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Payroll Accounting: What it is and how to do it properly
What is Payroll accounting? Payroll accounting is generally about properly accounting for salaries and wages of workers, taking into consideration the statutory obligations that arise and then making payments for them within the required time and with the right documentation. It hinges on 3 pillars: the terms of employment, the policies of the company, and …
How can the use of accounting software help my business to grow?
There are two ways that a business can account for its transactions: manually through the use of notebooks/exercise books or electronically through the use of accounting software. Each of these has its merits and demerits. However, the benefits the use of accounting software comes with is invaluable and far surpasses the manual approach. In this …
4 Keys to Effective Bookkeeping Practices
Effective financial record-keeping is essential for business survival and growth. It entails planning, organizing, controlling and monitoring your financial data to achieve the ultimate business objective. Most small and medium business owners often neglect to follow through religiously, this sometimes may be due to either not having full knowledge of keeping appropriate records or having …
How Does Outsourced Bookkeeping Work?
After speaking to a few professionals who had had the opportunity to work with at least an SME either as an account officer, finance officer or during an audit, it was gathered that, most of these business owners wanted to have ultimate control of their financial information without sharing. Others also had not had a …
Why you should reconcile your books
When was the first or last time you wrote down your day’s expenditure? Do you even take time to reconcile or balance your bank statement or mobile money mini statement with the records of expenditure you may have penned down in a cash book? From our experiences, hardly do small businesses do that. The bank …
When Should You Outsource Your Bookkeeping And Accounting ?
Immediately you leave your comfort zone and launch your business, it might feel like the engine of your brand-new car is running faster than you can control. It is always up to you the driver to apply the brakes to control the speed. Likewise, as a business owner, it is your responsibility to regulate the …
Why Outsource your bookkeeping and accounting services?
Starting one’s own business is a huge milestone for every entrepreneur. After getting the courage to transfer the idea into reality, the next thought is to make the business grow and be highly sustainable and successful. Only few business owners develop the habit of keeping their accounts up-to-date and tax records in order. The focus …