of people who are not so lucky.

As an example, in just the last week:

  • I attended two important meetings where key participants were missing in action.
  • Three training events and webinars were canceled.
  • A professional associate stayed home with his son for several days.

Two days ago we had to scramble to replace the speaker for one of our own training events.  That really brought this home.

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