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How to get your business out of debt Even years after the COVID-19 pandemic, SBA and EIDL loans have sunk small businesses. Despite efforts to help enterprises during a brutal pandemic, many small companies still have large amounts owed and are on an uphill battle trying to pay it all off. Add that to current credit card balances or lines of credit, and the debt load can quickly increase. Unfortunately, high debt balances encroach on a business’s cash flow, stifling the opportunity to grow and thrive. All the loans also give little in deductible returns. Interest is deductible, but that’s […]

How to Get Paid Faster:  How to Shorten Your Accounts Receivable Cycle As a business owner, it’s frustrating to wait a long time for customers to pay you the money they owe. When services are performed, we hope and expect people to simply pay us. The Accounts Receivable Summary report in QuickBooks Online shows you which customers haven’t paid you yet and how long you’ve been waiting for their payments. Your balance sheet Accounts Receivable line also indicates the total money owed to you by all your customers if you lumped them all together. Paying attention to these reports and […]

4 Things That Affect Your Business’s Cash Flow   1.Accounts receivable Consider your accounts receivable process. Look at it from all angles. Let’s define accounts receivable to start. These numbers or total numbers are what is owed to you by all your customers or clients. This is money that you need to collect. They are open invoices. In terms of cash flow, consider these questions about accounts receivable. When do you invoice your customers? Right away? Before the job? Or do you take a lot of time to send the invoice for your services? All this timing matters. Do you […]