What Self-Employed Entrepreneurs might gain from a Bookkeeper or an Accountant.
Maximize profits by minimizing costs. In other words, "do everything you can yourself and don't pay for anything new until you have absolutely must". That's the common mentality of the self employed. Sometimes, it's especially difficult for business owners to justify hiring financial help like a bookkeeper when there are user-friendly software programs such as QuickBooks available, though they often wrestle with finding the time to make the necessary entries and worry if the
Expecting A Tax Refund? Why the "Early Bird" might wait for the "Worm."
Chattanooga, TN The season is upon us: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) opened tax season yesterday, on January 29, 2018. In my office, we have all hands on deck moving with even greater urgency than usual and the rate of coffee consumption has doubled. Otherwise, this simply means that the IRS will now accept both paper and electronic tax returns (a week later than had been previously reported). Each year, without fail taxpayers have questions about filing. Many software co
Ready to file Taxes for 2017? Why hiring a Tax Professional may be more important than ever.
Chattanooga, TN We are just a few days from the beginning of tax filing season 2018. As you've probably been preparing to file your return (or procrastinating because the deadline was moved back a two days until April 17th this year), it is likely you've been been hearing a lot about about tax law changes that have gone into effect. Your 2017 return is subject to a different set of rules, but it is equally important to keep the recent changes in mind going forward in order to
