#Vector Bookkeeping

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Our professional payroll service provides savings in time and money, greater data security, and the comfort of knowing your accounts are in order  these are all compelling reasons for millions of businesses to outsource their payroll. For many businesses, payroll services offer an attractive and valuable alternative to in-house processing. Chosen correctly, they provide a less expensive, simpler means of paying your employees, filing your taxes, and performing a host of other duties.

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14603 SE Arista Drive, Ste. B

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[chloetax]

Grappling hook wisp!

when you cast this hex, it summons the grappling wisp

the wisp follows you as you walk around

if you cast the hex again, it'll launch the wisp out to the block you're looking at

when the wisp hits a block, it'll stop moving and pull you towards it

if you cast it while the wisp is being launched or attached to a block, it'll go back to following you

(hex posted below)

Familiar's Reflection Recognition Purification Gemini Decomposition Numerical Reflection: -1 Inequality Distillation {     True Reflection     Send Iota } {     Bookkeeper's Gambit: v     Mind's Reflection     Compass' Purification     Numerical Reflection: 1     Zone Distillation: Any     {           Muninn's Reflection         Nullary Reflection         Equality Distillation

        {             False Reflection             Vector Reflection Zero             Numerical Reflection: 2             Flock's Gambit             Huginn's Gambit             Numerical Reflection: 1             Haste         }         Vacant Reflection         Augur's Exaltation         Hermes' Gambit         Recitation Reflection         Nullary Reflection         Inequality Distillation

        {             Muninn's Reflection             Numerical Reflection: 0             Selection Distillation             False Reflection             Vector Reflection Zero             Numerical Reflection: 2             Flock's Gambit             True Reflection             Mind's Reflection             Alidade's Purification             Numerical Reflection: 2             Flock's Gambit             Augur's Exaltation             Huginn's Gambit

            {                 Iota: Gate to player head pos             }             Flock's Disintegration             Gemini Decomposition             Identity Reflection             Gate's Opening             Gate's Closing         }         Vacant Reflection         Augur's Exaltation         Hermes' Gambit         Muninn's Reflection         Numerical Reflection: 0         Selection Distillation         {             Identity Reflection             Compass' Purification             Muninn's Reflection             Numerical Reflection: 1             Selection Distillation             Dioscuri Gambit             Archer's Distillation             Gemini Decomposition             Nullary Reflection             Equality Distillation             {                 Bookkeeper's Gambit: v                 Numerical Reflection: 10                 Multiplicative Distillation                 Additive Distillation                 Pathfinder's Gambit             }

            {                 Numerical Reflection: 2                 Fisherman's Gambit II                 Subtractive Distillation                 Length Purification                 Numerical Reflection: 1                 Maximus Distillation                 {                     Numerical Reflection: 10                     Multiplicative Distillation                     Additive Distillation                     Pathfinder's Gambit                 }                 {                     Bookkeeper's Gambit: v                     Gemini Decomposition                     Pathfinder's Gambit

                    Mind's Reflection                     Compass' Purification                     Subtractive Distillation                     Gemini Decomposition                     Length Purification                     Division Distillation                     Numerical Reflection: 4                     Division Distillation                     Vector Reflection +Y                     Numerical Reflection: 0.03                     Multiplicative Distillation                     Additive Distillation                     Mind's Reflection                     Jester's Gambit                     Impulse                 }                 Augur's Exaltation                 Hermes' Gambit             }             Augur's Exaltation             Hermes' Gambit

        }         {             Mind's Reflection             Compass' Purification             Mind's Reflection             Alidade's Purification             Subtractive Distillation             Pathfinder's Gambit         }         Augur's Exaltation         Hermes' Gambit     }     Mind's Reflection     Compass' Purification     Numerical Reflection: 50     Summon Cyclic Wisp     Mind's Reflection     Compass' Purification     Numerical Reflection: 1     Zone Distillation: Any     Exclusion Distillation     Numerical Reflection: 0     Selection Distillation     Gemini Decomposition     Bind Wisp     Link } Augur's Exaltation Hermes' Gambit

[vectorbookkeeping]

The Importance of Accurate Bookkeeping for Tax Preparation

Accurate bookkeeping for tax preparation goes well beyond compliance with the law. Messy bookkeeping can cause you trouble with the law, cost you money, lose you sleep and tank your business. Missed Deductions This is the most obvious reason for the need for accurate bookkeeping. I have reviewed countless business books from retail shops in the Pearl District of Portland to contractors in Salem, every single set of books I have reviewed had one thing in common, missed deductions. Small and large, they all add up at tax time. In many cases, our services pay for themselves with the discovery of missed deductions. One of the most common missed deductions is loan interest expense. If you are not splitting your loan payments between principal and interest expense, you could be missing out on thousands of dollars of deductions. Accurate bookkeeping not only ensures you miss NO deductions, here at Vector Bookkeeping, we go through a regular process to find deductions you might not even know existed, such as business transactions made outside of a business bank account. Reporting Too Much Income We all want to earn more, but we definitely don’t want to tell the government we made more than we actually did. Having accurate revenue numbers is just as important to reducing your tax liability at tax time as not missing deductions. Over reporting your revenue will result in overpaying taxes. Nobody wants to overpay. But if your books are a mess, you might be telling the government you made more than you did. That’s an easy way to hand over cash you could’ve kept. Do you review every deposit to make sure it was revenue? Have you checked your undeposited funds are accurate? These are just a couple of the review processes Vector Bookkeeping conducts every week for our clients and again at the end of the year to ensure accurate bookkeeping. Peace of Mind Bad bookkeeping keeps you up at night. Good bookkeeping means you’re not scrambling when your accountant asks for records. It means if the IRS comes knocking, you’re not sweating bullets. Tax season is stressful enough without wondering if your numbers are right. I’ve met so many business owners who just cross their fingers and say, “Hopefully it’s close.” But “close” doesn’t cut it when the IRS asks questions, or when you realize you’ve been overpaying for years. Good records mean no surprises. It means walking into tax season knowing you’ve got everything covered. And honestly? That’s worth way more than just saving money. The Bottom Line Accurate bookkeeping for tax preparation is just good business. You didn’t start a business to do paperwork. But keeping things clean saves you cash, time, and a whole lot of headaches. If you’re handling it yourself, we’ve got some straightforward guides like our 10 Essential Bookkeeping Tips for Portland Small Business Owners or Understand the Basics of Bookkeeping: A Beginners Guide. Or if you’d rather hand it off, we’re happy to help, no pressure, just real talk about what you need. Reach out to us today if you are interested in working with a us. We offer free consultations and will be a friendly professional partner. You can also reach us at our Facebook page.   The post The Importance of Accurate Bookkeeping for Tax Preparation appeared first on Vector Bookkeeping. via https://vector-bookkeeping.com/the-importance-of-accurate-bookkeeping-for-tax-preparation/

[infinityxcycle]

Vanilla's Youth

Not many people know about what Vanilla did before she had Cream and resorted to caring for her. She purposefully doesn't speak much of it, to the point where even Cream doesn't know the answers to questions the others may have about it.

The only parties that know about such things would be Team Chaotix, which excludes Charmy in this scenario, as he joined after Vanilla's departure.

Vanilla was once a member of the agency, having joined when she had been found and didn't have anywhere else to go. Having been taken in, she was considered the 'tech expert'. While her knowledge of most things nowadays is limited to the technology of the old days, what she does know is rather extensive, as she hacked into systems and helped to override various things when they needed through places that were otherwise closed off to them.

She knows about Eggman's older systems, mostly, as that was where she found herself the most useful when he did another evil task that ended up getting them hired. As he has continued to upgrade his mechs, she no longer can say that she knows about them. However, she does know how Badniks operate, and even knows how to change their patterns, how they work, and even is able to get the animals out without the machine having to get obliterated.

The mother has a couple turned-off Badniks set up for if anything were to ever happen to her and Cream, and Cheese and Chocola need to hide. They can hop right in and operate the mechs of their own free will to be able to stay hidden and get away from danger quickly.

She was also the bookkeeper, keeping note of funds, how they were used, and helping them with overarching goals. Vanilla was the one that was able to get them the office they currently use, and had been keeping up with paying bills and making sure currency wasn't mismanaged. She also kept clients, cases, and information organized for the group, being considered the one that was the 'office woman' and the one to hear others out and relaying the cases to Vector.

One day, she had randomly left the agency, which had caused panic within the group when she had done so without a word. They eventually found her again, but by that point, there was a bundle swaddled in her arms, and a young life within it. It was clear then that she couldn't remain a member of the Chatoix, and she was allowed to move into the life of motherhood peacefully. . .

[eleventinygreenbirds]

It's interesting just how specific this advice is to the US. You can make a bank transfer in the UK and across the EU instantly, either through your online banking portal or, more likely if you're a business, through the interface built into your payment/bookkeeping software that makes a BACS submission through your bank's API. In a business context this is almost certainly backed up by two-factor through a smart card system that your bank will just give you as a basic part of any business banking arrangement.

So, just the idea that anyone other than the small group of people that have been explicitly given access to the payment interface even could raise a payment is wild to me.

I'm not even sure that anyone in the UK that doesn't have to deal with international (non-EU) money transfers would even have a clear idea what a wire transfer is, let alone how to instigate one, and in particular it isn't hard to get people to grasp that someone demanding they use a completely unfamiliar payment method instead of a conventional bank transfer is inherently suspicious.

The most common payment fraud vector I've seen is in systems where there's segregation between control of creditor payment details and control of payments (which is good practice, if you're large enough to have specific payment staff you shouldn't have systems which allow someone to both raise a payment and enter the recieving account details) - you scam the person with control of the creditor receiving account details into changing them to your account details, such that payments submitted through the normal channels are misdirected.

I don't know how to say it so that people will listen, but if you work at a business you should just accept that *unless your literal job is being the only one who handles wire transfers and you are professionally engaged ONLY in verifying that money is being transferred correctly* any request to wire someone money is a scam.

Our client is working with a company called (anonymized for internet example purposes) "Anaheim Sales" and have been communicating with them at their email, which is, deeply unfortunately, anaheimsales@aim.com

Client has been told by Anaheim Sales to send a check in the mail. They put the check in the mail, then get an email from anahiemsales@aol.com requesting a wire transfer instead. They cancel the check and they wire the money.

Now. A huge part of this is Anaheim Sales' fault. Buy a domain, dipshits. Your business email shouldn't be going to a gmail aim yahoo outlook whatever ass address, it should be going to YOURNAME@YOURDOMAIN.COM because it's a lot harder to scam your clients when you have to purchase YOURDOMIAN.COM than it is to scam them by setting up YOURNAAME@aol.com.

But also. They never should have wired the money. Even if it HAD been from bobsmith@anaheimsales.com, Bob's email could have been compromised. Even if it's in an industry where wiring money isn't something that happens only once in a blue moon.

If you are working at a business and you get a request for a wire transfer, you NEED to make sure that you speak to someone from the requesting business who you either know personally or who you reached by calling a known number for that business (KNOWN NUMBER from your vendor/client records; not from an email signature, and not from their website). If I were allowed to make all the rules, you wouldn't be allowed to make a wire transfer without a notarized request from the accounts payable department of the vendor.

This will slow down the transfer. It will make things take longer. But nobody doing legitimate business with you is going to be pissed if you take a couple extra hours to verify that they are actually making that request before you send them tens of thousands of dollars. If someone is yelling at you that you need to send the money NOW, that is actually when you need to stop and back away and escalate to your boss or get someone else from the requesting company on the phone.

"They said the contact I knew was out sick" cool don't send the money, if your known contact is not available you require a notarized request from one of the company's officers.

"They said they'd cancel the contract if we didn't get it out by this afternoon" then let them cancel you can re-sign a contract, even with a penalty, but you can't get that money back.

"They said that THEIR business was tied up and they couldn't do anything because they didn't have the payment and the check would take days to clear" sounds like a them problem; unless you get a signed, notarized request for a wire transfer you will not be sending a wire transfer.

And if you are a business owner you need to give your employees unlimited permission to say "yeah this sounds like bullshit I need to verify before I move forward" to anything that is even slightly suspicious. Your employees should NEVER be worried that they'll get fired if they say no to wiring money. You should give them a fucking bonus if they cause a delay in getting a *legitimate* wire payment transferred because they needed to get confirmation.

Wire transfers need to be a last resort, and you need to have policies in place that make them extremely cumbersome to use. The fact that wire transfers are immediate, efficient, convenient, and irreversible is WHY they're such a common way to scam people.

Also ffs please please please just set up a real website for your business there are cheap and easy ways to do it that will mean your clients are less easily targeted by scammers because they know that your email address isn't at *AOL INSTANT MESSENGER DOT COM*

[vectorbookkeepingusa]

Vector Bookkeeping prepares cash based tax ready books for our clients. We ensure that you have the most up-to-date and accurate information for your business. We bring peace of mind to our clients by preparing their books for tax filings, budgeting and financial reports.

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Vector Bookkeeping

14603 SE Arista Drive, Ste. B

Milwaukie, OR 97267

 (503) 468-1840

team@vector-bookkeeping.com

[canmom]

great questions lol i'm gonna have to think for a sec

is potential energy ' physically real'?

so first re 'physically real' vs 'bookkeeping trick' - I suppose it's a question of what you see as like the primary elements of a theory, and what is derived from that (in maths terms, probably somewhat related to the idea of axioms vs lemmas/theorems etc.)

I think temperature is an interesting point of comparison here. originally, temperature was 'a thing that you measure with thermometers', corresponding to our subjective experience of warm or cold. it definitely feels like a 'real' thing.

in classical thermodynamics, temperature is defined as a thermodynamic state variable, along with pressure, volume and the number of particles. if you're describing a homogenous volume of gas, that generally tells you what you need to know; from that are derived other thermodynamic properties, mostly by relating their differentials to each other. for example, you can work out a change in internal energy by integrating the change of temperature, multiplied by a given material's heat capacity.

from this you might say, temperature is 'fundamental', and internal energy is 'derived'. I believe this was the view of the classical thermodynamicists, who were faced with measurable quantities like pressure and temperature, and needed to calculate the thermodynamic properties like 'Gibbs free energy' or 'enthalpy' in order to predict the behaviour of their system. these guys were already brewing the idea of gases as being made of particles at the time, but their objects of study were things like heat engines.

towards the mid 1800s, statistical physics happened as Maxwell and Boltzmann figured out a way to model an ideal gas with a particular probability distribution of molecules. now, we could relate the thermodynamic quantities to the behaviour of the huge pile of microscopic particles. so you could define internal energy of an ideal gas by summing up the kinetic energy (in the familiar Newtonian sense) of every particle. now entropy became a way of measuring the amount of possible variations hidden inside the relationship between the abstracted out 'thermodynamic' picture and the small scale 'statistical' picture.

so now, if you prefer, you could start with the relationship between energy and entropy (which can be determined from the microscopic statistical physics), and then temperature becomes the secondary, 'derived' quantity, the partial derivative of internal energy with respect to entropy at constant volume and number of particles. when physicists report creating systems with negative temperature, this is the definition they're talking about: systems with limited high-energy states so that the entropy is able to go down as the energy increases. now energy and entropy are the 'fundamental' qualities, since they can be calculated from statistical physics, and temperature is the 'derived' quality which can be found once you've got the energy and entropy.

I think a similar process happens with the story of energy, where we shift the sort of 'starting point' of the theory. however, to see how that shift happened, we gotta go digging into the history.

this is tricky because we have thoroughly reformulated Newton's theory in new language, with later mathematical tools such as vectors; the way we write about 'Newtonian' mechanics now would be pretty foreign to Newton. so as for energy, on further research I don't think Newton himself figured the concept out - but as early as 1708, only a few decades after Newton, d'Alambert came up with the idea of 'virtual work' to describe equilibrium situations, a step towards Lagrange coming up with his variational approach a century later - only this is a bit of a misleading statement because d'Alambert didn't have the same language or notion of 'work' that we do. this is how he put it:

in modern physics, we think of 'work' - the dot product of force and distance travelled - as a change of energy, which is something called the work-energy principle. various versions of the idea we now call 'work' came up over the course of the 17th and 18th centuries, such as the 'duty' of an engine, which was the relationship between fuel and how much it could lift how far (plug the doi into scihub lmao):

this is clearly equivalent to the modern definition of energy, and we would call this a transformation of chemical potential energy in the fuel to kinetic energy in the moving load to gravitational potential energy as it gets pulled up the shaft. but that is a modern view. the word 'work' was only established as the jargon for this force-distance quantity in the 19th century by Gaspard de Coriolis.

so, let's consider potential energy. actually it was a pretty late coinage, in the 1840s, when Rankine defined 'actual energy' (which we now call 'kinetic energy') and 'potential energy' following aristotle. it was directly following from all these efforts to understand the idea of 'work' done by mechanical systems.

which is funny to read, because in my account, following the way these concepts are usually presented to students, I presented 'potential energy' before Lagrangian mechanics (after all, the Lagrangian is found by taking the difference between kinetic and potential energy, isn't it?) - but Lagrange came up with his mechanics in the 1810s, a few decades before Rankine named this concept.

there's an interesting para in this paper about how people thought of energy before the modern idea of it:

so even kinetic energy, despite being one of the first things introduced to physics students, is quite a late coinage. my presentation suggested that kinetic and potential energy were kind of 'native' to Newtonian mechanics, which is the way they're normally taught today, but in fact it took steam engines and thermodynamics to push people in the direction of thinking of energy; Newton formulated his theory in terms of forces.

if I was to write the energypost again, then, I might start with the ideas of forces and 'work' in Newtonian mechanics, discuss the classical thermodynamic view, and then rotate back and consider how these concepts emerge from Newtonian mechanics. because 'energy and momentum are conserved' is a very natural concept to apply, but really it seems like it's a very modern, post-19th century view of the subject. the importance of energy is something it took us hundreds of years to really figure out.

as to whether it's real or not, the sort of ontology that corresponds to the theory: this kind of gets into the deeper question of realism in philosophy of science, whether any of the mathematical constructs we use to describe the world are 'real' - when we are painfully aware the ontology frequently shifts as science develops - what used to be the sort of 'fundamental object' turns into merely an approximation to some 'more fundamental' theory. for example, nowadays particles are considered excitations in quantum fields.

in all versions of Newtonian mechanics, you can calculate the number we call 'potential energy', and draw certain mathematical conclusions about how it changes or not, and how it relates to other quantities in the theory. it's turned out to be very fruitful to consider this 'potential energy' as the starting point, and calculate other quantities from it. whether that makes it a 'real' thing or not... I feel like I'd need a stronger sense of what you'd consider 'real' to answer. but in general I would say that other mathematical elements of the theory such as forces, masses etc. are just as 'real' as energy is.

rest energy and potential energy in SR

now, as for how the rest energy in relativity relates to potential energy - I was more than a little loose with terminology there really (which is because I didn't really read up on this properly and just reported a thing from memory).

to begin with, what I'm really talking about is the interaction energy. the combined mass-energy of two interacting particles changes when you bring them close together.

only, to deal with this properly in relativity, we need to take into account some subtleties. the gravitational potential energy, and Newtonian gravity in general, is not really compatible with special relativity (that's why Einstein had to invent general relativity), and the electrical potential energy... well it's complicated, because magnetism has to be involved.

in physics we often go a step of abstraction further: we don't just talk about about the potential energy of a particle or system as a whole, but add in the idea of a field (function of space) called simply the potential which determines what the contribution to potential energy would be per unit charge/mass/similar if a particle happened to be at different points in space. this is what we're referring to when we talk about 'potential wells'. this has become one of the central concepts of physics - there's a joke that physics is only about solving the quadratic potential wells (aka harmonic oscillators) in ever more complicated ways.

you can use potential in special relativity, for example electromagnetic potential. but it becomes a four-vector combining 'scalar potential' (which determines the electrostatic potential energy, and whose gradient is the electric field) and a 'vector potential' (a vector whose curl is the magnetic field). there's some significant freedom in how you define the potential, which is a symmetry called 'gauge symmetry', and that turns out to be really important to quantum field theories.

although we call this a 'potential', we mostly don't use it to calculate a particle's potential energy - instead, we use it to determine the electric and magnetic fields, which give us forces on particles. the notion of 'potential energy' is generally only situationally useful in electromagnetism - mostly to static electric fields, so basically any situation where you approximate away magnetic fields and EM waves. once the full picture comes into play, you tend to just stick with forces and vector fields.

we can however relativisticise the notion of 'potential energy', and have a full potential-energy-including picture of relativistic energy (equation from the linked A Radically Modern Approach to Introductory Physics by David J. Raymond, which I discovered in the course of writing this post, and looks absolutely great).

to do this in a proper relativistically covariant way, we have to introduce yet another new quantity called the potential momentum (Q in the above equation). this is rarely seen in like, undergraduate special relativity because usually you just stick to situations where potential energy isn't there, but it is relevant to something called the Aharanov-Bohm effect, where the potential momentum can affect a quantum particle's phase.

in classical physics this new 'potential momentum' only applies forces on a particle perpendicular to its motion when the potential momentum is static and non-uniform, or when the potential momentum changes. which is to say, we're basically talking about the magnetic field here.

in this formulation (which applies to gauge field theories such as electromagnetism and the nuclear forces), both the potential energy and the potential momentum contribute to the total relativistic energy of a particle.

for a discussion of interaction energies and how they affect the particle's rest mass that's much more thorough than I can write tonight, which takes the modern field-theory view where particles are excitations in a field, I refer you to this cool page by Matt Strassler.

finally, general relativity is not a gauge field theory, and the 'gravitational potential energy' of Newtonian physics doesn't really apply there. there are some loosely analogous concepts to gravitational potential, like the Killing field; see here on stack overflow for a much better answer than I could write.

@canmom re your recent energyposting: i have some questions abt potential energy. first, from a historical perspective, do you know how the idea comes about? on the surface it seems so much like a convenient bookkeeping trick more than a real physical concept but it seems to have been accepted as physically real since the Newtonian era? and then you've said that the rest mass of objects goes up as their potential energy does — is this measurable or just a theoretical consequence of a separately well-confirmed theory?

[jamesolstein]

Here's the header illustration I did for @benchaccounting 's "How to Automate Your Accounting Admin" guide. AD: Kyle Thacker ... #illustration #business #smallbusiness #bench #benchco #editorial #editorialillustration #guide #syllabus #feature #bookkeeping #accounting #graphicdesign #illustrator #vector #vectorillustration #illustree #graphicroozane #simplycooldesign #visforvector #designarf #thedesigntalks#thedesigntip #picame #jamesolstein #jamesolsteinillustration

[principleofplenitude]

As a historian, my research has focused on a time and place — the 19th-century Deep South — that once operated by a very similar logic, only with a far more lethal and fearsome virus: yellow fever. Immunity on a case-by-case basis did permit the economy to expand, but it did so unevenly: to the benefit of those already atop the social ladder, and at the expense of everyone else. When a raging virus collided with the forces of capitalism, immunological discrimination became just one more form of bias in a region already premised on racial, ethnic, gender and financial inequality. Antebellum New Orleans was a slave society where whites dominated free people of color and enslaved people though legally sanctioned violence. But another invisible hierarchy came to co-mingle with the racial order; white “acclimated citizens” stood atop the social pyramid, followed by white “unacclimated strangers,” followed by everyone else. Surviving yellow fever was locally known as the “baptism of citizenship:” proof that a white person had been chosen by God and had established himself as a legitimate and permanent player in the Cotton Kingdom. Immunity mattered. “Unacclimated” white people were considered unemployable. As the German immigrant Gustav Dresel lamented in the 1830s, “I looked around in vain for a position as bookkeeper,” but “to engage a young man who was not acclimated would be a bad speculation.” Life insurers rejected unacclimated applicants outright or else charged a hefty “climate premium.” If you were white, immunity-status impacted where you lived, how much you earned, your ability to get credit, and whom you were able to marry. It’s no wonder, then, that many new immigrants actively sought sickness: huddling together in cramped dwellings, or jumping into a bed where friends had just died — the antebellum forerunners to “chickenpox parties,” except much deadlier. But immunity was more than a product of epidemiological luck. In the context of the Deep South, it was wielded as a weapon. From the start, wealthy white New Orleanians made sure that while mosquitoes were equal-opportunity vectors, yellow fever would be anything but colorblind. Pro-slavery theorists used yellow fever to argue that racial slavery was natural, even humanitarian, because it allowed whites to socially distance themselves; they could stay at home, in relative safety, if black people were forced to labor and trade on their behalf. In 1853, the “Weekly Delta” newspaper claimed, ludicrously, that three-quarters of all deaths from yellow fever were among abolitionists.

“The Dangerous History of Immunoprivilege” from New York Times

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Choosing the Right Bookkeeping Software

Intro: “Look, I get it, as a small business owner in Portland, you’ve got better things to do than obsess over bookkeeping software. That’s why I usually tell folks to just start with QuickBooks (even if their system is currently ‘a shoebox of receipts and good intentions’). But here’s the thing: QuickBooks alone won’t solve all your financial headaches. The right supporting tools can mean the difference between spending your evenings chasing invoices and actually having time to enjoy our beautiful summers. Here’s how to choose tools that work for you, not against you.” Section 1: The QuickBooks Reality Check Yes, you should probably use QuickBooks Online. No, it’s not perfect. Here’s why it’s still the right starting point for most Portland businesses: Every accountant knows it (including me) It covers 80% of what most businesses need Plays nice with other apps when you outgrow it But just like a good IPA needs the right glass, your QuickBooks needs the right supporting tools.”* Section 2: Choosing Bookkeeping Software That Actually Helps Focus on the Pain Point, Not the Bookkeeping Software. *”That flashy demo may be impressive, but does it really address your problem?” Before shopping, ask: What specific task is driving me crazy? How many hours/week does this currently waste? What’s the cost of NOT fixing this? Beware of “Free” Traps Many free tools are like Portland’s winter sunshine – great until you realize the limitations. Watch for: Feature walls that push you to paid plans Data lock-in that makes leaving painful Missing integrations that create manual work Think Like a Barista (Not a Tech Bro) The best tools are like a perfectly dialed-in espresso machine: Simple enough for your newest employee to use Powerful enough to handle your busy seasons Flexible enough to adapt as you grow Section 3: Common Portland Business Scenarios For the Maker Selling at the Saturday Market: “You need inventory that syncs with sales channels and shows what’s actually profitable (not just what’s pretty).” Find the right POS system that talks with QuickBooks so you can see what sells and what doesn’t sell. For the Contractor With 5 Trucks: “Job costing and mobile time tracking will save more headaches than another vendor account” More credit is not going to help you be more profitable. Look into time keeping and expense tracking software so you can track your actual project costs. For the Café Owner: “Your POS should talk to your accounting without requiring a CS degree to setup.” It really shouldn’t be complicated the right merchant processor will integrate with your bookkeeping software so you don’t need to do manual entries. Closing: “Here’s the truth: there’s no perfect tech stack. But there is a right next step for your business. If you’re tired of patching together systems that sorta work (when they work at all), let’s talk. I’ll help you find solutions that fit your business like a well-worn pair of Nikes – practical, reliable, and ready for whatever Portland throws at you. First consultation is always free. Find the right bookkeeping software for your business today.” Connect with us on Facebook, by phone 503-468-1840 or send us a message. Free Consultation The post Choosing the Right Bookkeeping Software appeared first on Vector Bookkeeping. via https://vector-bookkeeping.com/choosing-the-right-bookkeeping-software/

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Blink, blink. Okay. Well. Amy nods along as Fiona speaks, making suitable reactionary expressions all along. And they're absolutely genuine about it, too. They don't know Fiona very well but, in typical Amy fashion, they'd like to. It's not surprising that most Mobians are struggling; They've been lucky enough to be in the epicenter of so many of the world's recent events, that they've been, for lack of a better description, taken care of. They haven't had to worry about managing their money or keeping up with bills--They've been helping give them out to whoever they can in the Restoration. People helping people, even her. It's a privileged position, really. It hasn't been easy at all, but that doesn't give Amy any less of a perspective shift from listening to Fiona.

Lots of work to do still, it sounds like. Fiona seems like the working alone type, though. She probably won't agree to stay with the Restoration even if Amy asks. So, instead, she says, "That sucks." Unhelpful, but Amy likes conversations like this. She's chatty, but just as good at listening. "Vector's not the best at bookkeeping--I'll call Espio, though." The chameleon can be just as bad, but he's also very susceptible to being bothered when it's Amy nagging him. "You work at the makeup counter there?" She reaches for her own milkshake, hoping to prompt Fiona into complaining some more: "Do they still hide back-stock from floor staff?" Amy used to part-time in the homeware department there. Many an Amy vendetta can be sourced back to her time there.

Fiona is entertaining herself through Amy's annoying niceties by stabbing the ice cream with her straw. "Ugh."

"Well for one thing, those two-bit detectives never pay me enough--and they never pay on time, either. They're just lucky I'm damn good at my job." At least GUN always paid on time and usually for double the price! Bounty hunting back home really helped out Fiona's 'career'; relearning this world's nooks and crannies hadn't been so difficult once she learned which parts of her Zone had been expunged and which had somehow been lucky enough to exist beyond the Wave. There are lots of differences, but there are just as many similarities. So Fiona has a bit of an advantage compared to many of the people waltzing around this Mobius. "Next time you see Vector, tell him Fiona Fox wants her payment up front in cold-hard-cash."

She sticks the straw in her mouth, lips pursing around it for a moment, then takes a long sip. "And the department store's complainin' about sales. If you need a new eyeshadow, do a girl a favor and swing by the JC Penguin's on 31st, 'kay?" In short: not great, Amy!

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Crypto Exchanges’ A La Carte Approach To Audits A Recipe For Disaster

Organizing Accounting, Financial, Banking Data. Tiny Accountant Characters around of Huge Clip Board … [+] Filling Bookkeeping Graphs and Charts Counting Debit and Credit. Cartoon People Vector Illustration getty Big cryptocurrency exchanges are not necessarily averse to accountants or strict audits, but those that have something to hide are easily able to avoid the kind of review that would have…

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Cut Costs And Save Time With Vector Bookkeeping Services

Managing finances efficiently is one of the biggest challenges for businesses of all sizes. Whether you're a small business owner, a freelancer, or managing a growing enterprise, keeping track of your financial records, ensuring tax compliance, and managing payroll can be time-consuming and costly. Without proper bookkeeping, businesses risk overspending, financial mismanagement, and potential tax penalties. This is where Vector Bookkeeping comes in, offering cost-effective and time-saving financial solutions that help businesses reduce expenses, improve efficiency, and focus on growth. By outsourcing bookkeeping tasks to Vector Bookkeeping, businesses can streamline operations, eliminate errors, and make smarter financial decisions without the burden of handling complex financial tasks themselves.

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With the advancement of financial technology, manual bookkeeping is no longer necessary. Vector Bookkeeping utilizes advanced accounting software and cloud-based solutions to automate financial processes, reducing manual errors and increasing efficiency. Automated bookkeeping allows businesses to track financial transactions in real time, generate instant reports, and access financial data from anywhere. This eliminates paperwork, speeds up accounting processes, and provides accurate financial insights without the hassle of traditional bookkeeping.

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One of the biggest financial burdens for businesses is tax preparation and compliance. Vector Bookkeeping ensures that businesses remain tax-compliant by tracking deductible expenses, filing taxes on time, and identifying tax-saving opportunities. By maintaining accurate financial records, businesses can reduce their tax liabilities and take advantage of available deductions, ultimately saving money. Instead of scrambling to gather tax documents at the last minute, businesses using Vector Bookkeeping are always prepared and compliant with local, state, and federal tax laws.

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Late payments to vendors, employees, or tax authorities can lead to penalties, damaged relationships, and financial instability. Vector Bookkeeping ensures that all financial obligations are met on time by automating invoice processing, tracking payment deadlines, and managing accounts payable and receivable. With timely financial tracking, businesses avoid late fees, maintain strong vendor relationships, and ensure employees are paid accurately and on time.

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Many businesses lack the financial expertise to interpret financial data and make strategic decisions. Vector Bookkeeping provides businesses with access to professional financial advisors and bookkeeping experts who offer personalized support and insights. Whether it’s budgeting, forecasting, or profit analysis, businesses receive expert financial guidance that helps them grow strategically and efficiently. Having a trusted financial partner means businesses always have someone to turn to for financial advice and decision-making support.

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As businesses grow, their financial needs become more complex. Vector Bookkeeping offers scalable solutions that grow with the business, ensuring that financial processes remain efficient at every stage. Whether a business is a small startup or a large enterprise, Vector Bookkeeping provides tailored financial services that fit its unique needs. From basic bookkeeping and payroll processing to full-service accounting and financial strategy planning, businesses can choose the level of support that best suits their operations.

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Security and confidentiality are critical when handling financial information. Vector Bookkeeping employs strict data protection measures, encrypted cloud-based accounting systems, and secure record-keeping to ensure that all financial data is safe and confidential. Businesses no longer have to worry about data breaches, lost financial records, or unauthorized access to sensitive financial information.

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Every business has unique financial needs, and Vector Bookkeeping offers customized bookkeeping solutions that cater to different industries and business models. Whether a business needs help with monthly financial reporting, year-end tax preparation, payroll processing, or cash flow management, Vector Bookkeeping tailors its services to match the company’s financial goals. This flexibility ensures that businesses only pay for the services they need, maximizing cost savings and efficiency.

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Access to real-time financial data is a game-changer for business decision-making. Vector Bookkeeping provides businesses with up-to-date financial reports and dashboards, allowing business owners to monitor their finances at a glance. Instant access to profit and loss statements, cash flow reports, and balance sheets enables businesses to make proactive decisions that drive growth and profitability.

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By choosing Vector Bookkeeping, businesses gain a reliable financial partner dedicated to helping them cut costs, save time, and achieve financial success. With a focus on accuracy, automation, and affordability, Vector Bookkeeping takes the burden of financial management off business owners’ shoulders, allowing them to focus on what they do best—growing their business.

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Managing finances doesn’t have to be overwhelming or costly. With Vector Bookkeeping, businesses can reduce expenses, eliminate financial errors, optimize cash flow, and free up valuable time to focus on core operations. From payroll processing and tax compliance to financial reporting and automation, Vector Bookkeeping provides comprehensive and cost-effective bookkeeping services that drive business efficiency and success. By outsourcing financial tasks to experts, businesses gain peace of mind, improve financial stability, and position themselves for long-term growth. If you’re looking for a trusted partner to handle your financial management while saving you time and money, Vector Bookkeeping is the solution you need.

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Understanding the Basics of Bookkeeping: A Beginners Guide

What is Bookkeeping? The basics of bookkeeping is the process of keeping a detailed, organized record of a business’s financial transactions. It’s like maintaining a financial diary where every dollar coming in or going out is logged, categorized, and stored for future reference. Why It Matters Without accurate bookkeeping: You won’t know if you’re making a profit. Tax season becomes a nightmare. Financial decisions are just guesses. Good basic bookkeeping gives you control over your money instead of letting money control you. The Core Tasks Recording Transactions Every sale, purchase, payment, or receipt gets written down (digitally or on paper). Example: You invoice a client → that’s recorded. You pay rent → that’s recorded. Categorizing Transactions Grouping similar expenses/revenue (e.g., “Office Supplies” or “Sales Income”) so you can see patterns. Reconciling Accounts Checking that your records match bank statements to catch errors or fraud. Generating Reports Transform raw numbers into helpful summaries, like profit and loss statements. This way, you can make informed decisions. Bookkeeping vs. Accounting Bookkeeping = Data entry (logging transactions accurately). Accounting = Interpreting that data (analyzing trends, filing taxes, advising on strategy). Accounting Methods Cash Accounting: You only record money when it changes hands. It’s like watching your bank balance in real time. Accrual Accounting: You record money when it’s earned or owed, even if cash hasn’t moved yet. It’s like keeping score of every business deal as it happens. Rule of thumb: Start with cash if you’re small; switch to accrual as you grow. Tax rules may force your hand. How to Start Use a spreadsheet, notebook, or software (like QuickBooks or Xero). Stay consistent—update records weekly (not just at tax time). Keep receipts and invoices organized (digital or physical).   Check out our LinkedIn page for more tips Call us today for a free consultation   The post Understanding the Basics of Bookkeeping: A Beginners Guide appeared first on Vector Bookkeeping. via https://vector-bookkeeping.com/understanding-the-basics-of-bookkeeping-a-beginners-guide/