Effective Ways to Maximize Your Accounting Resources

March 11, 2017


Accounting is an essential part of any business. But rather than thinking of it as an asset, resource, or strategic opportunity, many businesses treat the accounting department as a necessary but otherwise irrelevant team of number crunchers.

However common that attitude may be, it is both incorrect and an ineffective way to lead. Accounting may be a dry subject, but it is not a static subject. The resources of the accounting department can be directed towards a lot of rote and routine tasks, or they can be focused on engineering growth and developing strategy.

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Consumer Finance 101: How to Get It Right

February 26, 2017


If you run a business that sells expensive products or services, you might like to offer financing options to your customers. There are many different ways in which you can tackle that process. However, there’s no need for it to become a headache. You just have to use some of the guidance from this article to ensure you don’t overlook anything important. Providing the best financing information will help you to boost sales and increase your profits. So, don’t do anything else this year until you’ve read this post. At the end of the day, you would have done this already if you had the right tips and advice when launching your operation.

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Prepaid Funeral vs. Funeral Insurance: Which One Is a Better Choice?

February 22, 2017


Death is certain, maybe the most certain thing in life so why avoid it or shy away from it? And while our own death and funeral is fearful for us, it is even more of a nightmare for the loved ones.  This makes it kind of necessary to help those, who love us, prepare for funeral by taking care of the expenses because they already have to supervise the arrangements even when they are feeling awful and shocked from the sudden loss.

For this reason and many others, most people plan and pay for their funeral in advance. If you are planning the same, you’ll be faced with the choice to either to go for the Prepaid Funeral or for funeral insurance cover. To make your decision easier, here’s a piece of useful information to paint a clearer picture for both options:

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Smart Tips for Managing Small Business Cash Flow during Rapid Growth

February 20, 2017


You would think that an increase in orders and growing interest in your business would be good news all round as it means that your company is expanding, but without the right amount of cash flow to support that growth, it could spell trouble.

There are plenty of examples of business owners who have not been able to survive their growing pains because of a lack of cash to support their expansion, so you need to plan for what lies ahead.

Here is a look at some ways to keep on top of cash flow. There are some tips on keeping your business and personal expenses away from each other, an insight on what cash flow actually means, and details on how to produce a cash flow statement to help stay on top of your money.

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How to Control Operating Cost in Your Business

January 27, 2017


In business, the operating cost matters a lot. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you this, and you probably agonised over every single penny you spent in the infancy of your business. However, as the operation grows, and you have to worry about more and more factors, it becomes progressively harder to keep tabs on the amount of money you spend. Here, I’ve listed our best tips on reducing your costs as you scale your business.

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7 Tips for Effective Credit Control in Small Business

January 26, 2017


Many small businesses overlook the importance of credit control. They assume that because the orders and sales are rolling in thick and fast, everything is great. What they fail to realize is that if a few customers don’t pay, their cash flow will dry up.

You need to be proactive about collecting payments from your customers. It’s not enough to send out an invoice and forget about it. There will always be some customers who wait as long as possible before making payment. The problem is that if you don’t have enough money flowing into the business, it affects your ability to pay your own suppliers. Some might be understanding, but others, in particular the IRS, definitely won’t take kindly to being made to wait for payment.

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10 Surefire Ways to Lower Your Electricity Bill

January 13, 2017

Most consumers are very selective when it comes to choosing their phone service provider, deciding which gas station to go to save the most amount of money, or picking a car insurance company that has the cheapest rates. However, when it comes to saving on the costs of electric bills, very few residents know exactly what they are paying for or how to lower your costs.

This article will lay out 10 different strategies you can do to help drastically lower your electricity bill so that you can save and spend money on the things in life that are really important to you.

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5 Reasons Gold and Silver is Better Investment than Stocks

January 8, 2017


Precious metals such as gold and silver have been widely respected throughout the world for their value as well as beauty. In fact since time immemorial gold and silver have been the ultimate criterion of wealth with gold coins being traded as a form of currency for almost 3,000 years. To this day gold and silver are considered excellent investments both in Australia as well as the rest of the world.

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Answering 5 Key Questions on Vehicle Finance

January 7, 2017

Vehicle financing has become very popular in recent times. It enables someone who doesn’t have sufficient amount of cash to still drive a vehicle of his own. The vehicle finance term has an average monthly search volume of 590 searches on Google, while consumer insight portal Answer The Public has found that web users commonly ask over 40 questions in relation to this topic.

While it is easy to obtain financing it is equally challenging to understand all the nuances related to it. You need to worry about multiple financing options, interest rate, documents required and so on. An average Joe will have a difficult time putting it all together. To help you better understand this subject; join vehicle hire specialists Northgate as they have worked to answer five key questions surrounding vehicle finance:

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5 Payroll Outsourcing Trends to Look for In 2017

January 5, 2017


Over the years, several significant advances have been made in the payroll processes. Today, companies no longer need to invest and train payroll officers or hire accountants. All they have to do is sit back and let their administrative and payroll processes run smoothly and efficiently thanks to outsourcing administrative businesses and payroll professionals.

Its numerous benefits have been discussed in detail in this report issued by the Australian Payroll Association. Moreover, an annual growth of 4.5% in outsourcing to companies and payroll professionals has been recorded in Australia in 2011-2014 as reported by IBIS World, which in itself is a testament to the increasing demand of outsourcing companies and payroll professionals.

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