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Bookkeeping Red Flags

Bookkeeping Red Flags

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 Bookkeeping Red Flags | John Briggs – Incite Tax   What are some bookkeeping red flags to watch out for? The first red flag is you want to run a profit and loss statement by month. When you’re looking at the statement, it’ll show January, February, March, April, however many months you’re looking at in separate columns. You wanna notice trends, mainly inconsistent trends. If…

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Personal Financial Management with Profit First

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Can Profit First apply to personal financial management? Uh, yeah, totally. Look, Profit First as a system, like the guidelines that it offers, is really about spending money first on paper, setting aside money, and putting boundaries around your money, before you’re actually tempted to use it on other things. If you need a refresher on the basics of Profit First, download this free overview…

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Best Practices for Maintaining the Profit First System?

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Setting up a system for your business is a lot of work. The Profit First cash flow management system is no different. It’s a lot of work up front but pays off in the long run. However, every once in a while the system needs some maintenance. Things change, your business grows, or your personal circumstances change, so naturally your cash flow system will need…

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Creating a Budget: Traditional Budgeting Sucks! Plan for Growth

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Creating a budget is one of those tasks that seem to be on everyone’s to-do list, but rarely gets checked off. That’s sad for the budget. Seriously, though, budgets are amazing when done right. Traditional budgeting has you looking at the past 12 months and calculating a monthly average for each expense and income stream. They suggest glancing through your expenses to see if you…

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