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Accounts Receivable (AR) Automation: The Solution To The Collection Problem

Accounting Seed

If you use accrual accounting, you record transactions as soon as you earn the money. This requires crunching more numbers than cash accounting, but it gives you a better perspective on your income. IRS rules make accrual accounting mandatory for some businesses. This is known as balancing your accounts/books.

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Basic Accounting for a Small Business: Bookkeeping and Accounting Basics

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It’s mostly based on accurately recording all the financial transactions in your books, hence bookkeeping. What is accounting? Accounting for a small business usually means summarizing and analyzing financial transactions, producing accounting reports, and timely providing data for tax purposes and tax returns.