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3 Ways to Prepare for Taxes Throughout the Year
Tax season is a notoriously stressful time of year. But what if I told you that by doing 3 simple things, you can eliminate the shock, surprise, and strain of it all?
How to Prepare for Taxes and Reframing the Way You Think About Them
In today’s episode, we’re discussing taxes. More specifically, we’re reframing your beliefs around taxes by helping you understand why taxes are funds that never belon...
3 Benefits of Having Your Accounting and Tax Functions in One Place
A lot of business owners tend to make a clear distinction between their bookkeeper, their accountant, and their tax person. However, it is extremely valuable to have a...
How to Get Paid on a Timely Basis
Everybody wants to get paid. No one starts a business just so they could avoid receiving money, or worse… chase up on payments constantly. In today’s episode, I’m talk...
Having Business Cash On Hand and Establishing Emergency Funds
In the previous episode of Fish Food, we discussed how important it is for your business to manage and account for cash flow. There will always be peaks and valleys in...
Common Cash Flow Challenges and 5 Things to Focus On
Making enough income in just one side of the equation. Making enough income at the right moment so that you have the cash on hand to pay your team and vendors is anoth...
Optimizing Revenue with Competitive Pricing
Raising prices for your services can feel scary, but it's often necessary as your business grows and evolves. But how do you if it's time to raise your prices?
Year-Round Support and Building Impactful Relationships with your Accountant
Building a consistent and trusting relationship with your financial manager or accountant is a game-changer. In today’s short and sweet episode, I’m reframing how you ...
How to Review Your Financial Statements and Make Empowered Decisions
nowing how to review your financial statements is a crucial skill as a business owner. Not only will knowing how to read these numbers help you make empowered decision...
How to Level Up Your Financial Decisions Through Compliance and Advisory
If you’ve seen Little Fish Accounting out in the world or on the internet, you know how seriously we take compliance and advisory. Our entire firm is built and based a...
What is a Chart of Accounts?
Understanding the different categories that make up your chart of accounts will help you make better and more informed financial decisions in your business. That is wh...
Outsourcing Finance Functions
Hello, hello! Welcome back to Fish Food, the podcast for entrepreneurs that are building companies that grow into thriving businesses. We aim to provide accounting/bus...
Why Bookkeeping Isn’t Enough
Navigating the world of finances is overwhelming, especially as an entrepreneur or freelancer. In today’s episode, I’m giving you some quick tips on what you need to k...
Do's & Don'ts of Cutting Cost
Welcome back to another episode of Fish Food, the podcast for entrepreneurs building companies that grow into thriving businesses. We aim to provide accounting/busines...
Separating Business and Personal Expenses
Today, we are going to go over a few key tips on why creating this separation is so important. Building this infrastructure can play a major role in your business's vi...
Charging For Time vs Experience
Most people charge based on time or perceived value which oftentimes leads business owners to underprice for their services. Learn tips on how to determine if you are ...
Planning for an Uncertain Future
Being an entrepreneur can be terrifying when the world is more uncertain than usual. But there are ways that we can better prepare ourselves for potential pivots or do...
Little Fish Beginnings
In the spirit of reintroductions, I'm Keila Hill-Trawick, Founder + CEO of Little Fish Accounting. And this is our story.
You Can’t Avoid Hiring
Hiring is inevitable if you want to be profitable. Learn best practices to shorten your to-do list and get time back to focus on serving your customers.
The Money You're Waiting on Isn't Coming
You're low on funds but not worried because you’re expecting some outstanding invoices to come in soon. But there's a catch, you already collected that money.....
Why is Bookkeeping Important
This week, we discuss bookkeeping and why it is such an important part of your business’ foundation and growth.
What's in Your Cloud?
In this episode, we share some info about why you need to upgrade to an accounting system in order to grow and manage your finances properly.
S-Corp Election 201: What the Heck is an S Corp, Part II
In this episode, we share some info about what an S Corp can do for your business. Learn the pros and cons of the status and why it is not the best choice for every bu...
Myth Busting: Deductible Expenses
This week we discuss some of the myths that are floating around surrounding deductible expenses. Learn about what qualifies as an approved expense to avoid conflict wi...
To Pay or Not to Pay: Managing Quarterly Tax Estimates
Making quarterly tax estimates is one of the most important steps you can take to prepare for tax season year-round. Learn best practices to reduce your tax burden.
GROW: Going Beyond The Numbers
As your business grows, you'll reach a point where it will be necessary to go beyond the numbers to understand trends and forecasting to be better equipped to make str...
BUILD: Moving Beyond DIY Accounting
As your business grows there is an opportunity to start delegating tasks that you no longer want to do yourself. Knowing which accounting tasks and when to offload tho...
START: Establishing a Solid Foundation
Being a new entrepreneur can be scary and overwhelming, especially when it comes to tracking your business finances. But there are a few simple steps you can take to e...
Start, Build, Grow
After a long hiatus, Fish Food is back! Our goal for the podcast remains the same, to make accounting and tax information accessible to tiny businesses so we are excit...
Little Fish Tax Prep Suite Service
We are working on new podcast content that will be releasing soon! In the meantime we prepared this bonus episode as an invitation for you to sign up for our Tax Prep ...
