http://askcpasam.com/blog Making Payroll, Tax, Finance, Accounting Understandable Fri, 04 May 2012 13:21:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://askcpasam.com/blog/2010/01/21/a-budget-oh-no/ http://askcpasam.com/blog/2010/01/21/a-budget-oh-no/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:43:43 +0000 CPA Sam http://askcpasam.com/blog/?p=455 There’s an interesting article today in the American Express Open Small Business section entitled “Creating Your First Small Business Budget.” The basic tenet is that most small business owners are not financial gurus.  They are experts in whatever industry the business operates.  However, without being able to plan for income and expenditures for the year, [...]

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