Stephanie Horne
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Bookkeeping Basics Expert

Stephanie Horne Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Home Business, Bookkeeping, Income Tax Preparation
- Career Focus
- Financial, Business Owner, Author, Entrepreneur
- Affiliation
- CTEC
Stephanie Horne is the president and founder of Horne Financial Services, a leading provider of bookkeeping & income tax services and guidance in Sonoma County, Califo ia.
Her company was founded in 2001 and now maintains two websites on bookkeeping & income tax tips and human resources, including:
1. www.Bookkeeping-Basics.net
2. www.bookkeeping-basics.net/bookkeeping-blog.html
The main website offers valuable tools and advice on topics such as:
Her company also publishes an e-mail newsletter going out for free to monthly subscribers on the topics of bookkeeping, accounting & income tax basics, bookkeeping tips, home business, and personal finances which you can sign up for at www.bookkeeping-basics.net/bookkeeping-ezine.html
She has a degree in Accounting and Business Management and has 15 years of experience in the accounting industry working for both large and small businesses performing accounting, income tax and management duties for companies such as H&R Block and Legacy Marketing Group.
Her interest in bookkeeping and home business began over 15 years ago and was best defined through her work as a Staff Accountant for David J. Fisher, CPA.
Stephanie is a self-professed numbers junkie - and proud of it. Her house is full of home business books and tapes. She took her first bookkeeping course when she was 17 years old, and her interest hasn't ceased yet.
She lives and works in Sonoma County with her husband and business partner, William Horne (also a fireman). Together, they run their own home business, Horne Financial Services, and are raising two wonderful children: Billy and Olivia.
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The Top Three Bookkeeping Basics
http://www.bookkeeping-basics.net/bookkeeping-basics.html
Choose The Right Business Structure
http://www.bookkeeping-basics.net/business-structure.html
Five Tips for a Smoother, More Efficient Tax Time
http://www.bookkeeping-basics.net/bookkeeping-tips.html
Should You Adjust Your Estimted Tax Payment?
http://www.bookkeeping-basics.net/estimated-tax-payment.html
Bookkeeping Work From Home
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Standard Mileage Rate Deduction
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How To Start Your Own Based Bookkeeping Business
http://www.bookkeeping-basics.net/home-based-bookkeeping-business.html
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The Top Three Bookkeeping Basics
Certainly there could be no harder task than to choose the single best from so many important, yet different, bookkeeping basics. So let me help a little and pick three, for different reasons. nn#1) Get a business federal tax identification number. Otherwise known as an EIN (Employer ...
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Bookkeeping Work from Home
Are you interested in bookkeeping work from home? Get bookkeeping tips and guidance on doing bookkeeping work at home here. I will provide you with some helpful recommendations on bookkeeping business software, ideas for finding bookkeeping work from home and information on setting up your own website to help find prospecitive clients and turn them into paying customers.
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$250,000 Income Tax Threshold
Why is $250,000 the magic number? There has been much debate with regards to how to close the budget deficit. With President Obama's fix saying that federal income taxes should be increased for households making more than $250,000. The questions is, how did this become the threshold between being considered wealthy or middle class? Many people are questioning whether or not a household making more than that are truly wealthy enough to be taxed at the same bracket as millionaires.
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3 Common Tax Mistakes
Here are 3 common tax mistakes that many of us break almost daily. Respect them, and you'll reduce the chance of coming to grief with the Internal Revenue Service. 1. Keep business and personal affairs separate It might be overstated to say that the two should NEVER meet. You might sometimes do things with a double motive, for example having a lunch with a business colleague or going on vacation with your best client.
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3 Key Reasons A Business Needs To Keep Books
What are the main reasons a business needs to keep books? I would have to say the 3 key reasons for bookkeeping are: 1) One of the main reasons a business needs to keep books is so that the business owner has an accurate record of the totals of all income and expenses of the year for the reporting of annual income taxes. It is extremely important to maintain good accounting records in case of an audit. Unfortunately, audits do occasionally happen whether you are doing what you're supposed to or not. However, there is no need to fear an audit if you are maintaining good daily records.
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Stephanie Horne
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." - Herm Albright
"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why they call it the present." - Master Oogway ;)
"Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement." - Brian Tracy, Eat That Frog
"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Contacting Stephanie Horne
Stephanie Horne
Horne Financial Services
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Phone: 707-795-1320
Fax: 707-795-1320
Website: http://www.Bookkeeping-Basics.net
Contact Form Online: http://www.bookkeeping-Basics.net/feedback.html
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Stephanie is able to offer discounted office supplies, software and electronics to her website visitors at http://www.bookkeeping-basics.net/bookkeeping-supplies.html
She also works from home. You can learn more at http://www.bookkeeping-basics.net/site-build-it.html
A helpful tax organizer is provided free for you on her website at http://www.bookkeeping-basics.net/tax-organizer.html along with industry specific tax deduction and vehicle expense lists at http://www.bookkeeping-basics.net/income-tax-deductions.html
There are over 100 Accounting Definitions and Bookkeeping Terms for your use at http://www.bookkeeping-basics.net/accounting-definitions.html
She also has a great questions and answers page offering valuable free bookkeeping and income tax advice from herself and other bookkeeping-basics.net visitors at http://www.bookkeeping-basics.net/questions-and-answers.html and http://www.bookkeeping-basics.net/income-tax-questions.html.