Advantage Business Solutions LLC

07/15/2026

Great article on how scammers are getting your card numbers:

Summary : Making a payment with the tap of a credit card or phone is fast, convenient, and generally safe. But fraudsters have begun exploiting…

05/27/2026

If you are trying to call the IRS:

IRS overtime skyrockets amid workforce cuts
In 2025, the IRS experienced a 12% increase in overtime hours, primarily among employees in Taxpayer Services.. A new TIGTA report highlights that overtime costs rose by $27m, reaching $225m, as the agency faced a 25% reduction in its workforce due to resignations and retirements. “We believe that additional overtime costs were needed since the IRS had to balance increasing workforce demands with the impact of Service-wide workforce reductions,” the report stated. The Taxpayer Services division accounted for 87% of all overtime hours, with significant backlogs exacerbated by a 43-day government shutdown. TIGTA flagged 476 questionable overtime claims, indicating a lack of centralized tracking for overtime procedures within the IRS. The report did not include recommendations but noted plans to assess IRS controls over premium pay in the upcoming filing season. 🤷‍♀️

04/30/2026

If you haven't watched our Podcast, here is your chance. Enjoy!

In this video, Margie and Cindy—each with over 25 years of accounting experience—walk through what it really looks like to engage with an accountant and get ...

04/21/2026

📊 **If your Chart of Accounts looks like a junk drawer… we should talk.**

You know the one — where scissors, batteries, ketchup packets, and random screws all live together in chaos. 😅

That’s exactly what we see in a lot of small business books:

❌ 47 different expense accounts for things that could be 5
❌ “Office Supplies” somehow includes lunch, gas, and Amazon at 2am
❌ Personal Target runs mixed in with business expenses
❌ A setup that makes sense to… absolutely no one

If your financials feel confusing, it’s not you — it’s your setup.

A good Chart of Accounts should be clean, simple, and actually helpful (not a mystery novel you dread opening).

✔️ Clear reports
✔️ Easier tax time
✔️ No more guessing games

💼 At Advantage Business Solutions, we turn financial chaos into something that actually makes sense.

📩 Message us if your books are giving junk drawer energy.

04/14/2026

Protect yourself from fraud this tax season:

Summary : Scammers are taking advantage of the fact that the tax filing process is increasingly going digital. Here are some of the latest…

03/20/2026

Software does not make a bad bookkeeper better, it makes a bad bookkeeper faster.

03/12/2026

Your tax refund could be delayed:

Tax refunds are about 10% larger so far this year, but some filers will have to wait longer for their money.

03/08/2026

We want Clippy back...

02/12/2026

Two years ago, we accidentally became entrepreneurs.

What started as a “well…now what?” moment turned into a bookkeeping business we’re incredibly proud of. Turns out, betting on ourselves wasn’t such a bad idea after all.

In the last two years we’ve learned a lot — like how much coffee it takes to build a business ☕, how many spreadsheets one human can actually love, and most importantly, how amazing our clients are.

Thank you to everyone who trusted us, referred us, supported us, and cheered us on. We truly couldn’t have done this without you.

Cheers to 2 years in business… and to many more balanced books ahead!

02/05/2026

This is cracking me up