If you’re managing multiple properties, separate bank accounts for each property can save you during tax time!
✅ Easier tracking of income/expenses
✅ Faster reconciliations
✅ Cleaner financial reports
Bookkeeping Tip for Real Estate Business
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Reports You Need Before Quitting Quickbooks Online Subscription
Before canceling your QuickBooks Online subscription, export or print key reports like the Balance Sheet, Trial Balance, Profit & Loss, and General Ledger to ensure you have access to your financial data for future reference, tax filings, or audits.
Here’s a breakdown of the reports you should consider exporting or printing:
Essential Reports:
- Balance Sheet: Provides a snapshot of your assets, liabilities, and equity at a specific point in time.
- Profit & Loss (Income Statement): Shows your revenue, expenses, and net income or loss over a specific period.
- General Ledger: A comprehensive record of all financial transactions, essential for audits and detailed analysis.
Other Useful Reports:
- Sales Tax Liability: If applicable, ensures you have records of your sales tax obligations.
- Statement of Cash Flows: Tracks the movement of cash in and out of your business.
- Inventory Valuation Summary: If you have inventory, this report helps track its value.
- Customer Balance/Vendor Balance: Provides a summary of outstanding balances for customers and vendors.
- A/R Aging Summary and A/P Aging Summary: Helps track outstanding accounts receivable and payable.
How to Export Data:
- Go to the Gear icon .
- Select “Export Data” under Tools .
- Set the date range: in the Reports tab.
- Add or remove items from the Reports and Lists tabs .
- Click “Export to Excel” .
You may download any report that is important to you. If you need some assistance, we can help!
Maximizing ROI in Real Estate
What is ROI in Real Estate?
RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI) in real estate measures the profitability of a property investment. It’s calculated using the formula:
A higher ROI means your real estate investments are generating strong returns, while a lower ROI may indicate inefficiencies or areas for improvement.
How a Bookkeeper & Accountant Can Help Real Estate Businesses Increase ROI
As a bookkeeper and accountant specializing in real estate, we help investors, landlords, and agents maximize their ROI through:
- Accurate Expense Tracking
- Categorizing operating costs (maintenance, property management fees, utilities, etc.)
- Identifying tax-deductible expenses to minimize liabilities
- Cash Flow Optimization
- Monitoring rental income vs. expenses to ensure profitability
- Implementing strategies to reduce vacancies and late payments
- Smart Tax Planning & Deductions
- Maximizing deductions like depreciation, mortgage interest, and property taxes
- Structuring investments to optimize tax benefits
- Financial Analysis & Investment Decisions
- Evaluating properties based on ROI and cash flow projections
- Advising on whether to hold, sell, or refinance properties
- Budgeting & Forecasting for Growth
- Creating financial plans to scale a real estate portfolio
- Forecasting potential market trends to make informed investment decisions
- Ensuring Compliance & Reducing Risks
- Keeping records up to date for audits and legal compliance
- Helping navigate financial regulations in real estate
By partnering with an experienced bookkeeper and accountant, real estate business owners can gain financial clarity, improve cash flow, and make smarter investment decisions—all leading to a higher return on investment.
March 17th, is business tax deadline
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March 17th is the deadline for business tax or this year, is your books ready? We still have very few slots until March 10 available for your bookkeeping and tax preparation need. DM me for inquiries
File Form 1099 series information returns for free online
Business taxpayers can file electronically any Form 1099 series information returns for free with the IRS Information Returns Intake System. The IRIS Taxpayer Portal is available to any business of any size. It’s secure, reduces the need for paper forms and requires no special software.
With IRIS, business taxpayers can:
- Enter information into the portal or upload a file with a downloadable template in IRIS.
- Download completed copies of Form 1099 series information returns.
- Submit extensions.
- Make corrections to information returns filed with IRIS.
- Get alerts for input errors and missing information.
- Get a confirmation in a little as 48 hours that the IRS received the return.
- Reduce expenses on paper, postage, storage space and trips to the post office.
Get started
Taxpayers will need a IRIS Transmitter Control Code to access the IRIS Taxpayer Portal. This 5-digit code provides an extra layer of security for filing and can only be use on this portal.
First time users can use Publication 5717, IRIS Taxpayer Portal User Guide, for detailed instructions about access and features.
E-filing required for 10 or more returns
If you have 10 or more information returns, you must file them electronically. This includes Forms W-2, e-filed with the Social Security Administration.
Find details on the final e-file regulations.
Source: IRS
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Back Taxes Implications and What To Do
Back taxes is a term for taxes that were not completely paid when due. Typically, these are taxes that are owed from a previous year. Causes for back taxes include failure to pay taxes by the deadline, failure to correctly report one’s income, or neglecting to file a tax return altogether.
Most of this happen because of lack or incomplete recording in the books that it is hard for the tax accountant to get the information it needs to complete the filing of return.
What are the implications of this?
If back taxes are owed, the taxpayer’s debt will continue to increase with the inclusion of interest and tax penalties. Late payment penalties include 1/2 of 1% for each month the taxes remain due past the due date. If the taxpayer never filed taxes, there is also a significant late filing penalty.
You will also risk losing your refund and other benefits if you don’t file your return. If you are due a refund for withholding or estimated taxes, you must file your return to claim it within 3 years of the return due date. The same rule applies to a right to claim tax credits such as the Earned Income Credit.
What do you need to do?
First, consult with your tax accountant what needs to be done.
Second, look for someone to complete your books.
(Hint: We are an expert when it comes to accounting and bookkeeping.)
Lastly, act now. The longer you delay filing, the larger your interest and penalties will be!
The Idea Behind Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
What is Profit First Method by Mike Michalowicz?
Profit First Method is based on the idea to pay yourself first before paying your expenses. The goal is to grow a more profitable business, not a cash-eating monster. To run your business based on what you can afford now, not what you hope you can afford someday.
Profit First Principles
By taking your profit first, the money available for expenses is artificially reduced. It flips the old adage accounting formula;
Sales – Expenses = Profit into Sales – Profit = Expenses. Hence, you are forced to be innovative, strategic and be mindful of your spending.
How Profit First Method Works
It was inspired by a fitness advertising on tv where in order to reach the goal, one must:
1. Use small plate
2. Serve sequentially
3. Remove temptation
4. Enforce a rhythm
Actionable steps:
1. Set up five different accounts for these purposes.
-Main income
-Profits
-Owner’s salary
-Taxes
-Operating expenses
2. Use those accounts for that purpose only.
Profit First method could be a tool to a more profitable business but the downside;
Maintaining the books of the business can sometimes be a daunting task. Having too many accounts to maintain can be burdensome. Not to mention that if the purpose of some of these accounts is served, you need to revert it to the business main depository account. And it is also important to note that Profit First method is not an accounting method but rather a more cash management system.
How to implement it in the books, particularly, Quickbooks Online and how often? It really depends on what type is your business and how often you want it to be.
How much percentage will you take from your business? This requires assessment of the health of your business. Remember that, money taken out of your business is money you cannot use for the business. You may adjust your percentages along the way should you find yourself unable to cover your expenses.
The biggest question is how will you use the profit you have saved? You decide.
Recommendation (Steps We Can Do)
Profit First can be very useful but let’s make it simple for books purposes, to save you time and money. We can talk about it, contact us now!
P.S. For now, Quickbooks Online is not integrated with Profit First method. Maybe because it is not an accounting method and used for internal purpose only.
Reminder to Taxpayers
File when ready, don’t wait until October 17 to file a 2021 tax return.
For people who requested an IRS extension to file, the October 17, 2022, deadline may seem far away, but it’s coming up fast.
Taxpayers who haven’t filed, whether they requested an extension or not, should file a complete and accurate return as soon as possible.
For people who have all their paperwork in hand, filing sooner and filing electronically could help them avoid possible processing delays later.
And for those who have not done their books for 2021, we can help!
How to Set Up Quickbooks Online
Are you a new business owner or have been in business for so long but using other accounting software other than Quickbooks Online and would want to switch? Then this is for you!
Setting up or switching to Quickbooks Online is easy as long as you have the information you need. It becomes complicated though when old records are messy. It’s doable, here’s the way to do it.
1. Sign up for Quickbooks Online and choose the plan that suits your business. There is a 30-day free trial that you can try to get the hang of it.
2. Set up you company profile (new) or migrate (old) your files to Quickbooks Online .
3. Link your bank and credit card accounts to get automatic bank feeds. This will save you and your bookkeeper tons of time!
4. Import your list of employees, vendors and customers. Or you can add names along the way.
5. Set up your invoices, enable receipts, taxes and other stuff.
Follow these process and you’re ready to go but if you’re having trouble, contact us and we will help you on your first step to financial clarity!