How to Fill Out a Business Checking Deposit Slip – It’s a Free For All

Sample of Check Bank's Number

I have found that personal checking deposit slips are a little bit different than business checking deposit slips.  The main difference is that a business checking slip anticipates that you will have a lot more checks to deposit so there is usually many lines for making entries. The example I am showing you below [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Launch Week! Problogger’s Guide to Your First Week of Blogging

Problogger's Guide to Your First Week of Blogging

Problogger’s step by step instructions to success

Darren Rowse of Problogger has come up with another extremely helpful e-book to help you get started and succeed as a blogger. If you are the kind of person who does best with step by step instruction, you want this book. I have always come away [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Opening a Business Checking Account at Wells Fargo

I have banked with Wells Fargo for many years so when I decided it might be time to open an account for my blog income, naturally I checked to see what was available.

Part of this decision to look into opening a business checking account came about because I have started to use QuickBooks [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Costco Business Order and Delivery

About a month ago I persuaded my boss to let me try out Costco business delivery.  All of these years I’ve been shopping in person for things like candy bars, rubber gloves, 10 pound cans of green beans and cases of Coca-Cola.   This kind of shopping takes up quite a bit of time, precious [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

How Companies Try to Scam Other Companies In Real Life

There are a lot of scams going on all over the place. They seem to come up with something new every day. Here are a few I’ve run into in the last few months.

The other day a call was transferred to my office at work. The person on the line wanted to let [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

How to Use Your Computer to Print W2s and 1099s

Apollo Typewriter

I found a nifty little template which costs $9.95 and allows me to print to the IRS approved pre-printed W2s and 1099-MISCs.  It is well worth the cost to purchase this template so that I can use my computer and printer, rather than try and type each form with a typewriter.

I have [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Did You File An Extension For Your Income Taxes?

If you did file an extension, and if you haven’t already been working on getting your taxes prepared, you better get busy because your extension lasts only until October 15th.  Oh, I scared myself just for a minute there, I was hoping it was October, and not September. Whew.

Anyway, I have worked on [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Collections Agency Demand Note

When you see an envelope with Arizona Department of Revenue ATTN: Collections Division in the return address, it can have a slightly terrifying effect. I know it struck terror in my heart when I saw it. I try so darned hard to do the right thing, and sometimes still get dinged.

It arrived in [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Custom Stamps

Cathy from Chief Family Officer commented to my Thank You Notes and Dollar Stores post and suggested that the most economical solution would be to make my own thank you notes.

Of course, that is brilliant! I love doing creative type things, and even though I don’t have lots of time to spend on [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Thank You Notes and Dollar Stores

One of the things I’ve been striving to do is to send thank you notes to Mr. A’s customers.  I try to watch for them on clearance at the store, and as long as they are blank inside I’ll buy just about any design.  Well, within reason. I can’t buy anything too feminine looking [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]