As the Partners watched their business grow, they knew they had a bandwidth challenge. How could they offer exceptional service to their clients and have a successful tax season? With just the two of them, it was nearly impossible to complete all the necessary tax and advisory work and still do vital bookkeeping tasks, given how manual and time-consuming they were.

I Hate Accounting! A Podcast by Botkeeper

Tm2 Saves 30 Hours A Week with Botkeeper’s Accounting Partner Program

Zack Gould, co-founder of G&N Insurance, a home, auto, and commercial insurance provider, was spending 10+ hours a week completing the bookkeeping tasks for his growing company. Zack knew that he wanted to spend more of his time focusing on his relationships with mortgage lenders and referral partners and less of his time focusing on the books. He decided to hire Botkeeper. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/gn-insurance-saves-50-hours-each-month-with-botkeeper

G&N Insurance Saves 50+ Hours Each Month with Botkeeper

As a nonprofit organization, you’re required to record and report not only cash donations but in-kind contributions, too. Sound like a lot? That’s because it is! In-kind gifts make up a majority of donations to nonprofits, and these charitable contributions no doubt keep a nonprofit functioning. That’s why they’re always welcome! Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/how-to-record-in-kind-donations-for-non-profits

Everything You Need to Know About Recording In-Kind Donations for Nonprofits

In a world where the average company uses at least five clouds at once to store data and information, SaaS businesses are in high demand. SaaS—software as a service—companies host an application and then make it available for customers over the internet. Clients remotely access their data and information using the SaaS company's server. This makes for neat and tidy dealings for the hiring company since they can access their data through the application at any time. It also eliminates the need for manually stored data—saving time, money, and valuable office space. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/when-things-dont-add-up-how-to-navigate-common-saas-accounting-challenges

When Things Don't Add Up: How to Navigate Common SaaS Accounting Challenges

Sometimes there’s truth to the old adage that if you want something done right, you do it yourself. And usually that’s when you’re working on a passion project that requires your own individual creativity. But smart business owners with growth mindsets know that delegating is actually one of the most important skills they could have.For most of us, construction is one of those areas where it’s smart—and often safest—to hire someone to do the work for you. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/construction-labor-cost-percent

What Percentage of Construction Costs Is Labor? Pricing Your Bids Correctly

No matter what industry you’re in, accounting is one of those critical tasks that requires diligence and attention to detail. Needless to say, it’s not usually the favorite activity for most business owners or managers. Accounting for a construction company is even more complicated and often cumbersome. There are so many details, departments, and partners to consider that it’s a wonder anyone does it correctly at all! Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/tips-accounting-for-construction-company

Accounting for Your Construction Company: Common Mistakes to Avoid

Managing the relationships that your company has with suppliers and vendors is challenging. And the more vendors you have, the more at-risk you are for costly errors in your accounts payable process. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/how-accounts-payable-outsourcing-works-and-why-your-business-needs-it

How Accounts Payable Outsourcing Works and Why Your Business Needs It

“Bot” may be in our name, but robots aren’t necessarily our premium priority at Botkeeper. In fact, we have a whole team of humans behind the bots, and we put their happiness and quality of life right up there with creating and maintaining the revolutionary tech that is automated bookkeeping with a human touch. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/botlife-why-we-value-flexibility-in-the-workplace-botkeeper

Botlife: Why We Value Flexibility in the Workplace

Lincoln Logs, Legos, K'Nex, Erector Sets—remember how fun it was to create the structure of your dreams with any one of these building toys? As long as you had enough pieces, the possibilities seemed endless. And the best part was that you didn't need to create a construction budget or put anything down in order to bring your dream to life...just a vivid imagination! But in the adult world, planning a new construction project is both exciting and challenging. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/botlife-why-we-value-flexibility-in-the-workplace-botkeeper

How to Plan and Create a Construction Budgeting Analysis In 4 Steps

A day in the life of a contractor is a busy one. You’re up early to answer emails and sort through paperwork before heading to a jobsite. From there your day is full of meetings with subcontractors, reviewing the progress they’ve made, and making sure your project is on track and, more importantly, on budget. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/construction-accounting-basics

Construction Accounting Basics for Contractors

Any American with a pulse knows that individuals and businesses pay a plethora of taxes. But it wasn't always that way. Even though taxes have been around since before the inauguration of the United States, they used to be much simpler. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/tax-education-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-federal-tax-deadline

Tax Education: Everything You Need to Know about the Federal Tax Deadline

Someone should really write a tell-all book for business success that includes a money-back guarantee. There's no doubt that we'd buy that book. But since it doesn't exist (yet), the next-best alternative is to research and learn how to avoid the biggest mistakes and pain points your business might face. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/9-challenges-all-restaurant-owners-face-and-what-to-do-about-them

9 Challenges All Restaurant Owners Face—And What To Do About Them

Unless you’re a bookkeeper or accountant by trade, you probably don’t spend your days thinking about the two (but hey, no shame if you do). Similarly, you probably don’t know that there’s a difference between the two. That’s because most people think of bookkeeping and accounting as one in the same—and they’re not entirely wrong. It’s true that bookkeeping and accounting are often confused with each other because of their relation to financial reporting. But while these two are related, interdependent, and essential business functions, bookkeeping and accounting are distinct from one another, too. In this article, we explore bookkeeping vs. accounting, including the differences between the two, how they overlap, and how each is evolving thanks to accounting automation software. Let’s go! Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/bookkeeping-vs.-accounting-whats-the-difference-botkeeper

Bookkeeping vs. Accounting: What's the Difference?

So, your business has grown, and you’re finding it difficult to stay on top of your bills, taxes, customer payments, and a ton of other bookkeeping tasks. Sound familiar? Many businesses wait too long to hire a bookkeeper until the signs are glaringly obvious—or worse—until a huge financial mess demands one. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/how-to-hire-a-bookkeeper

How to Hire a Bookkeeper

Restaurant owners have one of the most demanding jobs around: pleasing foodies. Successful restaurants thrive thanks to serving delicious, mouth-watering food, but that’s not all it takes. What about running the business side of things? That’s a different story. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/order-up-a-basic-guide-to-restaurant-accounting-and-bookkeeping

Order Up! A Basic Guide to Restaurant Accounting and Bookkeeping

We hate accounting, but it has to be done. This podcast is a collection of our best audio blogs designed to help you focus less on how much you also hate accounting and more on how to grow your business. Botkeeper provides bookkeeping to businesses using a powerful combination of skilled accountants and automated data entry through the use of machine learning and AI. Check us out at botkeeper.com

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