What powers your business? Maybe you’re thinking of people or technology. For almost all of us, the honest answer is data.

Data is king, from customer information to the files we access daily. Financial records are no exception, and you need the right tools to manage yours correctly.

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Tax season is over, but it’ll be back again. And again. It’s never too early to start preparing. While you don’t need to hunker down just yet, it can’t hurt to start making a list of deductions for next year’s filing.

Do you work from home? You can deduct expenses for the part of your home that you use solely for business. Think insurance, utilities, repairs, maintenance and depreciation. Tap or click here for more information on home office deductions.

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Trust me when I say I know the pains of running a small business. When you’re the owner, you might be the marketer, accountant, IT person and every other role under the sun, too.

When you’re doing it all, you need the right tools. This is especially true as your business grows and you have a team to take on all those jobs.

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If you own a company, you know how complex accounting can be. When entry-level software comes up short, you start looking at the big dogs.

I’ve gotten emails and calls from lots of people over the years who are ready to say goodbye to QuickBooks. It can slow you down and make your workflow harder than necessary — especially when you’re using it for payroll.

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There are two things in life that are guaranteed. Death and taxes. Unless you’re an accountant, you’ll likely dread tax season like the rest of us.

The good news is there are multiple programs out there that take the headache out of tax preparation and streamline the process, turning even the most novice employee into a tax professional with the press of a few buttons. Have you been working from home for the past year? Tap or click here for answers to all your WFH tax questions.

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Tax season is in full swing. Like every tax season, scammers are on the hunt for unwitting victims. File too late and, whoops, someone already did in your name.

This year is set to be even more dangerous, with brand-new schemes already taking people for a ride. We have some warnings you can’t miss below on the biggest scams the IRS has spotted and what you can do about them.

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COVID-19 has wreaked havoc across the world. In its wake are lives ruined and countries with stalled economies, failing businesses and skyrocketing unemployment rates.

This scenario is fully playing out here in the U.S. as financial experts continue to sound the alarms that it’ll most likely be a long recovery, meaning many months to several years before we are back on solid ground. If you or someone you know has lost your job, there may be a solution. Tap or click here for companies hiring despite the coronavirus.

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Hackers love to impersonate trusted brands for their scams. Tax season is prime time for these crooks, so you need to be extra careful this time of year. They will use every trick in their arsenal to try to rip you off, including phishing scams.

Hackers like to use the trusted TurboTax brand to target DIY tax preparers into handing over their personal information.

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One of the most difficult parts of life is managing our finances. Most of us do a pretty good job of not spending more than we earn, though there are times when that is not particularly easy to do.

No matter what the income level is, it’s never a bad idea to gain a better grasp of our money situation. Financial advisers can be very helpful, but their expertise comes at a cost. Do we really want to spend money in order to better see how we can save some?

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