Artfully demystifies accounting practices; practical and truthful guidance in financial management for every small-business...
A certified public accountant offers small-business owners advice about common accounting mistakes.
In this excellent debut, the author proves that a CPA may be an entrepreneur’s best friend. Using a well-balanced combination of stories from her own practice and authoritative counsel, Hale methodically focuses on five primary areas she believes are most vexing to small-business owners: taxes, potential embezzlement, debt, profit, and major changes, such as buying or selling a company. For each area, she provides relevant anecdotes from a variety of small businesses, addresses “common misconceptions,” delivers best practices, and wraps up each chapter with useful tips. Portions of the material, such as details about business structure (corporations, partnerships, and sole proprietorships) and the explanation of a balance sheet, may be too basic for some, but there is plenty of solid advice for both beginners and experienced company owners. For example, the eye-opening chapter regarding embezzlement is particularly chilling. Hale cites research that indicates the crime is widespread among small companies but “often goes unnoticed” because business owners are “blinded by their relationship with the embezzler.” She helpfully identifies warning signs, describes at-risk areas for fraud, suggests steps for preventing embezzlement, and walks through “practices to fraud-proof” a business. While the first part of the guide concentrates specifically on the five accounting areas, Part II delves into effective practices, covering such essential topics as financial management, inventory, equity, and the collection of receivables. Every section of the work is delivered in a no-nonsense, straightforward manner; the text is easy to comprehend, free of financial jargon, and written in a conversational style. The blend of storytelling and exposition works well throughout the manual; at one point, Hale even illustrates the impact of business loss by recounting how her own company was robbed. This tale is oddly reassuring, because it demonstrates that even a CPA can fall prey to an unanticipated crisis. The author closes the book with six valuable recommendations, including “Have a future-looking plan” and “Become strong in forecasting.”
Artfully demystifies accounting practices; practical and truthful guidance in financial management for every small-business owner.Pub Date: Dec. 11, 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5445-1298-3
Page Count: 376
Publisher: Lioncrest Publishing
Review Posted Online: Jan. 4, 2019
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 2019
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.
Pub Date: Feb. 23, 1955
ISBN: 0670717797
Page Count: -
Publisher: Viking
Review Posted Online: Oct. 25, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1955
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