If you’ve read my blog posts for past three weeks, you know we’ve gone over how to collect information for and send out 1099s and why you must do them.  But I’m going to tell you that it can be so easy, you hardly think about it. By now you should have all the W-9s

In reality, providing information your bookkeeper shouldn’t be difficult or time consuming.  A little planning goes a long way. First, she will need access to your bank accounts.  If she isn’t a full charge bookkeeper, read only access is fine.  Read only access means she can see everything but she can make no changes.  This

As a web developer or designer, you are likely pretty technologically savvy as well as being fairly business minded.  You can definitely handle doing your own bookkeeping and would rather not pay someone to do something you could very easily do yourself.  I think a bookkeeper is a better bet. Penny-wise and Pound foolish How

As I tell my clients, not having a business plan is rather like going on vacation to Disney Land with no idea when you will go, how you will get there, how you will pay for it or where you will stay once you get there.  You might get there anyway, but you will likely

The foundation of a business, whether it is a new business or an existing business, should be a business plan.  It is surprising how many people open businesses (including me!) without only a vague plan trapped in their heads.  I am happy to say that I now have a written business plan.  I have found