Small business owners take on a range of responsibilities that are handled by specialized departments in larger companies. Accounting is often one of these functions, especially in the startup phase.

A common accounting cycle in any given business often has nine or 10 steps, depending on the procedures outlined by the given accounting department. Each step in the accounting cycle plays an ...

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