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Basic Accounting for a Small Business: Bookkeeping and Accounting Basics

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So let’s take a look at how to do basic business accounting, understand what your books tell you, and how to manage them efficiently with helpful software. Small business accounting basics. Small business owners need to get a working grasp of basic bookkeeping and accounting. What is accounting?

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Accounting Basics for Small Business Owners [By a CPA]

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But interestingly enough, many small businesses often neglect their accounting until tax time, or don’t do it all. As a CPA that studies and practices accounting, I know that accounting isn’t the most exciting thing in the world. In this post, I’m going to simplify the accounting basics for small business owners.

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Accrual Accounting vs Cash Accounting: What Is the Difference Between Accrual and Cash Accounting?

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As a small business owner, making sense of the accounting basics and bookkeeping terminology might be giving you a little bit of a headache. At the same time, being able to successfully maneuver the world of accounting is crucial to the success of your business. What is cash-basis accounting?