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Financial tracking is vital to business success because it helps business owners understand and monitor their financial health at all times. Proper financial oversight requires an understanding of the ...

Evan Tarver has 6+ years of experience in financial analysis and 5+ years as an author, editor, and copywriter. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert.

Every bookkeeper should know the eight basic stages that split up a bookkeeper’s work process. While some of the steps in the accounting cycle have been automated thanks to advanced technologies, ...

The eight-step accounting cycle is important to know for all types of bookkeepers. It breaks down the entire process of a bookkeeper's responsibilities into eight basic steps. Many of these steps can ...