Book Description
The premier resource for basic bookkeeping and business record management,
Keeping the Books is a comprehensive, yet down to earth, treatment of one of the most important, yet often neglected, aspects of running a business. User-friendly and packed with easy-to-understand illustrations, worksheets, and forms, this popular financial reference tool is completely updated, and replete with the variety of IRS forms that entrepreneurs have to be familiar with. From updating car and transportation expenses to exploding the myths around independent contractors, the author presents everything a small company needs to know to maintain proper records.
Following the roadmap outlined in
Keeping the Books, entrepreneurs will learn how to:
Prepare and analyze financial statements to stay in touch with the heartbeat of their businessSet up bookkeeping systems to keep track of financial detailsMaintain the required IRS records necessary to stay out of troublePlan for required taxes due
Customer Reviews:
Great book for small business owners...........2006-12-12
This is one of my two favorite accounting books for small business owners. The other is "Small Business Accounting Simplified" by Daniel Sitarz. These books present a lot of the same information, but they have slightly different perspectives on small business accounting and I think both viewpoints are useful and complimentary. Establishing your accounting system is serious business, so I would consider purchasing both. It's a small investment considering how important and time consuming this area could be for small business.
With that said, this book will help you to understand the basics of accounting and the advantages and disadvantages of various methods of keeping your books. It is very streamlined, practical and will help you to get your books together quickly using the easiest system that is appropriate for your business.
This is a very non-intimidating book and first time business owners will really like it. The other book I recommended above by Sitarz is more involved and may be something you want to get down the road. If you are a very small business, this book may have all you need and you may appreciate that it lacks some detail that might be unnecessary.
Both books that I mention are adequate to get a small business up and running. However, if you are not a numbers person by nature or have an aversion to accounting, this might be the best place to start. As part of my livelihood I do small business consulting and this title and the one I mentioned in the first paragraph are the two books I most often recommend for a new small business.
Your Business at a Glance.......2005-11-08
This is an excellent book that teaches you to chart: where you would like to go on your business journey; where you are; and what you need to do to adjust your journey towards your profit goals.
Long before reading this book, I had asked an Accountant the difference between fixed and variable assets - he really didn't answer my question. In fact, he seemed to be annoyed that I would ask such a question.
But this book gives the answer in a very succinct description, with supporting information.
Above all, this book walks the small business owner through:
1. Record Keeping;
2. Business Accounting;
3. General Ledgers;
4. Financial Statements; and,
5. Taxes.
And this is definitely a resource to keep referring to, until you have mastered the process of growing profit.
Great for the Basics.......2005-09-21
This is an excellent book for those learning to keep books, or needing to brush up on their bookeeping skills. It is very detailed, and simplified. I found it easy to follow and understand.
Excellent introduction.......2005-06-12
This book is a very good introduction to bookkeeping. If you majored in finance and are an erolled agent with the IRS, you probably won't need this book. People with a much more limited knowledge of bookkeeping will benefit greatly.
Save your money; don't buy this book........2005-03-20
Considering the high cost of this book, it was definitely not worth it. Most of the information in this book could have been accessed for free through the IRS. I should have paid attention to the negative reviews that were written by other people to not buy this book. In addition, the entire book deals with single-entry bookkeeping. It tells you that you should hire an accountant or a professional payroll firm to do other types of bookkeeping. Most people like myself, who buy self-help books, are financially challenged, and buy these books to learn how to do everything themselves. We cannot afford to hire outside help.
Book Description
Whether you are just starting your own daycare or have been in business for years, this book is for you!
The Home Daycare Complete Recordkeeping System is a great resource for home daycare providers. This 130 page book is packed with all of the financial information necessary to establish and maintain a recordkeeping system. It includes easy-to-follow instructions to determine the Space/Time Formula, a comprehensive listing of often overlooked business expenses, and even step-by-step instructions on completing your Federal tax forms.
There are also 24 reproducible worksheets in the book including mileage logs, inventory sheets, income and expense statements, computer logs, and a variety of federal tax forms.
Insightful tax tips are sprinkled throughout the book and a daycare has been created so that you can view completed forms before preparing your own.
This book is designed to save you money by reducing your taxable income and ensuring you meet the recordkeeping requirements to satisfy the Internal Revenue Service in the event of an audit.
This one time purchase can be used for years to come in conjunction with a free annual income tax update service.
Written by an accountant who also operated a home daycare.
Customer Reviews:
Money Well Spent.......2006-04-03
This is a must have for anyone in the Home Daycare business. It is easy to follow and has saved me thousands of dollars over the past three tax years.
This System works!.......2003-10-12
The Home Daycare Complete Recordkeeping System is chocked full of detailed information (w/examples!) and is a reference tool I continue to use. Every business needs a recordkeeping system and if you are in the DAYCARE business-this book is a must-have for your reference library.
The home daycare complete recordkeeping system.......2002-07-17
I love this book. It's very detailed and doesn't let you forget a thing about the business of childcare. Keep every dime you earn!! I don't think you will regret the investment.
Try it!
Clear, concise and easy to follow.......2001-11-28
When you're in business, you don't have time to think about high level concepts -- you just want to know how to get things done. Thompson does an excellent job of giving you the information you need in a format that's easy to follow. I'd recommend this book to anyone who owns a daycare business -- Thompson is thorough in her examples and showed me several areas where I was missing potential deductions. This is a great book for daycare business owners!
Outstanding Resource for Childcare Providers!!!!.......2000-09-03
As a professional in the childcare industry, it was quite refreshing for me to see such a valuable resource being made available to childcare providers. I have researched all of the various recordkeeping products that are available on the market , and I found that the The Home Daycare Complete Recordkeeping System is hands down the best resource currently available! The author of this book has obviously taken alot of time to explain practices and procedures in a manor that is professional as well as educational.
In my professional opinion, The Home Daycare Complete Recordkeeping System is a must have reference book for all childcare providers!
Average customer rating:
- Excellent resource for small business owners
- Great book
- Great book to add to your library
- The monetary basics every business owner has to know
- One of my 'Top Ten Books' for entrepreneurial women.
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Minding Her Own Business: The Self-Employed Woman's Guide to Taxes and Recordkeeping
Jan Zobel
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Book Description
This easy-to-read and understand book is invaluable for women (and men) who are already in business or just starting to be self-employed, and who are trying to learn exactly what tax responsibilities they have.
Not just a tax-season book, but a year round guide, Minding Her Own Business provides complete tax and recordkeeping information for self-employed people and independent contractors. Readers will learn about the different business entities (sole-proprietor, LLC, corporation, partnership), what the tax differences are between being an employee and a self-employed person, which business expenses are deductible and what proof the IRS expects to see, how to reduce your chances of being audited, whether you need to make quarterly estimated tax payments (and how to calculate the amount to send), how to deduct a home office (or should you?), whether you can deduct your business vehicle (and what records you need), how to choose a tax preparer or a bookkeeper, what taxes self-employed people pay, which tax forms are filed by sole proprietors, whether it's a good idea to prepare your own return using a tax preparation program, how to set up a simple record keeping system, and much much more.
This recently published 4th edition of Minding Her Own Business contains the general information you'll need to prepare your own 2004 tax return (or to get ready your materials for your preparer) and also for doing your 2005 tax planning.
Unlike some tax books, Minding Her Own Business is not an academic book. It is not written in legal language. It was written by a tax preparer (enrolled agent) who has been preparing tax returns for self employed people for more than 25 years. She has prepared over 8,000 tax returns and currently has 400 tax clients with whom she uses this information every day! The author has also been teaching small business tax seminars throughout the country for more than 20 years so she has a very good idea of what questions self-employed people have about taxes. You'll find those questions (and the answers) inside Minding Her Own Business.
Terry Savage in the Chicago Sun-Times wrote about Minding Her Own Business, 'If you have your own business or are thinking about starting one, you need this book.'
Paul Tulenko in The Atlanta Business Chronicle wrote: 'Clearly written and superbly easy to use. One of the best I've seen on the essentials of keeping books and paying taxes.'
Anna Marks, publisher of Bay Area BusinessWoman wrote "Women business owners should not be without this book. It's like having a tax professional by your side at all times."
Small business columnist Jane Applegate wrote, "Minding Her Own Business is a great addition to anyone's business library. Zobel has the ability to explain financial issues in a clear and understandable manner."
Customer Reviews:
Excellent resource for small business owners.......2007-07-13
This book is the best I have read when it comes to breaking down financial information needed to run your own business. I used this book in every step of my business setup.
Great book.......2007-03-15
Highly recommended. Everything is described very simple and clear. And oh, boy, when it comes to taxes, there is a reason we hire someone to prepare the documents. Now I know so much, I am going to do it myself this year.
Great book to add to your library.......2005-09-30
I found this book easy to read and understand. Each of the topics were described in just enough detail - enough to give you the essentials needed to keep your books, yet not so much that you got lost in irrelevant details. I read it in one day. Sure to be referenced for years to come.
The monetary basics every business owner has to know.......2005-04-06
Now in an updated fourth edition, Minding Her Own Business is a guide to taxes and financial records written especially for self-employed women, but highly recommended for entrepreneurs everywhere regardless of gender. Written in plain and simple terms, Minding Her Own Business covers licenses and permits, bank accounts and credit cards, records the IRS expects one to have, ledger books and recordkeeping systems, 1099 Forms, identifying deductible expenses, filling tax forms and much more. A thorough overview of the monetary basics every business owner has to know.
One of my 'Top Ten Books' for entrepreneurial women........2005-03-15
One of my 'Top Ten Books' I list in the resources of all my books for self-employed and entrepreneurial women " Priscilla Y. Huff, 101 Best Home-Based Businesses for Women, 3rd. ed.
Book Description
Tired of looking around for all those receipts? Frustrated each year when it comes time to do your taxes?
This is the book to solve all of these problems!
The book contains all recordkeeping forms for one complete year of transactions for a home daycare business. Forms are sorted by month and each chapter contains a convenient envelope to store all receipts.
Inside this book you will find forms for tracking your time, income, direct expenses, indirect expenses, computer use, and so much more!
Annual forms are also included to summarize activity for the year.
Instead of searching for last minute deductions, you will have everything you need in one completely organized book!
2003 Edition
Customer Reviews:
HOME DAYCARE RECORDKEEPING JOURNAL: THE BOOK OF FORMS.......2006-02-23
EXCELLENT RESOURCE FOR HOME DAYCARE. THERE ARE EVEN ENVELOPES INSIDE TO KEEP MONTHLY RECEIPTS. KEEPS THINGS ORGANIZED FOR TAX TIME.EVERYTHING IS IN ONE PLACE.I LOVE IT!!!
Get ORGANIZED!.......2003-10-10
Home Daycare Recordkeeping Journal: The Book of Forms, has provided me with a very IMPORTANT tool to keep my papers, forms and receipts in order! This journal continues to be my ultimate recordkeeping log and makes tax time a breeze.
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21st Century Revision of a classic! The basics of a volunteer recordkeeping system: the why and how of application forms, volunteer data files, assignment records, time and activity reports, proving impact.
Customer Reviews:
Dry, dry, dry... but it is what you definitely need to know........2003-06-10
This one is tough to digest. However, if you are seriously in need of covering your corporate behind, this text contains the ultimate counseling you will need. You see, state law allows for too much ambiguity when it comes to interpreting record retention laws (hence, too many cases end up in court). This book provides rational defenses against such nebulously written laws and shows how due diligence and sticking to your own processes can get you through (while keeping your money). Worth the wait (i.e., not in print... I waited weeks for the book).-Bc
Average customer rating:
- Great Book to keep on your business shelf
- Not exactly what I expected, but helpful
- Clarifies accounting the way wheat is separated from chaff
- It makes accounting understandable and business easy!
- Well written but miss titled
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Jack Fox
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Book Description
If you're one of the country's 20.5 million self-employed businesspeople, here's some news you simply can't afford to ignore . . .
Each year, thousands of hardworking people watch their dreams of successful self-employment go up in smoke because of poor paper management. That's right, one of the main reasons why so many businesses fold nowadays is because their owners never learned how to properly manage their paperwork or keep accurate financial records. Now there's a way to guarantee that your business doesn't get plowed under by an avalanche of complicated paperwork or hurt by inconsistent financial recordkeeping. It's Accounting and Recordkeeping Made Easy for the Self-Employed.
In this new guide written just for the self-employed, business consultant and renowned seminar leader Jack Fox, shows you how to painlessly—and inexpensively—set up and maintain easy-to-follow recordkeeping and accounting systems in your business, whether it's service or manufacturing oriented. Based on his many years of consulting in this area and his own personal experiences, Fox clearly and concisely:
- Arms you with cutting-edge techniques for managing all the financial, clerical, and analytical aspects of running a home-based business
- Describes the latest recordkeeping and accounting software and shows you how to integrate it into your day-to-day operations
- Demystifies accounting and walks you through accounting skills and operations, including accounts receivable, invoicing, and creating and analyzing profit and loss statements
- Provides practical solutions to the most common financial and recordkeeping problems the self-employed face
- Supplies you with numerous case studies, usable worksheets, and sample forms
You don't need to hire an expensive efficiency consultant because Jack Fox shows you how to manage your business in his simple, straightforward system.
Customer Reviews:
Great Book to keep on your business shelf.......2007-03-09
Very informative and reminded me of things I had forgotten. A good book for people just starting a business.
Not exactly what I expected, but helpful.......2003-11-22
Half of this book deals with the technology of organizing your own business. While that would have been very helpful in 1994, it is outdated now. If you are new to technology you may still find some good advice in those sections dealing with computer hardware, software (desktop, information management, and accounting). I just skimmed those sections to make sure I wasn't missing anything.
The other half deals with the organization and structure of accounting. I found the first chapter on getting organized particularly helpful. There is also a chapter on dealing with the IRS as a self-employed individual. The remaining few chapters address accounting and bookkeeping.
The accounting information is very good for anyone who knows very little about accounting. However, I found the same level of detail and instruction at the Small Business Administration website. I was hoping to find a little bit more of a how-to guide to setting up my business' accounting structure.
This book is an overview of all the recordkeeping issues that a self-employed person should be concerned with. However, it just didn't give me enough detail to feel secure that I was making the right decisions for my particular type of business. I just may have to use an accountant or tax attorney to get that.
I checked this book out from the library, but I wouldn't purchase it. It just doesn't have the longevity of advice that a true reference book would offer.
Clarifies accounting the way wheat is separated from chaff.......1999-07-23
Written for business people who want to be accounting and computerized accounting systems literate. No longer does one have to be in awe of the professionals who spout jargon and keep the business person dependent on their supposed expertise. This book represents liberation for the formerly fiscally challenged.
It makes accounting understandable and business easy!.......1999-07-20
Mr. Fox has a great understanding of the profession and was able to make good sense of a subject that is hard to understand.
Well written but miss titled.......1998-07-09
I felt the book was well written and he does know his stuff.... but the book was more about the history of computers than a book to learn Accounting principals, which is what I thought I had bought:( What he does write about he does well and you will learn from it A more appropriate title might be "The History of Computers and Chips" with a touch of "Accounting"
Book Description
This 98 page book is based on our best selling title, The Home Daycare Complete Recordkeeping System. This new book offers a lighter look into the recordkeeping required to operate this unique home business and is available in English and Spanish.
All the important topics are covered and insightful recordkeeping tips are shared.
Learn how to calculate the Space/Time Percentage, how to track direct and indirect expenses, how to deduct use of your family computer and television, what methods can be used to record the mileage deduction, and so much more!
Examples are provided to guide you through the recordkeeping process and 24 forms are included for your use.
The original book goes into the sometimes challenging world of federal income tax preparation and the process of completing payroll for employees. This book does not delve into these topics.
This book is offered as an option for people who want to learn all they can about the recordkeeping associated with a home daycare, but do not want to get into the nitty gritty tax information.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent Tool for the Daycare Provider........2006-02-26
This Book is an excellent tool for the Daycare provider. I highly recommend this book.
Wow! Examples, tips & More!.......2003-10-12
The Home Daycare Recordkeeping: Your Financial Guide To Success is a must-have if you are in the daycare business. This book has proven to be a GREAT guide for me personally, as it is easy to read giving detailed examples, helpful tips, and chocked full of information I CAN use.
A MUST HAVE book for starting home daycare!.......2003-09-28
I am starting a home daycare and this book answered ALL of my questions and allowed me to create all the forms I would need to run my business. Very easy to read, very informative and filled with great ideas!
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