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Chart of Accounts Setup – Part 4

In part 4 of these series regarding the Chart of Accounts setup, I will delve into thinking about recognizing Overhead Expenses in your Chart of Accounts. Overhead costs, which are sometimes referred to as General Administrative or Indirect Costs, can be fixed in nature, such as rent and insurance, or can be purchases that have

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Chart of Accounts Setup – Part 2

In part 2 of these series regarding the Chart of Accounts setup, I will delve into thinking about the various ways you can recognize income in your Chart of Accounts. Income (or revenues or sales) can be recognized based strictly on what you are selling, or you can just have on income account called “Sales”

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Chart of Accounts Setup – Part 1

When creating your bookkeeping platform for the first time (or re-organizing it), the first thing to decide on is what you want your basic Balance Sheet and Income Statement financial reports to tell you. This is where you want to have a proper Chart of Accounts set up in your platform. The Chart of Accounts

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Payroll Setup in your Chart of Accounts

Whether you are going to be integrating your payroll data from a 3rd party provider into your current bookkeeping platform or utilizing your own in-house payroll system, it is always a good idea to properly setup your corresponding liability and expense accounts in your chart of accounts AND periodically check the data and balances in all

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Organizing Your Chart of Accounts in QuickBooks

Nearly every time I begin working with a new client, I have to modify their Chart of Accounts.  There is generally a lack of proper organization and a misuse of Balance Sheet and Income Statement type accounts that requires my assistance.  There are usually three issues found in the misuse of the accounts: Redundancy –

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