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What Employers Need to Know About Per Diem Reimbursement

3 MIN READ Per diem—if you’ve ever traveled for work, chances are you’re familiar with this term. As an employee, it’s pretty straightforward. You’re given a fixed, predetermined...

Beyond Bean Counting: Mental Health in the Workplace

2.5 MIN READ How many beans could a bean counter count if a bean counter could count beans? Well, that depends greatly on the state of their mental health at the time. The same...

How to Report Your Health Insurance Benefits as a Firm Owner

3.5 MIN READ We’ve previously written about how to pay yourself depending on your entity type. As a quick refresher, if you’re a single member LLC, you take draws. Partners in a...

How to Convert Your Books from Cash Basis to Accrual Basis Accounting

4 MIN READ When you first started your business, you may have chosen to use cash basis accounting for its simplicity. This method works well for new businesses with minimal...

A Case for Accrual Basis Accounting

3 MIN READ So, you launched your RIA and now have a laundry list of to-dos and decisions to make. One of those to-dos is keeping a set of books; the accompanying decision is...

Bean Counters and the Dawning of Democracy

2.5 MIN READ bean counter noun [informal] Beans are a cheap commodity so to count them is a rather silly thing to do. A “bean counter” is one who nitpicks over small things in...

10 Totally Random But Interesting Accounting Facts

2 MIN READ Fact: there's much more to accounting than just numbers and data entry. While accounting isn't widely known as the most exciting career, it has a long and storied past...

Cash vs. Accrual Accounting: What’s Best for Your Business?

4 MIN READ Cash and accrual accounting are the two main methods of accounting, and knowing the differences between the two and how each one works will help you choose the best...