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Tools for Billing • Collections • Purchasing • Taxes • Accounting • Surviving Come Talk the Biz Talk: And if you just want to vent or see if anyone else has run into your problem, stop by CyberSchmooz. The Latest Hot Topics: Join the Buzz on the Perks (and Jerks) of Running a Small Biz. Working alone at home? Looking for new ideas or ways to juggle work & family demands? Come on over to the Working at Home forum and see how others are dealing with the same issues. Go A wealth of web links will get you to more specific resources at Idea Cafe's Biz Web Guide. You might want to check out the master list of categories. If you've got more questions: On Accounting, talk with your CPA. On Legal stuff, see your attorney. On federal tax issues, check the IRS. TOOLS TO HELP YOU OPERATE YOUR BIZ At Idea Cafe, we aren't the IRS, we aren't attorneys, accountants or God. So we don't guarantee these forms or tips will be right for you. But they may flag things to chew over with your CPA or attorney, and fine-tune for your own biz. Many of these basic biz tools are now built into accounting programs, so you may want to look for them there, whether you do accounting on your computer, or if you've got the bandwidth to do it online. AGREEMENTS Promissory Note Tips: Understanding Promissory Notes Purchase Orders Tips re Purchase Orders 1. Form: Purchase Order (with explanations) 2. Form: Purchase Order (blank) 3. Example: P.O. (for Goods) 4. Example: P.O. (for Services) TRACKING ACTIVITIES & EXPENSES Work Log Tips re work logs Form: Daily work log Time Sheets Tips re time sheets Form: Weekly Time Sheet for Hourly Employees Mileage Forms Tips re mileage forms Forms (use #1 or 2; plus #3): 1. For commuting, personal & biz 2. For personal & biz 3. For Auto Maintenance & Repair TAX TIPS AND IDEAS Q & A with Idea Cafe Experts Tax Write-Offs On the House: Peter Soh, Idea Cafe's guest CPA, shares tax deduction tips for all! Reduce your tax load today. Quick Tax Tips on 1099s! Two tax tips for U.S. and non-U.S. companies on when to issue 1099s to independent contractors. TAXES & ACCOUNTING Tax Tips & Forms 1099's for Independent Contractors (US due annually 1/31) Estimated Tax Prepayments (US due quarterly 4/15, 6/15, 9/15 and 1/15 -- don't forget!) COST PROJECTIONS Instant Calculator: Startup Budget BILLING Invoices Tips re Billing for Expenses Form: Invoice for Expenses Tips re the Invoice Form Form: Blank Invoice COLLECTIONS Ideas on How to Collect Sample: Debt Collection Letters INVENTORY Tips re Inventory Form Form: Physical Gain or Loss Enter your search terms Submit search form       Search Idea Cafe Web Small Business Tax Center • Idea Cafe Home • Sign Up • Biz Grant Center • CyberSchmooz •Coffee Talk with Experts • People in Biz Profiles • Starting Your Biz • Biz Planning • Running Your Biz • FREE Trade Publications • Marketing • Financing Your Biz • Human Resources • Legal & Biz Forms • Managing Your Biz • eCommerce • You and Your Biz • Gen X • Work@Home • The Fridge • De-Stress • Send an Award • Send an eGreeting • Yoga @ Your Desk • Web Guide • Idea Cafe in the News • About Idea Cafe • Advertise on Idea Cafe • Contact Us • Privacy Policy • Site Map • Small Biz News Copyright 1995-2009, DevStart, Inc. Downloads are for personal use only, not for resale to others, and may not be reprinted in any form without written permission from DevStart, Inc. DISCLAIMER: We hope whatever you find on this site is helpful, but be cautioned that it may not apply to your own situation, or be totally current at any given time. DevStart Inc. and all of its current and past experts, sponsors, advertisers, agents, contractors and advisors disclaim all warranties with regard to anything found anywhere on this family of websites, quoted from, or sent from DevStart, Inc. and its related sites, publications and companies. We also take no responsibility for comments published by others on these pages. TRADEMARKS: The following are Registered Trademarks or Servicemarks of DevStart, Inc.: Idea Cafe®, Online Coffee Break®, The Small Business Gathering Place®, Take out Info®, Biz Bar & Grill®, Complaint-O-Meter®, A Fun Approach to Serious Business™, CyberSchmooz™, and BizCafe™.