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Aug 4, 2020
2 min

4 Reasons Why Legal Accounting is Important

Accounting is important for any type of business but is vital in a law firm. It is critical to the success of your firm. As an owner you ...

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Lela Countryman

Jul 28, 2020
2 min

10 Bookkeeping Tips

Bookkeeping doesn’t have to be rocket science! It can seem overwhelming, but I have come up with 10 tips to help in your bookkeeping. #1 ...

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Lela Countryman

Jul 21, 2020
3 min

Accounting Terms You Need to Know

Accounting terms may sound like German to most law firm owners and bookkeeping professionals may be using several key terms without reali...

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Lela Countryman

Jul 14, 2020
3 min

6 Steps to Creating a Business Budget

Budgeting may be an important step you have been missing to help manage your cash flow. Cash flow can make or break your business. Many b...

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Do I Need a Tax Preparer? And Tips to Finding One

Lela Countryman

Jul 7, 2020
2 min

Do I Need a Tax Preparer? And Tips to Finding One

The choice to do your own taxes or to hire a tax preparer can be a challenging choice. For me, I have always been one to do my own taxes ...

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I Still Haven’t Done My Taxes, What Do I Need?

Lela Countryman

Jun 30, 2020
2 min

I Still Haven’t Done My Taxes, What Do I Need?

If you haven’t completed your taxes for 2019, you are not alone. This week we walk through the documents you may need to compile to compl...

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Tax Time Again But With a Little More Time

Lela Countryman

Jun 23, 2020
1 min

Tax Time Again But With a Little More Time

In March of 2020, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service reported that the federal income tax filing due date will be exten...

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Lela Countryman

Jun 18, 2020
2 min

Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?

We have taken a break from posting here regularly and we have decided that it is time to get to sharing again. We have always loved shari...

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Lela Countryman

Jul 1, 2019
3 min

Yearly Bookkeeping Tasks

We have gone over the monthly and quarterly bookkeeping tasks and next up is the yearly bookkeeping tasks required to effectively manage ...

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Lela Countryman

Jun 3, 2019
2 min

Quarterly Bookkeeping Tasks

We have gone over the monthly bookkeeping tasks and next up is the quarterly bookkeeping tasks required to effectively manage your busine...

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Lela Countryman

May 6, 2019
3 min

Monthly Bookkeeping Tasks

Bookkeeping is a part of every small business. Whether you have a bookkeeper, an accountant, or you are doing it yourself. There are many...

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Lela Countryman

Apr 1, 2019
3 min

Outsource Your Payroll

As your business grows and you begin to hire employees to help in your business, payroll will become essential in your business. This is ...

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Lela Countryman

Mar 4, 2019
2 min

Commingling Business and Personal Funds

Many small business owners understand that you cannot commingle your business and personal assets however some business owners are commin...

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Lela Countryman

Feb 4, 2019
2 min

Quarterly Estimated Taxes

For many business owners, the word taxes can cause fear or anxiety. Taxes don’t have to be scary if you plan and budget for them througho...

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Lela Countryman

Jan 7, 2019
2 min

Cash vs. Accrual

There are 2 different accounting methods for used for businesses, the cash method and the accrual method. For some businesses you can cho...

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Lela Countryman

Dec 3, 2018
2 min

Bookkeeper vs Accountant and Us

Every organization has an accountant and only some have a bookkeeper. These two titles are often used interchangeably. There seems to be ...

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Benchmarking in the Financial Success Roadmap

Lela Countryman

Nov 5, 2018
1 min

Benchmarking in the Financial Success Roadmap

Last week we discussed the Financial Success Roadmap which is also known as a budget. The last step in the financial success roadmap is b...

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Lela Countryman

Oct 1, 2018
2 min

Financial Success Roadmap AKA Budgeting

The financial success roadmap is also known as budgeting. I don’t like to call it budgeting as it seems to get a bad rap and most busines...

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Lela Countryman

Sep 3, 2018
2 min

Bookkeeping is Essential

Bookkeeping is essential for your business. It is all too often overlooked as an important part of a business. It can measure true succes...

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Setup Your Chart of Accounts in QuickBooks Online

Lela Countryman

Aug 20, 2018
1 min

Setup Your Chart of Accounts in QuickBooks Online

The next step in setting up your business in QuickBooks Online is to setup your chart of accounts. Your chart of accounts is a list of ca...

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