Accounting Resources

In our previous blog post, we explored the foundational features of the QuickBooks Online Projects tool, including its dashboard, setup, and general benefits for job costing. In this follow-up, we’ll take a deeper dive into Project Reports; a robust toolset for assessing project profitability, labor costs, and unbilled time. We’ll... Read more

Many businesses operate on a project-by-project basis and require a system to track revenue, costs, and profitability for each project. QuickBooks Online’s Projects feature is a great tool that enables businesses to consolidate all project-related activities into one central location – the Projects Dashboard, also known as the Project Center.... Read more

6 Strategies to Reduce Payroll Costs Businesses spend about 1.25 to 1.4 times an employee’s salary on payroll costs, according to the Small Business Administration (SBA). While these costs are a necessary part of running a business and maintaining staff, they can eat into revenue and hinder growth. Optimizing costs... Read more

How to Use KPIs to Improve Financial Health Key performance indicators (KPIs) can help you improve your financial health through strategic monitoring of metrics that help you understand the underlying stability of your business. Let’s dive in! What are KPIs and How Can They Improve Financial Health? KPIs help you... Read more

When working in QuickBooks Online (QBO), it’s essential to understand the difference between sales vs. income. These terms have specific meanings within the QuickBooks ecosystem that does not necessarily align with their broader real-world definitions. This blog post will help clarify these distinctions, explain their implications, and guide you through... Read more

Job-tracking, also known as job-costing, is a powerful method to categorize income and expenses related to specific customer jobs, projects, initiatives, grants, funds, or other temporary assignments. In QuickBooks Online (QBO), job-tracking allows businesses to gain deeper insights into their profitability status by tracking financial performance on a deeper level.... Read more

Tracking Business Expenses: Why You Can’t Afford to Be Lax Tracking business expenses is often the last thing small business owners want to do.  We see it all of the time: You’re making sales, revenue is up and while you used to monitor every dime that you spent when first... Read more

How Profitability Analysis Helps Businesses Understand Financial Performance You run a business. Sales are coming in, and it can be easy to assume that since you can pay your bills, you’re in good financial health. But that may not be the case. A profitability analysis can provide some answers and... Read more

Managing a business with multiple locations, properties, or regions comes with a unique set of challenges. From tracking income and expenses across different entities to understanding the financial position of each location, maintaining accurate and detailed records is crucial. QuickBooks Online (QBO) offers Location Tracking as a powerful feature to... Read more

Class tracking is a powerful feature in QuickBooks Online (QBO) that allows businesses to categorize income and expenses according to different parts of their operations. This feature is useful for analyzing profitability across different areas within each account, such as departments, properties, product lines, service lines, or even manufacturers. Here’s... Read more

How to Create a Smart Business Budget for 2025 Inadequate management and financial hurdles are two of the most common reasons over 595,000 small businesses close each year. A smart business budget can mean the difference between meeting KPIs and goals and being unable to cover overhead expenses. What is... Read more

Law Firm Bookkeeping: Setting Your Books Straight in 2025 Proper law firm bookkeeping ensures accurate, error-free books, helps you stay in compliance, and enables you to plan for the future. If you’re one of the 70% of small businesses that don’t have an accountant or bookkeeper, you need to address... Read more

Categorizing transactions is one of the most essential components of managing financial activity in QuickBooks Online (QBO). Advanced categorization gives you many options to keep your records well-organized, and ensures that your company’s financial data is recorded in a way that is both accurate and useful. Although QuickBooks offers multiple... Read more

QuickBooks Online (QBO) is one of the most popular accounting software platforms available today. It’s widely used by many businesses to manage financial transactions, track expenses, and generate reports that offer insights into the business’s financial health. In prior blogs, you have seen what it can do, but let’s take... Read more

6 Benefits of Up to Date Bookkeeping Up to date bookkeeping helps your business run smoothly. If you’re not maintaining your books, you’re always at risk of falling behind. Lapses in your books can cause you to: Go over budget Miss out on key deductions Stress out before you’re taxes... Read more