As a small to mid-sized business owner, you probably don’t know a whole lot about your payroll and are hoping some sort of automation tool is taking care of all payroll errors. You may be an expert in your field, good, or service but not when it comes to calculating payroll compensation and taxes. You […]
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We at B&J Bookkeeping are dedicated to bringing you the latest in bookkeeping and tax related scams. We have also stumbled on to the world of payroll fraud, i.e. fraud that takes the funds meant to pay loyal workers and is funneled somewhere less worthy. According a report from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, […]
If you are a small to medium sized business, you are no doubt wondering if you should do payroll services yourself, have an administrator take care of it, hire someone full time, or hire an external expert. No matter what your preference, it is essential to be familiar with the best tools in payroll, and […]
When Kayla Saunders of Syracuse, Utah saw a phone caller from an out of state caller, she was hesitant to answer. However, when they left a message saying they were the IRS and she was in trouble, she began to panic. We’ve previously reported on a number of IRS scams and related bookkeeping scams but […]
Did you know the week starting May 12th of this year is accounting and bookkeeping Productivity Week? It’s a week to recover from tax time, make a better system for this year, and stick to it. It’s much like a New Year’s resolution for your financials. To help out, we would like to share 5 […]
We’ve previously discussed a bookkeeping tip about 8 Easy Hacks to Build Your Credit Score and wanted to continue in this series of helping you build credit, get out of debt, and improve your overall financial outlook with our bookkeeping know-how, even in these difficult times. To that end, we noticed that debt is a […]
Negative marks on your credit report can spell big disaster the next time you buy a home, rent an apartment, take out a credit card, etc. Having good bookkeeping skills is important, but it can be easy to let your score slip by missing a payment or being a victim of identity theft. It can […]
The deadline to file your federal tax return has come and gone. For those of you who ended up owing money, it can be a brutal time which will take a few paychecks to recover from. Even those of you who got a refund but still understand that it’s just the IRS giving you some […]
Sick of paying your taxes every year? So are a lot of people, and especially corporations. Presidential candidates have promised to bring those companies back, but we were wondering how many of them there are and were surprised at the results. What we thought were tried and true American companies no longer seem to be […]
Did you know the regular American spends about 16 hours on average completing their tax return? Given the average tax payer earns about $25 per hour (before paying those pesky taxes), this means they have spent about $400 in sweat equity on their taxes, and we know many who would rather work on their homes, […]
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