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Ecommerce Accounting 101

xendoo

Once your bookkeeping professional has collected financial data, they may pass it to an accountant who can analyze it and provide insights. For instance, bookkeeping means recording every sales transaction. Accounting means creating a report that determines your sales trends and profit margin. Establish a general ledger.

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147 Cloud Accounting Software Apps: The Big List

Ryan Lazanis

With so many banks and credit card transactions occurring throughout the day, it’s important to have an app that integrates well into online accounting software for small business owners to send data from their POS to their general ledger. It’s also helpful to have an app that handles bank reconciliation as well.

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Vocabulary Guide

Accounting Seed

Topics Billing & revenue Payables & expenses General ledger Financial reporting Project accounting Multi-company Multi-currency Taxation Orders & inventory Billing & revenue Account / Customer Textbook Definition Customer master record used to record billing addresses, payment terms, etc.

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Basic Accounting for a Small Business: Bookkeeping and Accounting Basics

Snyder

Larger companies tend to use the accrual basis of accounting, meaning that revenues and expenses are recorded at the time of the transaction (when you get a bill or raise an invoice), not at the time when the payments are made. All business accounts are recorded in your accounting books.