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If you’re looking up the career ladder and considering future options, it’s good to have a detailed idea of manager-level and C-level jobs. What is the Chief Operating Officer’s primary function? What are the Marketing Managers’ top responsibilities? What does a Chief Financial Officer, or CFO, do all day?

When running a small business, you come across a lot of jargon being tossed around. You may hear words like “profit” and “profitability” and mistake them to mean the same thing.

Small business owners—especially those just starting out—have a habit of ignoring detailed accounting, in many cases running the finances of the business in much the same way that they manage their personal checkbook.

Last Friday’s U.S. Department of Labor report on August employment showed that current hiring trends are still relatively weak.

Accounting Indicators to Be Aware of When Scaling Your Business Accounting Indicators to Be Aware of When Scaling Your Business Owning a business is no simple job. It requires many resources as your business grows but also requires a great amount of research and knowledge as you scale your business. Knowing what to look for...

An A/R collections policy is an absolute must for any business that wants to operate efficiently. A strong policy will ensure continuity throughout the business, make sure that losses are minimized, and resources are allocated efficiently, and that customers are treated fairly and continue using the business’ services.

The goal during the holiday season is to never have reason to panic. You have access at all times to your invoices and other accounting details. There is never a time where you feel at a loss because you can’t reach someone vital, and there is no set agreement on how to handle it. Create clear standards from the outset, and your holiday season will have far fewer bumps.

As great as it would be if all customers were honest customers and paid what they owe every time, every once in awhile, you’re bound to run into a bad egg or two. Writing off bad business debts may require changing your business accounting up quite a bit, but in the end, you will likely find it highly useful for balancing income and loss.

In the early hours of January 1, 2013, the Senate passed, by an 89-8 vote, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-240), which, along with many other provisions, permanently extends the so-called Bush-era tax cuts for low- and middle-income individuals.

The Internal Revenue Service said it will be making changes to the filing requirements for corporate and partnership taxpayers with assets of between $10 million and $50 million in an effort to lighten the burden.