This week we’ve had talk of money (accounting, book keeping, having and not), location and equipment. Picking the easiest, I’ll take the money and run.

For starters, the UK has the Better Payment Practice Campaign. Check out their code “The Better Payment Practice Group was established to promote a better payment culture within the UK and urges all firms to adopt a responsible attitude to paying on time.” Novel concept.

Money Articles

In the coming posts we’ll be discussing the subject of money. Often. While you’re waiting, here’s a few we found.

DiVITA Speaks!!: Budget for a Business

Lifehacker: Geek to Live: Automate your finances
Everyone has their own money personality and systems they use to keep their dollars and cents in order, but I thought I’d share some of the methods I’ve developed over the years.

Simplify This: Who needs a bookkeeper?
Most small businesses of a certain size can certainly benefit from a fulltime bookkeeper, however not all of them require one, especially the smallest of businesses.

Online Book Keeping Assistance

There are a ton of online payment, book keeping, accounting sites on the internet. I don’t have an opinion of any, so if you do, feel free to respond.

Blinksale (free account)
The easiest way to send invoices online. Blinksale is perfect for anyone who needs to invoice clients for services or products sold. Blinksale is an excellent choice for attorneys, accountants, designers, IT professionals, software developers, journalists, contractors, engineers, architects, videographers, and more. Basically, if you need to send invoices, Blinksale can work for you.

FreshBooks (limited free account)
The Fastest Way to Invoice Your Clients. FreshBooks is an online invoicing and time tracking service that saves you time.

TechCrunch Article: FreshBooks pushes the envelope in online billing

SimplifyThis (invitation only beta)
SimplifyThis is an intuitive web-based service to easily invoice your customers and get paid faster online. No more forgotten invoices, no software to install and no help manuals to read. Use this from home, from the library, or from any other computer on the internet.

Side Job Track (free)
Web-based job tracking, invoicing, reporting & project management software for the part-time independent contractor.

Wesabe: Take Control of Your Money
Take control of your money, find the best values in your area, and reach your financial goals by joining the Wesabe community.

What Are You Worth?

On every design forum the same question gets asked, “how much should I charge?” In the equation, it’s always useful to get a ballpark on how much they’re worth (taking into account where they are, their experience level, how fast they work, etc).

Ask Dr. Salary
Salary is a mysterious topic but it doesn’t need to be. I’ve started this blog to simplify salary in ways that can help both employees and hiring managers to understand and communicate about compensation with grace and ease.

CBSalary.com | Salary Calculator

Indeed.com | Salary Search
Search salaries from over 50 million jobs in the past year

Monster | Salary Center

PayScale
Salary Survey, Salaries, Wages, Compensation Information and Analysis. Get accurate, real-time salary reports based on your job title, location, education, skills and experience.

Salary.com
Job salaries - Performance reviews - Compensation software

SalaryScout.com
Negotiate with knowledge

WageExchange.com
Salary Survey, Wages, Compensation data

Taxes

When it comes to money, taxes can’t be denied.

Australian Tax Office | Business

Australian Government website | Tax matters
List of government websites relating to different aspects of taxation.

Taxpayers Australia
Aims to educate taxpayers via the media, educational publications and seminars on issues relating to *tax* and superannuation.

Tax Returns Australia
The safe, simple way to submit your personal tax return online.

Business Link (UK) | Taxes, returns & payroll

IRS (US) Small Business/Self-Employed Virtual Small Business Tax Workshop
This extensive workshop is designed to help new and existing small business owners understand and meet their federal tax obligations.

If you have resources to suggest, go ahead and send them over. Depending, I’ll add them to our resources and BoDo’s del.icio.us.

Until the next
Resourceful Friday,
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