Bookkeeping Essentials SiteSearch

How to Find Information on This Site

Hello and welcome to Bookkeeping Essentials SiteSearch

You will find basic bookkeeping tips, good bookkeeping practices and other useful information throughout this site on managing the accounting side of your business. New information is added to this site each week so I hope you visit often.

Watch throughout the site for these three features: GAAP Update, The Bookkeeper's Tips on good bookkeeping practices, cashflow, and tax compliance and Let's Chat About ....

As the Bookkeeping Essentials site grows, it will become trickier to see "The Big Picture" and to find what you are looking for, so ...

... did you read something on this site and now can't remember where to find it? I've talked and chatted about debits and credits, financial statements and bookkeeping help. Even I have trouble finding what I'm looking for! :o)

This SiteSearch is at your disposal to solve your dilemma. The way I see it ... you have three options ...

One option is to use the Bookkeeping Essentials Search Box you see below and at the top of most pages on this site. The boxes are setup to search this site ... just be aware that if the page is fairly new and it has not been indexed by Google yet, it will not come up in the search.

If that happens, you might want to try out this second option ... check The Blog for a listing of the newest articles ... or check Recent Additions (at the bottom of this page) for links to the newest side bar chats.

Custom Search

... or your third option is to read The Small Business Accounting Site Guide below ... it's explains how this site is laid out.

As you might have noticed, some of my pages on Bookkeeping Essentials are long ... so when you click in from a search engine executive summary ... it's hard to find the relevant line / topic that the search engines highlighted.

What I do once I have clicked to go to the page ... is to go to Edit>Find and type in a unique word or phrase that showed up on the search engine summary ... this saves me paging through trying to find the spot I need ... or on some pages I have Quick Links that should take you to a general topic area.

No matter which option you choose, I sure hope you find what you are looking for ... if not, please drop me a note and I'll work at making it available on this site. I want you to know that Bookkeeping Essentials is committed to supporting work from home bookkeepers and tutoring business owners who do their own bookkeeping.

This website is "built" in three layers.

1. The first layer is The Home Page. Think of the home page as "a business entity" known as Bookkeeping Essentials.
   
   You will find a "Table of Contents" (click the link above) at the end of the Home page. It includes overviews of all "second layer" pages ... and some of the more popular pages found on this site.
2. The second layer is each Navigation Button on the left hand side ... easy to reach from any page on this site. Think of these pages as "departmental sections" in the business entity Bookkeeping Essentials.
   
   A brief explanation of what you can expect to find under each button follows directly after this section ... see How The Second Layer Works.
   
   ... and just so you know, there is a Table of Contents (look for "What you will find in this section") located on each page reached by a navigation button ... that relates only to that section.
3. The third layer can be reached from a link ... sometimes a contextual inline link in an article ... but the fastest way (usually) is through an overview summary found on one of the "second layer" pages or the site map. I say usually because sometimes I muck things up .. I know, I know ... I find it hard to believe too!
   
   Soooo what I'm trying to say is, you access these "third layer" links through the second layer pages. Think of these pages as "procedures or issues" in each department of the business entity Bookkeeping Essentials.

How The Second Layer Works

Here is a brief overview of the procedures and/or issues (third layer) for each departmental section (second layer) ...

... useful for finding your way around Bookkeeping Essentials.

The Practice focuses on discussions of the regular bookkeeping chores.

The Tax focuses on tax compliance /rates and sole proprietor income tax return reporting (which is different than financial statement reporting) ... and some summary information on CCPCs.

The GST/HST focuses on Canadian sales tax.

The Training focuses on financial statement reporting (which is different than income tax return reporting).

The System focuses on bookkeeping system options, procedures, and software.

The Plan focuses on financial planning, business plans and budgets.

The Forum focuses on site visitor participation. Here's an opportunity to share your stories and your expertise ... or get help.

The Questions focuses on answering book keeping questions.

The Tips focuses on accounting and bookkeeping tips. They are split into five different categories.

The Help focuses on answering the question - should you do the books yourself ... or get bookkeeping help.

Support This Site focuses on the different ways you can support Bookkeeping Essentials ... because this website is not free to operate ... in terms of money or time.

Want to keep up-to-date on additions and changes to this site? Consider subscribing to the RSS feed of The Bookkeeping Blog ... or bookmark your favorite page using the "Share This Page" tools found at the bottom of each page.

The Third Layer Links - Procedures and Bookkeeping Issues

Here are links in alphabetical order to each third level page.

Executive summaries for these pages can be found by clicking the appropriate navigation button on the left hand side. Bookkeeping Forum pages are excluded from this listing.

The Practice - Small Business Bookkeeping

Adjusting Entries
Always Have An Audit Trail
Bookkeeping Checklists
Capital Lease vs Operating Lease
Common Bookkeeping Entries
Good Bookkeeping Practices
Manual or Computerized System
Month End Procedures
Reconciliations - Are They Necessary?
Record Retention Guidelines
Small Business Bookkeeping Questions and Answers
Watch Out For These Transactions

The Tax - Tax Compliance

Current Bookkeeper News - The Handy Reference
Payroll Tax Rates
Tax Compliance
Tax Filing Deadlines and Due Dates
Tax Rates
Taxpayer Bill of Rights
Understanding Tax Audits
U.S. Small Business Tax Information
Voluntary Disclosure Program
What to do if You Receive a Tax Audit Notice

The Tax - Income Tax Reporting

Claiming Home Office Expenses
Claiming Business Use of Your Personal Vehicle
Home Business Tax Questions and Answers
T2125 - Deductible Expenses
T2125 - Limitations and Non-Deductible Expenses

The GST HST - Canadian Sales Taxes

A Guide to GST/HST Registration
Compare and Contrast GST/HST To PST/RST
GST ITCs and Business Use of Your Personal Vehicle
GST/HST Quick Method of Accounting Rates
How Governments Raise Tax Revenues
Selected HST Bulletins
Transitioning to HST - An Overview

The Training - Financial Statement Reporting

Are You Profitable?
Basic Ratio Analysis
Cash Flow Statement Essentials
Conceptual Framework of Canadian GAAP
Introduction to Your Balance Sheet
Introduction to Your Financial Statements
Introduction to Your Income Statement
Monthly Financial Review
Online Bookkeeping Courses
Sample Financial Reports

The System - Developing Your Accounting System

A Portable Document Filing System
Accounts Payable Management
Accounts Receivable Collections Procedures
Accounting System Procedures - Who Does What When
Accounting Systems Software
Just Starting Your Own Business?
Learn How To Use QuickBooks to Customize Reports
What About Internal Controls?
Your Chart of Accounts - Blueprint of Your Accounting System

The Plan - A Financial Plan is Essential

Creating Your First Budget
Does Your System Meet YOUR Needs?
How Do I Forecast My Cash Flow?
Forecasting, How is it Different from Budgeting?
Learn to Make Informed Business Decisions

The Forum - Your Bookkeeping Community

Ask and Answer Bookkeeping Questions
Bookkeeping Resources
Learning How To Use QuickBooks®

The Help - Get Bookkeeping Help or Do It Yourself?

How Do I Know If I Need Bookkeeping Help?
How Does a Bookkeeper Charge for Their Bookkeeping Services?
How To Start Doing Your Own Bookkeeping
So What In The Heck Will The Bookkeeping Help Be Doing?
Things To Consider When Hiring A Bookkeeper
What Are Your Responsibilities When You Hire a Bookkeeper?

Recent Additions To Bookkeeping Essentials

I hope this page assists you in finding what you were looking for ... oh and here are some Bookkeeping Essentials chats buried on third layer pages that you may find interesting.

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