Kruze Consulting: Accounting, CFO, Tax & HR for Startups

A good accountant, or your Bench bookkeeper, can help generate these reports and get a handle on your business’s financial health. Lastly, a startup accountant should have some knowledge or experience with your industry. Accounting for a new industry has a learning...

Interest Rates Explained: Nominal, Real, and Effective

It is also called the effective interest rate, the effective rate, or the annual equivalent rate (AER). Going back to the previously mentioned shortages of the nominal interest rate, if we take into account the effect of compounding interest, we obtain the Effective...

What is a general ledger account?

In some areas of accounting and finance, blockchain technology is used in the reconciliation process to make it faster and cheaper. Other GL accounts summarize transactions for asset categories, such as physical plants and equipment, and liabilities, such as Accounts...

How to Calculate Gain and Loss on a Stock

Assuming there were no brokerage fees and the stock was held for one year, we can see that the dividend increased the percentage rate of return for the investment by more than 6% or from 26.67% to 33.33%. To incorporate transaction costs, reduce the gain (selling...

How Self-Employment Tax Works

Keep in mind self-employment taxes only account for part of your total tax liability. In addition to self-employment taxes, you will also be required to pay federal and state income taxes, among other local and state mandated taxes including state and use tax. Despite...