06 Apr
What is working capital and how to calculate it
Many indicators represent the health of a business. Working capital joins the ranks of income statements and balance sheets to determine the company’s financial status. The absence or lack of working capital affects its ability to invest in itself, its employees, technology, and continued growth. What is working capital? Working capital, also known as net
31 Mar
How Does Outsourced Bookkeeping work?
Outsourced bookkeeping is high on the list of outsourced services most hired by small business owners. Today’s businesses are still heavily in remote working and often with a reduced staff. The business owner and key management team members are wearing multiple hats, making them a jack of all trades and truly a master of none.
09 Mar
How do I calculate payroll tax?
How do I calculate payroll tax implies that it is a single tax. Payroll tax is an umbrella term covering all the taxes paid on the wages of your employees. It doesn’t matter if you have 1 or 100 employees, payroll taxes are a part of your business expenses. What is Payroll Tax? Payroll taxes
24 Feb
What is the SUTA tax?
What is the SUTA tax, and how does it impact my business? Well, when you started your business, you focused on sales and marketing. You know you need customers to grow. Soon after, the growth came, and your focus shifted to hiring employees to meet your expanding business’s demands. Employees can add significant challenges to
04 Feb
Preparing for tax season 2020
With tax season right around the corner, small businesses are preparing for tax season 2020 and getting their books ready to deliver to their tax professionals. Some companies simply hand over their books to their CPA and let them go to work. Others spend time trying to make sure their books are clean before handing
18 Dec
3 QuickBooks Mistakes You Might be Making and How ...
QuickBooks is by far the dominant provider of accounting software for small businesses in the United States. The product was initially intended to be a DIY application that small businesses could use with little formal finance training. So why do so many business owners use outsourced accounting services? The reason is straightforward. Most small business
13 Nov
What does a bookkeeper do?
A bookkeeper’s duties and responsibilities vary depending on the size of the business. In many small and startup companies, it is common practice for bookkeeping duties to be performed by the business owner. The bookkeeping tasks at this point are simple and easy, and the business owner can manage bookkeeping tasks while staffing the business
21 Aug
One reason why you should outsource your bookkeepi...
It is simple. The number one reason you should outsource your bookkeeping is due to fraud. The newswires are full of stories detailing the significant losses to businesses because of fraudulent bookkeeping activities. In today’s local newspaper’s online feed, a story identified a local business with an internal employee stealing $147K from the professional practice.
17 Jul
Operational Efficiency- Getting your team on board
We’ve all read about improving processes and how running an efficient business is important to become more profitable. But as small business owners, we are often caught up in the issue of knowing that we have a small staff and no matter how efficient we are, we will always need the same number of employees.
10 Jul
A client’s tale of bookkeeping challenges
Simply stated, we learn from each other. Open and honest discussion between business owners provides real life tales of running a small business. At Expex, we work within the small to medium sized business communities. Bookkeeping is such a critical function for a business, yet it is so often overlooked and under reviewed. Our story
