By Elizabeth Davis on June 18, 2010
This Week in News & Information:
15 Most Hated Fees Stand up to the pesky charges – from checked-bag costs to retirement plan expenses – that bug you the most.
Say Goodbye to Checks: Peer-to-Peer Payments Small business owners and their customers no longer have to rely on checks to make and accept payments [...]
Posted in News You Can Use | Tagged Cash Flow Statement, Economy, Iowa Workforce, Personal Finance, Technology
By Elizabeth Davis on April 22, 2010
I’ll be teaching a course again this spring through the Des Moines Public Schools Community Education Program. Here are the details about the course:
Small Business Accounting
Introductory course on accounting for small business owners. Topics covered include: single-sided (checkbook) vs. double-sided (financial statement) accounting; examples of records to keep and for how long; [...]
Posted in Small Business | Tagged Balance Sheet, Budget, Cash Flow Statement, Income Statement, Local Communities, Small Business
By Elizabeth Davis on April 9, 2010
This Week in News & Information:
Learn from your tax return Some smart scanning of this document can help you plan for the future. And that doesn’t just refer to the standard advice of adjusting your withholding if your refund is particularly fat or catching missed deduction opportunities.
The Business of Baseball There really is [...]
Posted in News You Can Use | Tagged Cash Flow Statement, Economy, IRS, Personal Finance, Small Business, Technology
By Elizabeth Davis on January 5, 2010
I’ll be teaching a course again this winter through the Des Moines Public Schools Community Education Program. Here are the details about the course:
Small Business Accounting
Introductory course on accounting for small business owners. Topics covered include: single-sided (checkbook) vs. double-sided (financial statement) accounting; examples of records to keep and for how long; [...]
Posted in Small Business | Tagged Balance Sheet, Budget, Cash Flow Statement, Excel, Income Statement, QuickBooks, Small Business, Technology
By Elizabeth Davis on December 4, 2009
I have been using QuickBooks 2010 now for a while and have found 5 new features that I really like. Some of them are simply time savers within the QuickBooks program. Some of them though are tools that can greatly improve my business processes (& my client’s business processes)!
1. Company Snapshot
This feature was [...]
Posted in Technology | Tagged Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement, Excel, Income Statement, QuickBooks, Small Business, Technology
By Elizabeth Davis on October 6, 2009
I’ll be teaching a course this fall through the Des Moines Public Schools Community Education Program. Here are the details about the course:
Small Business Accounting
Introductory course on accounting for small business owners. Topics covered include: single-sided (checkbook) vs. double-sided (financial statement) accounting; examples of records to keep and for how long; how [...]
Posted in Small Business | Tagged Balance Sheet, Budget, Cash Flow Statement, Income Statement, Small Business
By Elizabeth Davis on August 9, 2009
Cash is King! Cash is the lifeblood of a company and therefore it is important to understand how cash was generated and used by a company. The cash flow statement provides that information and is the last of the three basic financial statements that I am discussing.
The cash flow statement looks [...]
Posted in Finanical Statements | Tagged Cash Flow Statement, Small Business
By Elizabeth Davis on July 19, 2009
Over the next few blog posts I will provide an explanation of 3 basic financial statements. Each statement has a unique purpose and with a little education and guidance you can learn to read the financial statements. In this blog post I will provide a brief overview of the 3 statements. Then [...]
Posted in Finanical Statements | Tagged Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement, Income Statement, Small Business