Author page: Mary-Anne Aikins

Bookkeeping, a key to Small Business Success

For any small business that aims to grow and be successful, systematically and comprehensively recording financial transactions must be paramount. Raising and issuing out invoices, filling requisitions and payment vouchers, recording bills and filing receipts, filing tax returns and a well-run financial operation is crucial to success and can help preempt problems that may arise in the future. Typical of…

How cash works in business

For all organizations be it multinationals, small and medium-sized enterprises, or not-for-profits, money is needed in order to be sustainable, and achieve their vision and objectives. Business owners are looking out for dividends and capital appreciation hence, the need to declare more profits. Profits are good and much preferable to losses however, it drives most business operators or managers into…

How To Manage An Asset Register

Managing a business’s assets as an entrepreneur can be needlessly overwhelming. This can be made easier all year round with a simple and well-organized asset register template. What’s an asset register? An asset register basically shows the asset the business owns. It details the value of assets, date of acquisition (and of disposal) and other details necessary to compute for…

Boosting Your Business in 2019; New Tax Policy Reforms To Consider In Your Budget Preparation.

A new year is fast approaching, and every business owner is looking forward to a much more promising year ahead. There were peak seasons of great sales and months that didn’t look as good; direct or indirect costs were too much to control due to internal and external business pressures. Anyways, 2019 is coming with its own expectations and business…

Managing your Debtors Effectively for Business Success

It is now widely accepted that cash is king and at the same time, the lifeblood of any business. Imagine this situation in a cash strapped workplace: there is little cash to purchase run-out inventory, creditors are making arrangements to sue due to prolonged non-payment of credit granted, workers have not received their remuneration for months, little funds are available…