by Justine Lackey | Jan 15, 2016 | Bookkeeping Questions, Business, Small Biz Tips, Taxes
You’ve got an important tax deadline coming up! What: First Quarter Estimated Taxes When: January 15th Why: If you own a business, you are required to pay estimated taxes quarterly. Confused? Read more about estimated taxes...
by Justine Lackey | Nov 4, 2015 | Bookkeeping Questions, Business, Deadlines, Small Biz Tips, Taxes
There is a big ol’ tax deadline just looming around the corner. And it’s one that you need to prepare for a little bit. It’s the 1099 deadline. Proper W9 preparation requires complete 1099’s from your subcontractors. Never heard of a 1099?...
by Justine Lackey | Jun 15, 2015 | Art+Money, Business, Debt, Fabulously Frugal, Inspiration, Small Biz Tips
You might have heard that coloring books for adults are suddenly toping best seller lists. And this isn’t surprising seeing that Carl Jung used coloring technics in his therapy sessions going back to the early 20th century. Even before coloring became all the...
by Justine Lackey | Jun 4, 2015 | Bookkeeping Questions, Business, Most Popular, Small Biz Tips, Taxes
If this is my first time visiting my blog, or you stop by often, please please please let me impart one piece of advice. Hiring a bad bookkeeper can be really expensive. Many time clients land in my office after a bad bookkeeping experience. Some of the...
by Justine Lackey | Apr 20, 2015 | Small Biz Rants & Raves, Small Biz Tips
I want to say yes. YES the customer is ALWAYS right. This is what conventional wisdom tells us, so it must be true yes? But if you are a small business owner you know that it’s high time we retired this little saying. Customers aren’t always right, and...
by Justine Lackey | Nov 24, 2014 | Business, Small Biz Tips
Lately I have been thinking a LOT about the Millennials – the generation born between 1982 and 2002. This might be because I just had the lovely experience of teaching a slew of them some critical business skills at the Society of Grownups in Boston – but...