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How to Organize Personal Finances: Take Control Today
If you had to “show” your personal financial plan right now, what would you open: If your money feels scattered…
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Did You Choose the Right One? Xero vs. QuickBooks Online
What Business Owners and Accountants Need to Know If you’ve been hearing more and more buzz about Xero as a…
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Xero vs QuickBooks Online: Why This CPA Switched (2026 Guide)
This Xero vs QuickBooks Online breakdown is for the small business owner. I’ve created a real-world, CPA-level breakdown of how…
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How to Automate Invoicing for Faster Payments
Ready to automate invoicing because you’re tired of sending invoices at midnight, chasing late payments, and wondering which clients still…
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Relay Pricing: Which Plan Is Right for Your Small Business?
Relay just rolled out a tiered pricing model for 2025*—and if you bank on Relay (or you’re Profit First-curious and…
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Relay For The Profit First Cash Management Method (Master Your Cashflow)
Think Profit First has you covered? Not quite. If you’re still running your business from one account—or even if you’ve…
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Top Business Budgeting Techniques: Drive Financial Success
If you’re a small business owner desiring better business budgeting techniques, you might feel like money comes in and disappears…
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OnPay Payroll: What I Learned After My First Payroll
Thinking about switching payroll providers and considering OnPay Payroll? I just ran my first payroll with OnPay—for my actual business—and…
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How to Hire Remote Workers for Small Businesses
Hiring a remote employee or managing team members across state lines in 2025? This guide breaks down exactly what small…
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How To Onboard a New Employee: Best Practices and Essential Tips
Need to know how to onboard a new employee? ? Congratulations—this is a huge milestone for your business. But let’s…
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What Age Can You Actually Hire Your Kids?
The Rules, Tax Perks, and Step-by-Step Setup Thinking about hiring your kids in your business, but not sure when it’s…
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Essential Guide to Hire Family Members
Did you know that as a small business owner, you can hire family members to maximize profit and reduce tax…
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6 Jobs Your Child Can Confidently Perform For Your Business To Save Big On Taxes
Finding jobs your child can perform in your business serves multiple purposes for your family – and your pocketbook. Running…
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Why A Bigger Tax Bill Doesn’t Always Mean You’re Paying Too Much
These tax tips for small businesses can help you better understand what you really owe, where you may be overpaying,…
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How to Pay a 1099 Employee And Avoid IRS Penalties
If you hired a freelancer, VA, designer, editor, consultant, attorney, or any other non-employee in 2025, here’s the short answer…
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New 1099 Rules: What You Need to Know and the Big Shifts Happening
Big 1099 rules changes are here …. Are you ready? Whether you’re a freelancer, contractor, small business owner, or someone…
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Is an S Corp Actually Saving You Money?
(The Math Nobody Looks At) Thinking about switching to an S Corporation for tax savings? Before you make the leap,…
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What Age Can You Actually Hire Your Kids?
The Rules, Tax Perks, and Step-by-Step Setup Thinking about hiring your kids in your business, but not sure when it’s…
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S Corporation Reasonable Salary: How to Calculate It Right
Wondering how much you should pay yourself as an S-Corp owner this year? You’re in the right spot. In this…
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Accounting and Finance Automation Tips To Take The Vacation You Deserve
I recently did something I had never done since starting my business in 2018: I stepped away for three full…
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Do This Business Finance Checklist (That Future You Will Love)
A business finance checklist is one of the simplest ways to launch and maintain a healthy business, and at year-end…
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I Switched All My Financial Tools in 2025 … Here’s What I’m Using Now (and Why)
If you’ve ever stayed with a clunky system way past its expiration date because switching sounded exhausting…hi, friend, you’re in…
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