Why Bookkeepers Should Go Back To School: (Part 2 – The Software)
Welcome to Week 2 of our Back to School month. Last week we talked about how to improve your core bookkeeping skills. This week I’d like to focus on the tools we use to get our work done. More specifically, how to get some app-specific training so you can get the most out of the […]
One on One: Wave
One on One is a series of reviews. Instead of a long-winded breakdown, I give you a quick summary along with one positive and one negative. Name: Wave Description: Wave is a bookkeeping service. It handles all aspects of small business bookkeeping. It handles invoicing, syncs and downloads transactions from your bank accounts, and even […]
Tell Me About Your Bookkeeping System
Today I come to you, my readers, with a question. I have spent the last 3+ years testing out different cloud-based bookkeeping options. Sometimes I just give them a few days “test run”. Other times they have impressed me enough to be added to my official bookkeeping toolbox. At present, I have 4 main services […]
Bookkeeping – Made in Canada
It’s funny how the mind works. Driving around each day, I couldn’t tell you how many red Honda Civics passed me. But if I were to buy a red Honda Civic tomorrow, suddenly I’d be seeing them at every intersection. No, I’m not about to talk about cars, or give a Radiolab-style analysis on why […]
5 Tips to Avoid an Audit
The great folks over at Wave Accounting are doing a massive series of blog posts called the Small Business 500. This is a collection of guest posts from people in various industries contributing their tips to help the small business owner. They recently approached me to write one of these posts, and it just went […]
M.Y.O.B.
the cobbler’s children have no shoes This old saying warns of a cobbler, who is so busy with his customer’s shoes, that he doesn’t bother to have proper shoes for his own family. Does this saying ring true…have you forgotten to manage your own business? If you’re a mechanic with an unreliable car, a roofer […]