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Make Your Accounting System a Strategic Tool Want to get more from your accounting system? Try these five tricks from the author of QuickBooks for Dummies. No-brainer Pension Plans for Small Businesses Looking for an easy yet economical small business pension plan? CPA and former tax professor Stephen L. Nelson says you've got at least three easy, economical choices. Five Reasons to Begin Business as a Sole Proprietorship Starting a small business? Confused about the incorporation option? Don't give up on the sole proprietorship alternative until you read one CPA's five reasons for keeping things simple with a sole proprietorship. Terrible Tax Blunders for S Corporations S corporations have become the most popular type of corporation in the county--which isn't surprising. An S corporation can save its owners tens of thousands of dollars in taxes each year. To reap those savings, however, the small business needs to avoid these five common S corporation tax blunders. When You Should Not Incorporate a Business Small businesses often think about incorporating. That's not surprising given that incorporation usually reduces business risks and can save a business thousands in taxes. But despite those savings, very small businesses need to think carefully about incorporating because of the costs and administrative work. Three Tax Reasons to Operate as a C Corporation Many small businesses assume that limited liability companies and S corporations are the only good choices for the business ventures. But a regular C corporation may sometimes be the best choice. Improving Small Business Cash Flows: Five Easy Tips Are you a small business owner struggling with your day to day cash flows? Try these five tips says the small business accountant who wrote QuickBooks for Dummies. How to Set Up QuickBooks for a Limited Liability Company Almost always an LLC gets treated as some other type of entity for tax accounting purposes. That means setting up QuickBooks for the LLC can be complicated. Fortunately, small businesses can use three QuickBooks setup tricks. Installing Microsoft Small Business Accounting Program for an LLC Setting up accounting software like Microsoft's Small Business Accounting can be tricky if you're operating as a limited liability company. This article suggests four tips to make the setup easier and cleaner. How to Name a New LLC (Limited Liability Company) Need a name for your new limited liability company? You'll want to consider both legal and marketing issues says this small business CPA and author. Can You Operate as an S Corp and Save Taxes? Subchapter S corporation status often saves the small business owner thousands of dollars a year in taxes. But tight eligibility rules mean some small businesses can't qualify. In this article, a CPA explains who can and can't take advantage of S corporation status. Paying the Shareholders of a Limited Liability Corporation Limited liability companies are popular with accountants and attorneys, but they can make life complicated for a small business owner or bookkeeper trying to pay the owner for his or her services. In this short article, QuickBooks for Dummies author and CPA Stephen L. Nelson provides some rules of thumb for making the process easier. Avoiding Incorporation Scams Incorporating a small business can be an appropriate decision, but new entrepreneurs need to make sure they avoid these three, common incorporation scams. A CPA's Tips for Incorporating in Nevada Considering incorporating in Nevada? Use these seven tips to minimize mistakes and maximize the benefits The Successful C Corporation's Wealth-building Blunder Successful business owners operating as C corporations often make a terrible tax blunder--they decide to do their investing inside the business. A tax professor and CPA explains why this mistake is such an expensive error--and what the business owner can do to correct the problem. A CPA's Accounting & Tax Tips for New Small Businesses Starting a new business? Consider these five, easy-to-use tips to keep your accounting and taxes clean, lean and simple. Picking an Accountant for your New Business Need to find a good certified public accountant, or CPA, for your new business? Using these five tips will make your selection easier. Professionals Guide to Forming a Limited Liability Company Small businesses and entrepreneurs often minimize their liability and save taxes by using a limited liability company. Unfortunately, the rules get tricky for professionals (doctors, lawyers and others) who want to take advantage of the LLC option. This article suggests five tips for making the professional LLC setup process clean and error-free CPA Tips for Firing a Financial Planner Do you really need to pay a financial planner five, ten or twenty thousand dollars a year to help you with your personal finances? Some CPAs say "no," as this article explains. When S Corporations Make Tax-Sense for Real Estate Investors The general rule is, "Never, ever put real estate inside a corporation." But in a handful of special cases, a corporation, more precisely an S corporation, can be a useful tool for savvy real estate investors. CPA Secrets for Easier Small Business Accounting Want to keep your small business accounting system running smoothly? One CPA suggests simplifying your bookkeeping by following five, easy-to-understand tips. Common Small Business Bookkeeping Blunders Avoid the five most common small business bookkeeping blunders by using this CPA's end-of-year accounting tips. Five Reasons You Shouldn't File a Tax Return Extension Extending your tax return beyond April 15th seems to make sense. But with tax season just around the corner, one CPA points out there are really good reasons for taxpayers NOT to extend the due date of their tax returns. Making Sense of Writing a Business Plan Trying to make sense of the business planning process? Confused by the different definitions people seem to use for the phrase, "business planning?" One accountant tries to share some useful information. How to Write a Small Business Plan in a Recession Need to write a business plan for the bank or an outside investor? The author of MBA's Guide to Microsoft Excel explains how you need to adjust the business planning process when the economy is in a recession. Starting a Good Business in a Bad Economy Starting a small business in a recession is tough. But the dark clouds of a bad economy include some silver linings, as one small business CPA explains. Starting a Small Business on a Tiny Budget Getting the money to start a small business constitutes one of the first, big challenges to wannabe entrepreneurs. But one CPA says people can use several tricks to start a business on a budget. Business & Tax Planning for the Obama Presidency Whether you voted blue or red, if you're a small business owner, you probably want to plan now to reduce business taxes you pay under an Obama presidency. Using Individual Retirement Accounts to Start Your Own Business Starting a business requires capital--and one place to get that capital is from one's IRA accounts. Predictably, however, the small business entrepreneur needs to be careful about using IRA funds to start a business, as one accountant explains. Starting a Business Now: Reasons You May Not Want to Delay Worried that now isn't the right time to start your own business? One small business CPA says now may just be the very best time to start a business--and for three compelling reasons. Business Planning for an S Corps According to the Internal Revenue Service, S corporations represent the most popular form for doing business in the United States. That popularity isn't surprising given the tax benefits of using an S corporation. But the popularity does mean that entrepreneurs need to understand what's different about business planning for an S corporation. This article does just that.

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