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The Two Different Accounting Methods – Book Accounting and Tax Accounting

Here’s something that’s a surprise to many non-businesspeople: There are actually two different accounting methods, and most successful businesses will compile reports and similar using both.  The two accounting methods are:  Book Accounting (which could simply be called “accounting”) utilizes Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), whose rules are set by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).  Tax Accounting… Read More »

It’s Your Money, And You Should Keep More of It

As I write this, the biggest issue on the minds of businesspeople everywhere is “taxes”.  Of course, this argument has been going on for centuries (the USA was founded partly due to unhappiness with taxes), but there is a very valid point here. “Enough with the taxes” say small and mid-sized companies, and they’re right. Businesspeople, especially those… Read More »

2021 – Resolving to Stay Flexible

I usually do a prediction post early in the year, and indeed, that’ll be coming. But I realized I never really do a New Year’s Resolutions post. Maybe that’s because I generally don’t make them – I don’t feel the magic turning of the calendar means a “new you” or whatnot.  But there is a change in the… Read More »

Put 2020 in the Past, But Not Before Using Your Section 179 Deduction

Here we go – my final post for 2020. And what a year it’s been. I’m not going to rehash everything, because you went through it too.  Still, despite everything, we’re resilient here in the USA, and businesses moved forward as best we could. In that true American business spirit, many companies made shifts to better position themselves… Read More »