When you own a small business, it’s vital you understand how money flows into and out of it. At a basic level, you need to know where your income comes from and what your expenses are. At a deeper level, knowing how money moves through your business can help you make strategic decisions about growth, invoicing, and debt management. The consequences of not understanding money can be drastic—poor financial management is one of the main reasons businesses fail.
Topics: accounting, accounting systems, xero accountant, cash flow
Debt can be a crippling problem for small businesses wanting to grow or just break-even during difficult times. By reducing debt you’ll improve the value of your business, its financial situation, and its ability to continue operating into the future.
Topics: small business accounting, debt, cash flow
Small businesses win work by using sales quotes. Yet they often don’t realise that how they prepare quotes can cost them business. Many lose revenue by not following up on quotes or turning quotes around fast enough.
Topics: business, Firm News, be your own boss, Blog, quotes, quoting, cash flow
Debt can be a crippling problem for small businesses wanting to grow or just break-even during difficult times. By reducing debt you’ll improve the value of your business, its financial situation, and its ability to continue operating into the future.
Topics: business, Firm News, accounting, Blog, debt, small business, TAX, break even, cash flow
The current perception is that there are many businesses that deal in cash – particularly the service industry and many of us are aware of the scenario of a business offering a discount for cash transactions. This is what is known as the ‘hidden economy” – it benefits neither the provider nor the receiver to be involved in these transactions which amount to a fraudulent activity and the Inland Revenue has targeted this ‘hidden economy’ with heavy penalties.
In fact a month ago, the Revenue Minister announced that ‘compliance activity for ‘hidden economy’ tax evasion gave a return of $45million, $5.60 for every dollar spent” – that was in 2013. This means that ensuring compliance is really worthwhile for the IR and they will continue to invest in this area.
Topics: benefits of Xero, business, Firm News, accounting, Blog, Inland Revenue, TAX, cash flow
Most small businesses experience cash flow problems from time to time and urgently need working capital. Many business owners immediately think of the bank or loans when they’re short of money. But there are other resources you can tap before you ask for that expensive overdraft or overdraft extension. The money you need might already be there—locked up in inventory, assets or your debtors’ book.
Topics: business, Firm News, accounting, Blog, income, cash flow
The Tax Changes – are they making you worried about your future losses or is it back to fundamentals in property investment.
Topics: assets, Firm News, investment property, tax changes, taxation, accounting, Blog, deppreciation, expenses, income, investor, IRD, LTC, mortgage, property, wise advice, accountant, cash flow, look through company