那么什么是簿记呢?”

Believe it or not that’s actually one of the most frequently asked questions we get. Small business owners seem to understand that it has to do with basic business finances, 但是什么是真正的簿记?!

Bookkeeping Basics

“Bookkeeping” is the act 记录财务交易. Seems simple, right?

Well, wait a second, 既然我们在这里，让我们也来分析一下“交易”这个词, 所以我们有了簿记最基本的组成部分!

什么是金融交易?

There are two general types of transactions you need to record for your bookkeeping, your expenses and your income. 在最基本的层面上，你是在记录钱的流向 out 你的生意(费用)和随之而来的钱 into 你的生意(你的收入).

Expense Basics

我们得记录这笔钱 out 这样我们就能知道我们的...

Wow, we covered a lot 过去一个月的信息. And for all that we did cover, there’s so much more information that we could have given you… 但一下子就弄明白是很困难的. 

Profitability, in theory, is simple, but in practice, it takes time to understand and even more time (and plenty of energy) to apply your knowledge to your small business.

别让别人说我们让你孤立无援! 我们有一些很好的资源可以利用 ourselves 也适用于我们相对多样化的小型企业客户.

Profitability Review

As we know by now, 盈利能力不仅仅在于数字, profitability is much more of a measure of your efficiency and ability to grow. More specifically, profitability is a measurement of how much profit you can make with a given set of resources and inputs.

我们知道，有一个坚定的把握你 expenses is the first step to...

你在赚钱，你很开心，但是接下来你会做什么呢? Let’s discuss how you can use your net income to further your own profitability and lay the groundwork for long-term success!

管理利润及储蓄

If you made it this far with no debt, you should not only pat yourself on the back, maybe you could tell us 你的秘诀——但对大多数小企业来说, the first few years are more about staying afloat and learning the ins and outs of your new dream job. 

Most of us have borrowed in some form or another to make sure we had the cash flow to maintain our business during its infancy. Now that we have secured net income and we understand how to make our services profitable - we can focus on managing our money efficiently! 

If coming up with a Debt Reduction 计划不是你理解你的 business expenses, than now is the time to do it! 先从利率最高的地方支付...

如果你知道我们的 recent blogs you’ve already learned the foundation of small business profitability - your expenses and your income. Now it’s time to expand on this foundation to create sustainable changes in your business that lead to long term success.

It may seem like the above covers almost everything about making your small business more profitable, and we did cover a lot of very important things that will make you a smarter business owner, but there’s even more 你可以这样做，以创建一个高效和有利可图的业务!

了解你的客户

爱，恨，或者介于两者之间，你 need 让你的小生意兴旺起来!

当你刚开始的时候，你会感激拥有 any clients, and you probably aren’t worried about retention or sales trends. But now, you’re smarter and you understand 资金在你的生意中流动-所以是时候了...

上周我们讨论了如何做到这一点 了解你的小生意开支 是让你的生意更赚钱的关键因素吗. 现在我们要在这个基础上 really 当我们想到盈利能力时， income.

费用和收入的关系

简单来说，你的收入就是你所有的钱 bring in 而你的开销就是 goes out. 利润是这两个数字的差值.

One common phrase that we hear and say frequently is “if you want to make money, 你必须花钱.”

这并不意味着你只需要花一定的钱, you need to make good decisions about what you spend your money on so those expense result in income for your small business.

Evaluating your expenses on a regular basis is one of the best ways for small business owners to stay on top of their financial plans and, most importantly, meet...

Keeping your Small Business books in good order is something that we’ve hammered home to our readers over the last year - but there’s more to good business than just keeping your books up to date, in fact, 这仅仅是个开始! 

Good bookkeeping is the gateway to making your business go from good to amazing and it will allow you to turn small successes into huge gains.

So.... What is profitability?

Well it’s not 最重要的是你的头一行. 也就是说，盈利能力并不是只由你来衡量的 INCOME，远不止这些.

Profit 绝对数字是通过减去总数来计算的吗 expenses from the total income.

So your profit 保证金是一个坚实的数字，而你 profitability is a relative one. 如果这听起来更像是数学理论而不是商业实践, don’t worry, 跟着我们，我们会解释的...  

在最简单的意义上， profitability is a metric 公司会用它来决定如何...

你能相信2018年是吗 almost done??!

We certainly can’t! 这似乎无关紧要 how organized your are, when you have a lot of stuff to do, it’s almost like time passes faster. And since I’d get in trouble if this blog became a discussion about relativity, we’ll skip to the good part and cover 4 Tips and Tricks to help you make sure your books are where they need to be!

确保你的书为新年做好准备的4种方法

如果你在2018年一直关注我们的博客, 你可能对其中的一些技巧很熟悉, 但这不会让他们成为任何 less useful.

你这一年来是否大部分时间都在读书, 或者你盯着几个月的交易, 继续读下去，你会发现一些节省你时间和保持理智的方法!

1 .会计图表

你的帐户图表，或CoA，是你的朋友! It contains all of the categories that you use to keep your bookkeeping records as well...

 Mileage Matters

We’re going to cut to the chase here: mileage deductions are one of the most frequently missed 营业税报税表的扣除额. It’s not a small deduction either, Intuit reports that mileage deductions average out to 每位自雇订户超过600美元.

这些钱你每年都可以省下来. 

Mileage Tracking Apps

Quickbooks Online offers a plethora of apps you can use to make your experience better. Here we’ve got a list of the best software apps that you can use to track your business mileage!

在线自我雇佣

If you are a sole proprietor and use a Schedule C for your small business, 那么你应该考虑使用自己的Quickbooks. It’s mobile phone app allows you to record your mileage and directly populate your tax forms through Intuit’s Turbotax software.

里程追踪不需要额外的费用...

为什么我们需要对帐 & credit card accounts?

To keep it simple... Because we want to make sure the transactions reflected in your business records match the transactions recorded by your bank.

We use bank (and credit card) statements to double check that the accounts in our bookkeeping system, accurately reflect the transactions in the physical account they represent.

系统的使用 复式簿记 help ensure that you enter the correct numbers in the right places; bank reconciliations is the "bow" you tie on your account that lets you know that all of your transactions were recorded correctly, then they match the actual transactions and balances in your bank accounts to make sure you didn't make any mistakes.

Now you might be wondering, do ALL of my accounts need to be reconciled?  答案是否定的.  但是为了帮助你知道哪些账目需要和解, 这是一个关于你的账户的快速复习...

Previously we covered 簿记和会计的区别 and 簿记的定义，现在你知道了 what 是的，我们会告诉你如何使用它!

如果簿记是记录金融交易的行为，那么簿记是一种记录金融交易的行为 bookkeeping system 是否设计了一个系统来记录和查看这些金融交易!

基本的小企业簿记概述 

让我们简要回顾一下这个金融蛋糕中的一些重要成分!

There are several basic (but very important parts) of a bookkeeping system: the basis, the entry system，以及簿记或会计的使用 tools.

Basis 指的是你选择的记录金融交易的方法.....  cash or accrual basis?

Entry System 指单记账法或复式记账法. 它与你的 tool of choice, as well. We highly 建议您使用 double entry 对于簿记来说，它更准确，为您提供更多的数据. To make...