Before bookkeeping software, accountants used handwritten spreadsheets to track business expenses. Now you can use programs, such as Excel to design expense spreadsheets and do the math for you, but ...

Maintaining a budget is crucial for a strong financial plan. As you set goals for your spending, saving, investing, and other financial objectives, your budget makes it possible for you to put your ...

Businesses make advance payments for a variety of different expenses. Any expense that is paid in advance of actually receiving the benefit of the payment is considered a prepaid expense for ...

A well planned marketing budget helps you ensure costs align with planned expenditures throughout the year. As a side effect, they can also help measure campaign ROI. The best way to stay on top of ...

In last month’s issue, we walked you through cell formatting, conditional formatting and more using a small business balance sheet example. This month however we teach you the A to Zs of creating and ...

Depreciation expense can be a big portion of a company’s total expense. And since expenses decrease income, it affects the overall value of a company. Understanding what it is and the methods can help ...