LZ Books Small business accounting simplified

adminBookkeeping

When you prepare your income taxes using paper forms, you spend a lot of time shuttling back and forth between them. You come to a line on form 1040 that requires a supporting form or schedule, so you go there and complete it, and then transfer the number back to the 1040. Sometimes, you need to fill out a worksheet, … Read More

What is Manufacturing costs and non-manufacturing costs?

adminBookkeeping

These costs are reported on a company’s income statement below the cost of goods sold, and are usually charged to expense as incurred. Since nonmanufacturing overhead costs are treated as period costs, they are not allocated to goods produced, as would be the case with factory overhead costs. Since they are not allocated to goods produced, these costs never appear … Read More