Finances

Learn the accounting cycle, an eight-step process for recording and analyzing your company's financial activities to ensure accurate bookkeeping.

Learn how accounting ratios and formulas work, and why you should use these accounting tools for your small business.

Many SMBs in the U.S. are suffering from crippling high rent expenses. Learn various strategies to remain solvent and survive until conditions change.

This guide offers tips on how to draft a debt collection letter and when you should send one.

Here's everything you should know about return on investment and how to use it to ensure your business spending is increasing your earnings.

Small business credit cards can help with short-term debts.

This guide explains invoice factoring, a funding option available to businesses that turns outstanding invoices into cash in exchange for a fee.

POS systems are necessary for any business that sells products. Here's how to set up yours.

Before you sign a contract with a credit card processor, you need to know what fees and terms you're agreeing to. Here's what you need to watch out for.

This guide covers some of the biggest mistakes that businesses make when filing taxes, what deductions shouldn’t be overlooked and how small business owners can get tax season right.

Businesses that operate a fleet of vehicles know how much money they are spending on fuel each month. Here are several ways to cut down on those expenses.

Learn the importance of accurate P&L statement reporting and how it may keep your business on the right track and sound financial footing.

Accepting mobile credit card payments allows your business to make sales anywhere, anytime. Find out how mobile credit card readers work.

April 15 approaches quickly, and many day-to-day decisions significantly impact your tax obligation. Follow these eight steps to stay on top of taxes.

These tax deductions might seem made up, but the IRS allows them. See if you qualify for any of these strange but legal deductions.

This guide explains when you should send an account to collections and how you should handle the process.

To determine your business' financial health, you need to know how much money you are bringing in. Here is how to calculate your annual revenue.

A biweekly pay schedule is the most common pay frequency. Here's how your small business can implement it.

Just about every business has some expenses it can cut.Learn where you can eliminate costs and help your cash flow.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, or the Dow, is an index that shows how 30 companies have traded in the stock market.

EBITDA is a way to measure your company's financial health. Learn how to use this analysis tool.

Learn the difference between gross and net revenue, which are both important metrics for businesses to track.

If your employees are regularly working past their 40 hours a week, you are liable to pay them overtime. Find out what that means for your business.

Joseph Hennessey, Small Business Innovation Research Adviser, explains

Learn all about NASDAQ, the world's second-largest, tech-heavy stock exchange.

These tools will help you accept credit cards, online or in person, without the headaches.

This guide defines intangible assets and explains why they're important to a small business.

This tax rule allows businesses to get the entire depreciation deduction in a single year.

This guide explains what compound interest is and how to calculate it for your small business.

Bankruptcy helps people and businesses get a fresh start financially. Learn what filing for bankruptcy entails, as well as its benefits and disadvantages.