by Charley Blewett | Sep 2, 2026 | Accounting Tips for Small Businesses
Hiring your first employee is a huge milestone in any business journey. You’ve reached a level of growth…where your company can support another person. And now you feel ready to take on the new responsibilities of being an employer. The day your business stops being...
by Charley Blewett | Aug 28, 2026 | Accounting Tips for Small Businesses
Check these 10 Balance Sheet accounts every month to catch problems early In this article, we’re going to answer why small business owners should read and review their company Balance Sheet every month. Let’s divide your balance sheet up into its 3 main...
by Charley Blewett | Jul 7, 2026 | Accounting Tips for Small Businesses, Small Business Resources
Are you charging your customers for the use of your capital equipment? How to recover your investment costs after purchasing construction equipment For contractors who have purchased equipment to increase job performance and productivity. Trucks, tractors, forklifts,...
by Charley Blewett | Jul 1, 2026 | Accounting Tips for Small Businesses
Why QuickBooks Online Projects is your construction company hero In our last article, I talked about using Cost Of Goods Sold (COGS) for tracking your direct job/project costs. This is instead of adding every business expense, like job costs and administrative...
by Charley Blewett | Jun 22, 2026 | Accounting Tips for Small Businesses
Why direct job-costs for service companies should be classified as COGS And not overhead and administrative expense In this article, we discuss why service companies, including contractors, should us Cost of Goods Sold. Even though your main business model is service,...
by Charley Blewett | Apr 24, 2026 | Accounting Tips for Small Businesses
How the Statement of Cash Flows Explains the Gap Last time we introduced the topic of The Statement of Cash Flows and the three divisions of tracking cash. If you missed it, you can read it here: Cash Flow – The Lifeblood of Business Payroll never waits for your...
