At ProfitBooks, we are committed to make taxation simple for small business owners in India. Since GST is set to replace various indirect taxes, we have started this series on frequently asked questions on GST. This article is next in this series. Earlier, we had covered Levy and Exceptions under GST and Tax payments under…
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Small business owners are often confused about the difference between cash and accrual basis accounting. This might sound like something that an accountant should show but this information is useful for business owner as well. In this article, we’ve explained how each of these accounting methods work. Find out more which accounting method is best for your…
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What is Depreciation? In accounting terms, depreciation is defined as the reduction of the recorded cost of a fixed asset in a systematic manner until the value of the asset becomes zero or negligible. An example of fixed assets are buildings, furniture, office equipment, machinery etc. The land is the only exception that cannot…
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“You Can’t Improve What You Don’t Measure!” Small businesses must be well-informed to survive in a competitive environment and one of the vital competencies they must develop is to read and understand important financial statements. Understanding essential financial statements such as ‘Trial Balance’, ‘Balance Sheet’, and ‘Profit and Loss statements is of utmost importance, as…
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In our endeavour to help entrepreneurs to grow their businesses, we published lot of insightful articles last year. Ive handpicked 15 of them that instantly stuck the cord with our readers. Hope youll enjoy these posts. Here are our most popular business articles from year 2016.. 1) 12 Inventory Management Techniques To Cut Losses Inventory is…
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Inventories are the largest current asset of any business. Businesses are often confused about FIFO Vs LIFO. Ideally, there are two inventory valuation methods or accounting methods: LIFO (Last-in, first-out) and FIFO (First-in, first-out), or for this blog; FIFO vs LIFO. These are the two most used inventory methods for record-keeping that are feasible by…
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Mukesh Ambani takes Rs. 15 Cr as his annual salary, Snapdeal co-founders earn Rs. 46.5 Cr each, Flipkart founders take home Rs. 20 Cr every year, Mark Zuckerberg prefers to pay himself $1 per year, and Narayan Murthy earned just Rs. 1 as his annual payment. So, what’s the right salary for an entrepreneur? If…
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Certain things just dont mix well like milk in Maggie or your parents and your goal plans, and even tho you can separate your goa plans and your parents .You should separate your business and personal finances separately. On paper this might sound simple and easy, but one day to get some groceries from…
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ProfitBooks offers the simplest way to create professional invoices. However, creating and sending an invoice to your customer is a job half done. Most of our users tell us that it takes them average 18 days to receive money once the invoice is sent. So, to solve this problem, we had integrated Instamojo payment gateway with…
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