If you as the business owner have loaned your business a lump sum amount, then you will need to treat it like an official loan to be amortized and create a predetermined schedule of repayments from the business to yourself. This is fairly easy to do as this can be created and maintained in a
Read MoreThis article addresses the bookkeeping maintenance of a typical cash loan, mortgage or line of credit account. It does NOT address the maintenance of credit card accounts. Updating and reconciling a loan account is just as important as maintaining your bank and credit card accounts in your bookkeeping records. I say this because so many
Read MoreMy client, Sophia, has recently obtained mortgage refinancing for two of her properties and has asked AccuraBooks (her current bookkeeping service provider) to make these entries into the bookkeeping platform. In particular, Sophia was able to close out (pay off) the old loan and obtain a much higher loan as part of the terms for
Read MoreMy client, Mary, recently made a personal loan to her small business in the amount of $20,000. This personal loan actually originated from a bank, in which Mary took out in her own name, then she transferred these funds to her business bank account. This loan is also charging interest in which Mary will have
Read MoreMy client, Tammy, has multiple companies (each company does have its own EIN) and thus is always transferring cash between companies: I have recommended to Tammy not to abuse this practice due to tax reasons, especially if she were to ever create business structures that would require, amongst other things, these transfers to be treated
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