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Business Owner's Guide to Accounting & Bookkeeping features clearly written, step-by-step explanations and practice situations to give you the basics you need to understand the economics of your business.

This essential primer takes the mystery and intimidation out of business accounting and bookkeeping and helps you interpret and prepare financial statements and organize your own set of books.

You will learn to generate your own statements, interpret your statements for internal planning, and plan for your company's future using budgets. This guide's practical introduction to business financing will also help you:

• Use and interpret financial statements
• Set up or restructure your business' books
• Use the One-Write System
• Quickly detect and correct errors
• Monitor accounting tasks
• Understand how banks analyze your company's financial status
• Determine when and how to switch to computerized accounting

 

Written for:

• Owners or Managers of Small Business
• Entrepreneurs
• Accountants/Bookkeepers
• Business Consultants
• Educators

 

Sample Statements Make Accounting Easier

Includes dozens of sample financial statements and rule-of-thumb formulas to help non-accountants easily comprehend and use:

• The Balance Sheet
• Payroll Schedules
• The Income Statement
• Depreciation
• Ratio Analysis
• Bank Reconciliation
• Budgeting
• Internal Controls
• Journals
• Accounting Systems
• The General Ledger

 

About the Authors

Jose Placencia serves as a consultant to small business. He holds an M.B.A. from the University of Santa Clara.

Bruce Welge, a co-founder of several start-up companies, has been a Senior Financial Consultant to entrepreneurs, Director of Planning and Analysis with Itel Corporation, and founder of a venture capital firm.

Don Oliver, born and educated in Scotland, is a British Chartered Accountant and a California CPA. He has a B.A. in Accountancy and Finance from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. Currently, he is a partner in a San Francisco corporate finance and business advisory firm.

 

The books we select for our HomeBiz Book Store are considered empowerment books, after you have purchased a book. You can call the NAHBB for answers about your business venture, and talk to a professional consultant or a business developer.
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Learn in plain English how to control and manage your company's legal expenses and how to avoid costly, unnecessary litigation. Based on the sheer number of lawsuits filed today, especially in matters of employment, most small to medium-sized businesses can expect to be involved in a legal dispute of some kind in the coming year. This book will prepare you for legal surprises and allow you to take care of problems before they occur.

Most business owners don't realize that fierce competition has forced attorneys to change the way they do business. Legal Expense Defense makes the role of attorneys and the complexities of the law - including courtroom procedures - easy to understand. As a result, you'll be able to deal with your law firm the way you would any other supplier.

Legal Expense Defense will help you:

• Negotiate equitable, value-billing fee structures with your attorney
• Prevent business problems from becoming legal problems
• Do more of your own legal work using in-house staff
• Save money by cutting down on your attorney's time
• Use alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques instead of going to court

   

  Smaller companies with 1-25 employees that are concerned about legal costs can save money by using the more than 75 letter, contract and notice models found in the book. These forms allow a business to handle much of its own legal correspondence, such as corporate minutes, promissory notes, and options to purchase. Companies that have recently been sued will benefit from knowledge of the many cost-effective options available in defending a lawsuit.

  Dennis Powers, B.A., J.D., M.B.A., is a practicing attorney with more than 20 years of experience in advising business clients on how to solve legal problems cost-effectively. He's the author of a business and real estate legal-forms series, as well as the books Legal Street Smarts: How To Survive in a World, and Beating The Tough Times: How To Win Your Personal and Financial Battles. Mr. Powers is a graduate of the University of Denver Law School and the Harvard Business School, and is currently a professor of Business Law at Southern Oregon University.

 

The books we select for our HomeBiz Book Store are considered empowerment books, after you have purchased a book. You can call the NAHBB for answers about your business venture, and talk to a professional consultant or a business developer.
	Total Price: (Book-$26.95)(Binder-$39.95)
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This complete resource offers a wealth of tips, contacts, samples, and information on how to successfully get your new business off the ground. From choosing the right type of business to marketing your venture and developing a solid business plan, SmartStart has it covered. The series also features state-specific registration, taxation, licensing, and permit requirements.

SmartStart is the all-in-one resource tool which will give a jump start on planning for your business. Each state-specific book includes the following information:

• Quick reference to the most current mailing and Internet addresses and telephone numbers for the federal, state, local, and private agencies that will help get your business up and running.
• State population statistics, income and consumption rates, major industry trends, and overall business incentives to give you a better picture of doing business in your state.
• Checklists, sample forms, and a complete sample business plan to assist you with the numerous start-up details.
• State-specific information on issues like choosing a legal form, selecting a business name, obtaining licenses and permits, registering to pay taxes, and knowing your employer responsibilities.
• Methods to develop a powerful marketing strategy, create a favorable public relations plan, and confidently place your product or service.
• Guidelines for writing a smart and functional business plan.
• Federal and state options for financing your new venture.
• Tips for gaining control of your business' finances.
• Advice on purchasing insurance, hiring employees, and defining your company's policies and procedures.

 

The books we select for our HomeBiz Book Store are considered empowerment books, after you have purchased a book. You can call the NAHBB for answers about your business venture, and talk to a professional consultant or a business developer.
	Total Price: $24.95
	Order Form

 

The books we select for our HomeBiz Book Store are considered empowerment books, after you have purchased a book. You can call the NAHBB for answers about your business venture, and talk to a professional consultant or a business developer.