Mid-Year Financial Review
A mid-year financial review is a great way to check in on the status of your business and books. Get things shipshape before there’s a mess!
Not Business As Usual
July Journal
The July 2021 Journal covers small business finance news, tax deadlines, a beautiful risk chart, and links for businesses and nonprofits.
May Journal
The May 2021 Journal discusses what’s going on in finance, a few tax deadlines, a couple of charts, and links for businesses and nonprofits.
Personal and Business Money: Keep it separated!
It’s very important for small business owners to have great personal and business separation, particularly with regard to finances. Here’s what that means, why to do it, and how.
April Journal
The April Journal is chock full of information, charts, and links about curent financial topics like the PPP, American Rescue Act and giving levels that affect small businesses and nonprofits.
What can a profit margin show you?
What can a profit margin show you? Beyond the basic ratios, profit margin can show you how well you’re meeting business goals and priorities. Find out how to calculate these margins, and more about what they can teach you.
March Journal
The March 2021 Journal waffles about current economic and financial events, deadlines, and details. Plus charts!
Cash Flow Isn’t the Same as Profit
Profit isn’t the same as cash flow, but they’re both important to a business’s financial health. It’s pretty common for new business owners to to point to the profit/loss number on the P&L and think that it has something to […]
February Journal
The February 2021 Journal updates you on economic and financial current events, deadlines, and details. Plus charts!
January Journal
The January 2021 Journal is full of links, charts and topics about current financial topics affecting small businesses and nonprofits. Plus charts!
November Journal
The November Journal is full of links, charts and topics about current financial topics affecting small businesses and nonprofits.
Finance Professional?
So you need the help of a finance professional. The question is, what financial professional? This article looks at the most common types of pros and discusses what they do and how they can help you.
September Journal
The September Journal is full of links, charts and topics about current financial topics affecting small businesses and nonprofits.
Deductible expenses (and what NOT to deduct)
Every year you do a lot for your business, and much of it costs money. You can use those expenses to save money on your taxes. The IRS lets you take deductions, which are business expenses that are legally permissible […]
August Journal
The August Journal is full of links, charts and topics about current financial topics affecting small businesses and nonprofits.