Synopsis

The premier resource for basic bookkeeping and business record management, Keeping the Books is a comprehensive, yet down to earth, treatment of one of the most important, yet often neglected, aspects of running a business. User-friendly and packed with easy-to-understand illustrations, worksheets, and forms, this popular financial reference tool is completely updated, and replete with the variety of IRS forms that entrepreneurs have to be familiar with. From updating car and transportation expenses to exploding the myths around independent contractors, the author presents everything a small company needs to know to maintain proper records.

Following the roadmap outlined in Keeping the Books, entrepreneurs will learn how to:

• Prepare and analyze financial statements to stay in touch with the heartbeat of their business
• Set up bookkeeping systems to keep track of financial details
• Maintain the required IRS records necessary to stay out of trouble
• Plan for required taxes due

Booknews

Pinson is a speaker, author, educator, consultant, and expert in business planning and financial management. Written in a personable style, her book provides a concise overview of bookkeeping and record management for small businesses. Topics include recordkeeping basics, income and expenses, cash accounting versus accrual accounting, financial statements and their analysis, common tax forms/publications for use in recordkeeping, tax reporting schedules, and the preparation of records for tax filing purposes. Concepts are illustrated with sample forms, and worksheets are provided in an appendix, along with a list of small business resources and glossary of accounting terms. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Biography

Linda Pinson is a nationally recognized speaker, award-winning author, educator, consultant and expert in the areas of small business planning and financial management. Author of numerous bestselling titles for entrepreneurs, she has also developed the popular ""Automate Your Business Plan"" software to accompany the bestselling Anatomy of a Business Plan. A member of the U.S. Small Business Advisory Council for the past five years, she is an active speaker at the Association of Small Business Development Centers annual conferences and has served as delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business.