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.

A common accounting cycle in any given business often has nine or 10 steps, depending on the procedures outlined by the given accounting department. Each step in the accounting cycle plays an ...

The accounting process can differ slightly from one business to another based on variances in the chart of accounts, revenue and expense recognition, and cost center breakdown. Despite these ...

Bookkeeping can be daunting. There are various tasks to juggle, and getting it wrong could have serious implications. Fortunately, established processes exist to help businesses and entrepreneurs ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Kappel is the Founder of Patriot Software, LLC. Like it or not, managing your accounting books is all part of being a ...