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Accounting Cost For Small Business: How Much An Accountant Costs Your Small Business

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What are the peculiarities of bookkeeping for small businesses? Double-entry bookkeeping, transaction recording, reconciliation, getting invoices paid and bills covered – the entire process is centered around making sure that your bank account is in balance with your books records.

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GAAP: What It Is and Why Your Investors Expect It

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The objectives of GAAP include providing guidelines for timing considerations related to recording transactions; applying accounting standards consistently across different industries; establishing disclosure requirements for external audits; and ensuring that entities accurately record all assets and liabilities on their balance sheets.

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Accounting Basics for Small Business: A Simple Guide

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A little example to illustrate how the double-entry method works. Imagine you have a retail business selling different goods online. Following the double-entry accounting method, you need to record the sale amount in your cash account as an increase (or debit) and as a decrease (or credit) in your inventory account.