All Posts Tagged With: "bookkeeping"

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Protect Your Small Business from Embezzling Bookkeepers Part 4: Common Scams

I am always asked if it is wise to speak openly of how bookkeepers steal since I may be giving bad bookkeepers new ideas, causing business owners to lose money and sometimes even force them to put their businesses for sale. My answer to this is always…Absolutely. It is absolutely a wise idea to inform [...]

March 8th, 2008 | erica | Comments | Continued
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Protect Your Small Business from Embezzling Bookkeepers Part 3: Ghosts in the Company

Believe it or not, Ghosts do exist. Even worse, they can exist in a business. When I say “Ghosts,” I do not mean the ethereal spirits that walk through walls and wail in the night…the sounds of chains rattling and making goosebumps rise on your arms. No, when I say “Ghosts” may [...]

February 28th, 2008 | erica | Comments | Continued
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Protect Your Small Business from Embezzling Bookkeepers Part 2: Credit Cards and Identity Theft

Having been in the bookkeeping and retail business for more then ten years, I have seen a lot of credit card theft on both sides of the Office Door. I have seen credit cards pull a disappearing act, employees buy unauthorized items on company credit, and tens of thousands of dollars charged within a [...]

February 16th, 2008 | erica | Comments | Continued
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Protect Your Small Business from Embezzling Bookkeepers Part 1: Checking Account

These days, too many SBO’s (Small Business Owners) trust their employees far too much. They trust them to be loyal and hardworking and to never, ever steal from them. Unfortunately, theft happens far more often then SBO’s realize, and it occurs repeatedly for years before anyone ever catches on. Bookkeepers especially are [...]

February 5th, 2008 | erica | Comments | Continued