by admin | Jun 8, 2022 | Accountant, Accounting Tips, Bookkeeping, Business Advice, Financial Advice, Small Business
Last year, I wrote this post as a way to support small business owners coming out of the COVID-19 Pandemic. This year, I’m revisiting this post and updating it a bit since we’re now heading into a higher inflationary period. People are going to be looking at...
by admin | Apr 22, 2022 | Accounting Tips, Small Business, Tax Accountant, Tax Tips, Taxes, Year End
April – the traditional time when the stress level of all public accountants is at a high due to the due date of most personal tax returns. And fortunately or unfortunately, since the 30th of April is falling on a Saturday this year (2022), we actually have until...
by admin | Apr 14, 2022 | Accounting Tips, Tax Accountant, Tax Tips, Taxes
April is here and it’s time to stop procrastinating and pull together all of your tax slips, donations, child care receipts, medical receipts, and work-from-home office expenses to prepare your tax return. I think it is important for people to prepare their own tax...
by admin | Mar 23, 2022 | Bookkeeping, Business Strategy, Financial Advice, Small Business, Tax Accountant, Tax Tips
This is one of the most common questions that I’ll receive from my owner-managed business clients. There isn’t a blanket answer that I can give every client. Mainly because every client’s business is different and every client is different. Quick Overview of Each...
by admin | Jan 21, 2022 | Accountant, Accounting Tips, Tax Accountant, Tax Tips, Taxes
Generally, I’ll do my best to take the same days off of work as my kids have off from school. However, sometimes it is a bit “hit or miss”. This year, it was a cold but restful time off so now I’m feeling rested and ready for whatever 2022 is going to throw my way. ...
by admin | Dec 14, 2021 | Accounting Tips, Bookkeeping, Tax Accountant, Tax Tips, Taxes
Wishing everyone all the best for this holiday season. On the very Wet Coast of BC, I’m just really hoping that Mother Nature has had her fill with wreaking havoc on the province that I call home and will give us a bit of a reprieve. Between the heatwave this summer...
by admin | Oct 20, 2021 | Bookkeeping, Guest Post, Self-Employed, Small Business, Startups
This month’s blog is featuring a guest blogger. My dear friend Kerry Smithies, of MyCloudBookkeeping, has graciously written about some tips that she has for in-house bookkeeping. I hope that you find it helpful. 5 Tips for Managing Your Bookkeeping In-House Guest...
by admin | Sep 13, 2021 | Accountant, Accounting Tips, Bookkeeping, Small Business, Tools
Companies like Inuit (QuickBooks) and Sage are putting a lot of time and resources into converting their traditional desktop users onto their Cloud platforms. There are also companies like Xero, FreshBooks, and Wave that have only ever existed in the cloud. The...
by admin | Aug 4, 2021 | Business Advice, Entrepreneur, Guest Post, Self-Employed, Small Business, Startups
I’ve had my own accounting practice since the fall of 2007. So it’s been almost 14 years since I’ve been working for myself. I don’t really view myself as an entrepreneur, but according to the Oxford Dictionary, I am one. Their definition of an Entrepreneur is: “a...
by admin | Jun 9, 2021 | Accountant, Bookkeeping, Business Advice, Small Business, Startups
You’ve started your own business, it’s starting to grow and you’ve quickly realized that you need help with your business finances. But do you hire an accountant or a bookkeeper? What’s the difference? Is there a difference? Although these roles share common goals,...
