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Separating business and personal money is a clarity decision first
Whether a separate account is legally required depends on where you are and how you are structured, but the…
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Records, contracts and obligations — the machinery running underneath the work.
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What records you keep, and why the reason matters more than the list
Record-keeping obligations differ by country but they exist to answer the same three questions, and understanding those makes the requirements far easier to satisfy.
By Hannah Whitfield · · 4 min read
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What an accountant actually does for you
The value of a good accountant is mostly in the questions they ask before a decision, not in the forms they…
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A contract for people who do not like contracts
A written agreement is mostly a memory device, and understanding that removes almost every reason small…
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The clauses that do most of the work in a small agreement
A short agreement covering six things prevents nearly every dispute a small business actually encounters…
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An invoice has one job and most of it is being easy to pay
The document that asks for money is usually treated as a formality, and small details in it decide how…
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Insurance for a one-person business is bought against outcomes
The useful way to think about cover is not which policies exist but which events would end the business…
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Obligations arrive on a calendar you did not set
Filing dates and payment deadlines are fixed by somebody else and take no account of how busy you are…
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Taking on your first help changes what you are responsible for
Engaging somebody to work with you introduces a set of obligations that depend on how the relationship is…
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You are the single point of failure, and that is fixable
In a business of one, everything runs through a single person and often a single device, and the…
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Bringing somebody in to help does not move the responsibility
Work passed to a subcontractor is still work you promised, and the client’s remedy stays with you…
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Buying help is a different decision from hiring somebody
Handing a task to another business removes the work without creating an employer, and for most very small…
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