Employers claiming a $2,400 Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) for hiring felons must follow a strict set of procedures to qualify for the credit. The first step is to have the potential employee complete IRS Form 8850 before offering them employment. You’ll then need to have the qualifying candidate certified by the state and file…
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How to Build a HubSpot Website in 6 Steps (+ Design Examples)
The HubSpot website builder allows you to create a website that integrates easily with its industry-leading marketing, sales, and customer support tools. Learning how to build a HubSpot website is easy: create a free account, choose a template, edit your website’s pages, and customize the theme for your brand. Lastly, connect your domain and publish…
How to Convert QuickBooks Desktop to Online in 7 Steps
I’ll show you how to convert QuickBooks Desktop to Online, which allows you to access files remotely. I’ll guide you on what to do before conversion, including updating QuickBooks Desktop to the latest version, preparing the desktop file, and selecting what data to export into QuickBooks Online. Once everything is ready, I’ll go over how…
How to Enter Credit Card Transactions in QuickBooks Online
This tutorial will show you how to enter credit card transactions in QuickBooks Online, which is an option if you can’t connect your credit card account or if some transactions fail to sync automatically. To do this, you must complete the expense form by providing important details—such as the payee name, transaction amount, payment method,…
Employee Offboarding in 7 Simple Steps (+ Free Checklist)
Offboarding is the process of managing all aspects of an employee’s exit from your business, whether they are leaving voluntarily or involuntarily. An employee offboarding checklist, also known as a termination checklist, ensures you don’t miss steps, such as getting your office keys back and removing the former employee from databases. It also promotes your…
How to Use Shopify POS in 12 Easy Steps
Shopify POS is one of the best small business point-of-sale (POS) systems on the market. It comes free with every Shopify ecommerce account, is user-friendly, includes inventory and customer management tools, and is particularly great for omnichannel selling. This article looks at how to set up Shopify POS and use it to run your store—from…
How To Do a Bank Reconciliation in 5 Easy Steps
There are two main components of a bank statement reconciliation. First, you need to ensure that all transactions on your bank statement appear on your check register. Then, see to it that the remaining transactions in your check register are recorded properly, even though they haven’t cleared the bank. We’ll break these two components into…
How Do Staffing Agencies Work? Guide for Small Businesses
Staffing agencies, also called employment agencies or temp agencies, connect job seekers with temporary, part-time, or full-time positions and assist employers in finding qualified candidates. They search through their database of candidates for those that match the requirements of the employer’s job openings. Staffing agencies typically continue managing temp workers after placement, since the worker…