First Steps Financial

First Steps Financial First Steps Financial is a dedicated team of Accountants and Advanced QBO Proadvisors. Our mission We are a growing small business accounting solutions provider.

We offer all of the daily support needed for small companies in order for owners and managers to focus on the heart of their business. We strive to handle the finances of our clients in the same timely and conservative manner as we would our own. We are committed to maintaining communication and tailored services according to each unique client. We specialize in QuickBooks Online. We are Certified ProAdvisors.

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜!๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€. ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ - ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜†?Join IBA for our new ...
10/08/2026

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜!

๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€. ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ - ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜†?

Join IBA for our new "๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€" webinar series!

This series brings you real-world insights, strategies, and lessons learned directly from successful small business owners and solopreneurs.

Details๐Ÿ‘‡

Topic: ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€. ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ โ€“ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€
๐—›๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐—”๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฐ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ
Date: ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ
Time: ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ฃ๐—  โ€“ ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฃ๐—  ๐—˜๐——๐—ง

What Youโ€™ll Learn

โœ…Key legal and operational distinctions between employees and contractors.
โœ…How to avoid common classification and compliance pitfalls.
โœ…Practical advice on structuring your workforce for growth and flexibility.

๐Ÿ“ข๐—•๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜€: Registering for this session automatically signs you up for the entire series, giving you ongoing access to peer-led business expertise!

๐Ÿ”— Register Now ๐Ÿ‘‰https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VVWFiIDVTSiGcGb9rO7jyQ

10/08/2026

Seeing Christmas decor in stores has us thinking about how important it is to plan ahead of time on your taxes.

Tax planning is one of the most important parts of financial planning and can help you save money! Quick tip for you in this video!

๐—จ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ข ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†.  From delaye...
10/07/2026

๐—จ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ข ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†. From delayed monthly closes to shadow spreadsheets and bypasses around financial controls, these common friction points usually don't look like a broken relationship, they look like "busy months" or "tough quarters."

If your operational team and finance department aren't truly synced, you are paying for expensive rework and making critical business decisions with stale data.

Read part 3 of our 5-part series to identify the 5 structural warning signs in your business and learn how to fix them before they compound ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.firststepsfinancial.com/five-warning-signs-your-coo-and-accounting-arent-talking

๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜: ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜!๐—ฆ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฃ๐—”Ready for your most str...
10/06/2026

๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜: ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜!

๐—ฆ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฃ๐—”

Ready for your most strategic year-end tax planning ever? Learn what documents to gather and what questions to ask!

๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ @๐Ÿญ ๐—ฃ๐—  ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง

Join us for a free โ€œTax Planningโ€ webinar this October. This free mini online workshop will equip you to make your next CPA meeting a powerhouse of clarity, savings, and growth potential.

Key aspects weโ€™ll cover:

โœจ How to Ensure Your Books Are Up to Date
๐Ÿ“Š Reviewing What Changed This Year
๐Ÿงพ Documents Required for Deductions
๐Ÿ’ธ Cash Flow for Year-End Moves
โ“ Smart Questions to Ask

Book your spot here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5zuUP8H8TJCdm7K2OUrKCw

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ  #๐Ÿญ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€? ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€. ๐Ÿ’ณโœจWaiting until tax season to match your...
10/05/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ #๐Ÿญ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€? ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€. ๐Ÿ’ณโœจ

Waiting until tax season to match your bank statements against your books is a recipe for surprise expenses and missing receipts. Make it a monthly routine:

โœ…Match every transaction to bank and credit card statements.
โœ…Catch fraudulent charges or billing errors before itโ€™s too late.
โœ…Keep your cash flow projections accurate in real time.

Set aside 30 minutes at the end of every month. Your future self (and your accountant) will thank you!

Cheers to another fantastic year with Chelsea at the helm! Today marks Chelseaโ€™s Workiversary, and we couldnโ€™t be proude...
10/04/2026

Cheers to another fantastic year with Chelsea at the helm! Today marks Chelseaโ€™s Workiversary, and we couldnโ€™t be prouder to celebrate our outstanding Team Manager.

Chelsea, your passion and commitment drive our team forward and inspire us all to reach new heights. Thank you for making every day brighter and for always leading by example!

Join us in congratulating Chelsea on her Workiversary! Share your favorite memory, accomplishment, or words of appreciation in the commentsโ€”letโ€™s let Chelsea know how much she means to

๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ...
09/30/2026

๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€?

In Part 2 of our series, we unpack what a truly growth-focused COO-Accounting relationship looks like in action, from fixing cadence mismatches to preventing multi-million dollar operational blind spots. If you want to turn reactive accounting into a proactive strategic engine, this quick read gives you 5 checks to run in your business today.

Read the full article to transform your operations ๐Ÿ‘‰https://www.firststepsfinancial.com/what-a-growth-focused-coo-accounting-relationship-looks-like

Happy  ! ๐ŸŽง๐ŸŽ™๏ธWhether you're listening while commuting, doing chores, or relaxing at home, there's nothing quite like disc...
09/30/2026

Happy ! ๐ŸŽง๐ŸŽ™๏ธ

Whether you're listening while commuting, doing chores, or relaxing at home, there's nothing quite like discovering a new show that gets you hooked from episode one โ€” whatโ€™s on repeat in your headphones right now?

Drop a link to your favorite podcast in the comments below... and letโ€™s build the ultimate playlist together! ๐Ÿ‘‡โœจ

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