Can I Afford to Hire After Taxes? How to Tell Without Guessing
Hiring • Cash Clarity Can I Afford to Hire After Taxes? How to Tell Without Guessing Hiring decisions are rarely made in a calm moment. They usually come up when: Work is piling up Quality is slipping The owner is stretched thin Growth feels real — but fragile And almost always, the same question follows: […]
The Financial Questions Business Owners Ask Too Late
Decision-Making • Monthly Review The Financial Questions Business Owners Ask Too Late There’s a moment many business owners recognize immediately. It’s when a question comes up — and the answer matters — but the timing feels off. “I wish I’d asked this sooner.” Those moments don’t come from neglect or inattention. They come from running […]
Why ‘Clean Books’ Still Lead to Financial Surprises
Bookkeeping • Clarity Why ‘Clean Books’ Still Lead to Financial Surprises One of the most frustrating things a business owner can hear during tax season is this: “Your books are clean — but we need to talk.” At that point, the confusion sets in. If the books are clean, why are there surprises? Why does […]
From BKE Insight to FinalyzeIQ: Leading the Next Wave of Financial Intelligence for SMBs
Ten years ago, at Bookkeeping Express (BKE), we made a decision: if we were going to serve thousands of small business clients efficiently and at an affordable price, we couldn’t rely on the limited off-the-shelf tools available at the time. We needed to think outside the box. So we built our own workflow platform known […]
Interview with AI: How useful is it
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) moves to the top of the buzzwords in today’s business world, we decided it was time to take it out for a spin and test its insights. We asked ChatGPT, Google’s free AI engine, some of the more pertinent questions for business owners. See some of those questions and answers below, […]
Why You Should Clean-up Your Books At The End Of The Year
As the end of the year nears, every business must attend to their 2015 books one last time. Transactions need to be recorded, accounts must be reconciled and outstanding bills have to be settled once and for all. A clean set of books gives you an overview of how your business performed over the past […]
How To Keep Employees Motivated During The Holidays
The holiday season is now upon us and so too is the busy season for many businesses. If you’re a business owner, there’s a good chance you’re gearing up for a couple long, hectic months. However, it’s good to keep in the mind that your employees likely have a lot going on outside of work […]
What Does it Mean to “Reconcile Revenue”?
As a business owner, you have a lot to juggle. And it’s likely you are constantly keeping an eye on your bank account to see how much money you have available. But how do you know if you’ve received all the funds from each day’s sales? Did the merchant processor transfer the payments that were […]
More Invoicing Tips & Tricks
Today I want to talk through invoicing features and some other important aspects of invoicing. Great Invoicing Features Most invoicing modules have pre-built tools to gain efficiency and consistency. Some examples of these tools are listed below: Recurring invoices – most invoicing add-ons and accounting software applications have a recurring feature for invoices. Utilize this […]
BookKeeping Express “Books” $5.8 Million Series A of Funding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TYSONS CORNER, Va. (March 3, 2015) – BookKeeping Express (BKE), the leader in personalized business bookkeeping services that seamlessly integrates a sophisticated, cloud-based financial reporting platform with oversight from a team of accounting experts to make the business financial process more efficient and affordable, announced today it has closed a $5.8 million […]