Beth Bockenhauer, CPA

Watch out for Small Business Week coming May 20-26. Enjoy this great infographic on what a big impact small business has on the economy.

Your tax bill is now due and you may be considering paying the bill with your credit card. Is this a good idea? How does it work?

Check out this cool infographic of the Better Business Bureau. 100 years of fascinating history and stats.

Check out this neat infographic on what is an LLC. It illustrates the key features, taxing an LLC, the pros and cons, comparison of an LLC with other business types, and how to set up an LLC.

The BOLT Women Small Business Owners – America’s New Job Creators Infographic visually explains how female business owners have positively impacted job creation in the U.S.. Small businesses account for more than 99 percent of employers in the U.S., and female ownership in small business increased more than 20 percent between 2002 and 2007.

Small business owners continue to be a force to be reckon with. As 2011 draws to a close, they have proven themselves worthy contenders and are optimistic about 2012.

So What’s the Plan Man? 12 hard questions every business owner should answer.

The renowned CPA Jason M. Blumer wrote a great white paper with an ingenious title – 24 Stupid Things Business Owners Do! We’re all guilty of at least a couple of these things if not most. Download his whitepaper here!

Data entry and modifications in QuickBooks can be tedious. Beginning with QuickBooks 2010 Pro Edition and above, that job got a lot easier. The Add/Edit Multiple List Entries tool does just what its name implies: It lets you add entries to your lists of customers, vendors, services, inventory parts, and non-inventory parts. It also makes changing one or several of them quick and easy.

Announcement 2011-40 advises the public that the Internal Revenue Service is revising the optional standard mileage rates for computing the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, medical, or moving expense purposes and for determining the reimbursed amount of these expenses that is deemed substantiated. This modification results from recent increases in the price of fuel.