Video Blog Entry: Bookkeeping in a Box

This is a supplemental entry regarding my recent blog posting about bookkeeping for small businesses.

I thought that a narrated walk-through of the “bookkeeping in a box” system that I shared on 2/12/12 might help to explain the system better for some people, so I created one:

As always, questions, comments and general feedback regarding both the video and the bookkeeping system are strongly encouraged.

It’s kind of funny…

Just a few business-related things I ran across during my endless research of any- and everything related to self-employment.

Will this blog posting make you better informed, more competitive, or more profitable? More than five years of small business consulting work leads me to believe…no. Notsomuch.

But hey, they can’t all be seminal works of genius. Read the funny stuff, look at the pictures, and reflect on how reading blogs is usually more fun than doing tax planning for your company.

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Okay, that’s it. Enough goofing off. Get back to work.

New & Improved Bookkeeping System

I just finished work on a tutorial for the new “Bookkeeping in a Box” turnkey record-keeping tool for my customers.  If you’re still looking for a bookkeeping system, or are shopping around for something that’s a little more streamlined, this might be for you.

Visit http://www.keeterconsulting.com/forms to download a .pdf version of the tutorial or of the various forms included in the kit:

1. Daily Checklist (Verifies you’re tracking everything you need to be tracking)
2. Money In Log (The name really says it all, doesn’t it?)
3. Invoices
4. Set-Aside Worksheet (Helps to make sure you’re earmarking enough of your revenue for taxes and future expenses)
5. Money Out Log (If you liked the Money In Log, you’ll love the Money Out Log.)
6. Mileage Log (Track your business travel)

But wait, there’s more!

I’ve also added updated versions of several other popular forms and templates to the Keeter Consulting Toolbox page:

1. Business Idea Evaluator (Is your idea a good one?)
2. Generic Business Plan Template (A great starting point)
3. Generic Revenue & Expense Forecast Template (Ditto)
4. Vehicle Expense Calculator (Helps to estimate your business travel costs: fuel, oil changes, tire rotations and tire replacements)

  If you check out any of these tools, please let me know what you think of them.