Should your business accept personal checks, debit cards, or mobile payments? What kind of identification can you ask customers to show when making purchases? How does the law regulate the acceptance of large sums of cash? Establishing payment and co...
In addition to running a business and managing employees, small business owners must also stay on top of their financial records. FindLaw's section on Accounting Forms and Contracts contains forms, contracts, and other sample documents pertaining to ...
The often intimidating, but critical, part of starting a small business is learning about the "numbers" side of the business. You may have a great product, unique concept, and personality in abundance, but if you can't get your head wrapped around ba...
What is the Valuation Process? You may be wondering, "How much is my company worth?" When you go through the valuation process , you are basically determining what the company is worth. What that means is making reasonable estimates of the value of a...
Running a successful business takes a lot of time and work. One of the keys to running a successful small business is sound accounting and financial management. This is true of a business whether it accepts cash only or deals in large volumes of cred...
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Overview of the difference between cash and accrual accounting, and how to decide which to use
A chronological summary of the process of taking your company public, from board approval to pricing the shares
When a customer doesn't pay his or her bill, business owners have a tough choice to make. In some cases, collecting debts can take a long time and cost more money than it's worth. If a customer goes into bankruptcy, many businesses will just give up ...