Small Business Owners, particularly in the early stages, are doing it all.
Sometimes it can feel like an up hill battle. There is so much to do, and learn, and not enough time to do it. Financial resources can be scarce and stretched thin.
Sometimes spending a little can help you a lot. The value is apparent.
What We Do:
CPA’s do much more than crunch numbers and report on facts that have already happened in your financial statements.
CPA’s provide advice. We educate our clients and help them improve their financial business results.
Our value can often be quantified, measured, seen and/or felt by business owners.
CPA’s provide a wide variety of services.
I enjoy helping small business owners with income tax and with all the detail that includes. I understand almost no one likes tax; however, we all like to save money. For me, using IRS rules to help others is fun.
How We Help:
1. A CPA can help prevent “Blind Spots”:
What you don’t know can hurt you. I’m not telling you this to scare you. Rather, to educate you and provide an objective example.
Many new Small Business Owners do not know that the IRS expects them to pay tax as the money is earned and that quarterly reporting and payments are required if you expect to owe more than $1,000 annual tax to the IRS.
This means that you need to keep your accounting records current so you can determine if you need to begin quarterly reporting and payments.
2. A CPA can help with your Budget:
- Self-Employment tax of 15.30% is required on all Annual Net Earnings of more than $400
- The 2015 SE tax rate on Net Earnings is 15.3: (12.4% social security tax and 2.9% Medicare tax)
- Do you include this expense in your budget so you have cash when it is time to pay the IRS?
3. A CPA can help you make Decisions:
- Data (information) can be used to help you make cost effective decisions
- Review Forecasted to Actual Financial results – what happened?
- Help a business owner interpret the financial statements and offer suggestions to improve profitability, cash flow, and efficiency
4. A CPA can help you Minimize your Income Tax:
- Do you know what you can legally deduct on your tax return?
- Do you know how to use strategy to reduce your business tax bill?
- Tax Planning includes education, evaluation, and action
5. A CPA can help you improve Profitability:
- When I told an architect that they were required to pay Self-Employment tax, they were shocked. They told me, I have to raise my prices immediately. I am not making any money.
- We can help you determine if your pricing is profitable or if you are working for free or for not as much money as you thought you were making
- You don’t want to wait until year-end to find out
- As we all know, time is money and the faster we can earn it and build a financial cushion, the more comfortable we feel
You have 3 choices:
- Do it yourself – inexpensive, but can be costly
- Do it for me – expensive & might be seen as a luxury until the cash starts coming in – consistently
- Do Some of it for me: a cost effective bridge to obtain education and help on a “as needed” basis
Thanks for reading,
Deb
Call me about an Accounting & Tax Tip Cheatsheet 619-549-2717
Deborah Ann Fox, CPA helps Small Business Owners & Individuals build and protect their financial wealth. She can help by being your financial compass while you captain your ship.
Debbie offers free 30 minute no obligation consultations. We can discuss/resolve via a mix of e-mail, phone, virtual, and in-person communications.
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