The air is thick with pollen, which means it must be time for spring cleaning! It’s not just our homes that can use a refresh. If it feels like it’s time to throw open the windows of your business and let in the fresh breeze, I’ve got a few tips to keep you organized for a thorough spring cleaning. Clear out the dust bunnies, say farewell to the cobwebs in the corners, and bring some Marie Kondo energy to your company.

With the goal of making it easier for Americans to save money for retirement, Congress signed into effect the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) 2.0 Act in December 2022. The legislation affects businesses and employees across the country. There are more than 90 provisions that affect various aspects of retirement savings plans in the SECURE Act of 2022, so I’m going to highlight seven updates of note and what they mean for employers and employees.

Responsible money management is at the heart of all bookkeeping and accounting. Where an organization’s financial goals drastically differ is whether it is a for-profit business or a nonprofit organization.

When the goal is stewardship and reinvestment of funds, you’re in the realm of nonprofit accounting. If you’re a nonprofit treasurer, president, board member, or executive director, you want to be sure that funds are being used responsibly and keep the books in shape in case of an audit. For nonprofit leaders or bookkeepers dipping their toes into nonprofit work, there are a few basics you’ll want to know before you jump in.

Instead of April showers, we’re getting a sprinkling of updates to QuickBooks Online Advanced and QuickBooks Payroll. No matter how small, we’re always happy to see changes that make running business easier.

This month, there are new simple options for creating comparison visualizations, an easier way to run payroll when you employ union members, and a compelling reason to switch to QuickBooks Online Advanced and Shopify’s point of sale.

SEO (search engine optimization) matters because users matter, and users start – almost unequivocally – with search. While larger enterprises may hire a company whose sole focus is SEO, most businesses can manage their SEO in-house, making it a cost-effective way to indicate credibility, authority, value and build organic traffic, opening your business to a world of customers. And most businesses can implement a few simple tips today around keywords, content, visibility and linking to boost your search result ranking in the future.

When you purchase lower-cost assets for your business, you might be able to write off the amount on your tax return to simplify your bookkeeping and taxes. A fun shortcut to help you with tax deductions for fixed assets is called the de minimis safe harbor election. The IRS has guidance in place that determines whether the amount you pay for tangible assets would be considered an amount too small in the eyes of the law. If it is, you may take that amount as a tax deduction, also known as a tax write-off.

We’ll discuss fixed assets, so you know what purchases are acceptable under the de minimis rule; capitalization, so you know how the de minimis rule bypasses it; and the maximum amounts you can spend to stay within the de minimis safe harbor.

March comes in like a lion, roaring into action with a flurry of updates for QuickBooks Online Advanced®, QuickBooks Online®, and QuickBooks Payments.

I’m especially excited about the fleet of changes that make QuickBooks Online Advanced even better for creating, comparing, and sharing custom reports. If you’re planning to grow your business, these tools can help you make decisions by keeping the right data at your team’s fingertips.

Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) collapse late last week was the biggest news most businesses didn’t get to process before the weekend.

Personally, I saw the headlines, moved on, and then only was able to read more and research over the weekend. However, as I dug deeper into the details of the SVB failure, I realized it was more far-reaching that I thought. The good news was that I finished my research feeling confident that our economic policy and the Fed are already at work making customers whole and at the end of the day it is an exciting study of economics in action.

Keeping records for the right amount of time is confusing for many of our clients; after all, we know you would rather spend your time in your business than on your business.

Are you a pack rat or have you gone digital? How about a mix of both? Either way, very few records need to be kept forever. What’s important is to know where to find something and know the government’s requirements. You’ll want to hold on to your receipts, statements, and other documents based on tax year and, in some cases, for other reasons.

As a business owner, you may have taken the opportunity to build out your e-commerce storefront. As the worst of the pandemic subsided in 2022, shoppers returned to physical stores and cut back on big-ticket discretionary spending online, CNN reported.

Many of our clients run e-commerce businesses, and sell goods or services online. These are the top five ways I’m encouraging our business owners to entice shoppers back to their online stores.

Celebrating Valentine’s Day often brings to mind sweeping, dramatic love scenes. Think: John Cusack’s boombox serenade. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan’s rendezvous atop the Empire State Building. Anna’s self-sacrifice for Elsa on the frozen fjord. In real life, we know that love is often found not in grand gestures, but in the little things.

This February, the team at QuickBooks Online is showing its love through small updates that mean a lot. More customization in QuickBooks Online Advanced and two changes affecting QuickBooks Payroll reduce friction for users.

Happy new year! If the product updates from Intuit QuickBooks are any indication, we may all still be recovering from the holiday season and easing into 2023. No judgment from me!

The QuickBooks team released four useful updates to QuickBooks Online (QBO) in January. These changes are targeted at specific subsets of QBO users. Let’s take a look at who benefits from the software changes.