Make Summer 2017 the Year of Your Dream Getaway! We’ve Got 3 Easy Steps to Get You on Your Way Here in the temperate Tennessee mountains, we’re still dreaming of crossing our fingers for a white Christmas…er, winter. But from what we hear, those of you in northern climates have had plenty of Mother Nature’s cold…
5 Ways Growing Quickly Can Actually Slow You Down
If you know us at all, you’d probably guess that the old “Greed is good” mantra never held much water with us. Not only because greed is Ew!, but it just doesn’t have a place in the small business owner’s life. You don’t start your own home-based online retail business out of greed. You do it because you…
We Made Hubdoc’s Top 50! (again)
We’re accountants. We like numbers. So here are a few of our recent favorites: 50 – As in Hubdoc’s Top 50 Cloud Accountants in North America. 3 – As in 3rd year in a row. 0 – As in how many times we take this honor for granted. (We kid, we kid.) Cloud Accounting – The Big Picture…
Why We Disappeared…and Why We Came Back
Merry Christmas! …oh wait, that happened already. Happy new year! …shoot, that one too. We’re not too late for Valentine’s Day, right? Just kidding. We know what day it is. We also know (all too well) how long it’s been since we last posted on this blog. Yikes. Sorry about that. Where Have We Been?…
Give Your Online Business a New Year Sales Tax Check Up
This guest post comes courtesy of our friend Jennifer at TaxJar. The New Year is the perfect time to evaluate your business processes, figure out what did and didn’t work last year, and aspire to greater things! One of those business processes that can be perfected if you devote a little time to it is sales…
The Bottom Line Proudly Welcomes……
Profit Planners, meet The Bottom Line’s newest team member, Michelle. Welp, we’ve gone and picked another Leader of the Free World. And that’s cool and all… But here at The Bottom Line, we are honestly a lot more excited about someone else we’ve recently picked to join TBL’s team. Corporate Synergy, But For Real The team working…
Extra, Extra! IRS Issues New Date for Filing W-2s
Put this on the list of the things you don’t want to remember the morning you wake up from New Year’s Eve. The IRS has changed the deadline for employers to file W-2 forms to the Social Security Administration. The deadline is now January 31. [Tweet “Mark your calendars: the new deadline for employers to file…
We’ve Got a Secret…and It’s Going to Save You Money
Want to get to the free stuff? Scroll to the bottom of the post for a secret WP Engine freebie code! You know that frustration when you make some changes to your website, click “Preview,” and wait…and wait…with lifetimes going by…until the page finally loads? No matter what creative ideas you have to update and improve your online storefront,…
3rd Quarter Deadlines Coming Up!
Happy autumn, Profit Planners! It’s a funny thing about this season…even as the year is winding down and we’re settling into a natural state of restful hibernation, our business-owner brains are gearing up for the biggest and busiest sales quarter of the year. Balancing these two opposite states of mind–rest and efficiency–is one of the trickiest techniques…
What Amazon FBA Sellers Need to Know about Sales Tax
The following is a guest post from our pal Jennifer Dunn over at TaxJar. Amazon FBA is a gift to sellers. It’s a way to quickly grow and expand your business while avoiding many of the common hassles – like handling returns and customer service – that can interfere with scaling an online business. But...