Benefits of Outsourcing Your Accounting Department As a CPA firm we have worked with many, many businesses over the last 13 years. Generally, the biggest issue in our world is whether the customer could provide good information to prepare good tax plans or help with a financial strategic plan. A small business owner in this [...]
The ABC’s of Accounting Outsourcing: 26 Reasons to Outsource in 2013 I am going to quickly give you 26 reasons why you would outsource your accounting to us in 2013. It’s as simple as ABC. A – Accounting issues are not an issue for us B – Build your Business Team C –Customer service oriented [...]
Employee or Business Owner, It’s all in the Paycheck? At a conference this summer I attended a panel on entrepreneur CPA firm owners. I believe this applies to all business owners so I apply it to all of us. On the panel, were 3 of my friends and one gentleman I didn’t know but came [...]
Early on January 1st, 2013, the Senate, by a vote of 89-8, passed H.R.8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act. The Act would prevent many of the tax hikes that were scheduled to go into effect today and retain many favorable tax breaks that were scheduled to expire, but it would also increase income taxes for [...]
I have spent the last month pouring over the “Good to Great” book by Jim Collins. I study it like one would study the Bible pulling out bits of meaning, defining it and apply it to my life. I have read other commentaries on it some of which don’t believe the hype of the companies [...]
Yesterday we celebrated our grand re-opening with our Annual Open House to show off our new office! Ed Stolmaker, President & CEO, and Rebecca Kososkie, Membership Director, from the Marana Chamber of Commerce came to do a ribbon cutting! I had the opportunity to say something to my friends, family, customers and my awesome team [...]
This weekend on a road trip to a cheer competition for my youngest daughter we decided to listen to “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie. It had been a long time and my husband always asks me if I have listened to it lately when I am faced with how to [...]
The biggest issue facing every American right now is the dreaded fiscal cliff. What is this fiscal cliff and what does it mean for me should be a question on everyone’s mind. Unfortunately, it is not. The public is rarely educated on the true meaning of any of these terms and although we live in [...]
There is a big misconception between what is coaching versus what is consulting. I asked a few people how they define this and I always get a different definition. So here is my definition of both…. When you think of a coach, you think of someone on the sidelines of a football team, yelling encouragement [...]
So I am making fun and I am being somewhat opportunist but seriously…. Are there lessons in this business failure? My answer is ABSOLUTELY!!! First it would be wise to mention that Hostess has a host of threats. In a SWOT analysis, I think there are more opportunities for this company to go down than [...]