Risk is not something to eliminate — it is something to understand, quantify, and manage. Every business carries risk. The businesses that fail are not the ones that took risks; they’re the ones that didn’t know what risks they were carrying until one of them materialized. FJ & Associates, PLLC brings a CPA’s perspective to […]
Startup Funding Advisory for Utah Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners
Capital is the fuel of any new business — and the funding decisions you make at launch shape your business’s financial structure for years. Take on too much debt and your cash flow is consumed by debt service before you have traction. Take on too little and you’re undercapitalized at the worst possible time. Give […]
Scaling Your Utah Business: Financial Strategy for Sustainable Growth
Growth feels good until it doesn’t. Many Utah small businesses reach a point where revenue is increasing but cash is getting tighter, margins are shrinking, and the owner is working harder than ever for the same take-home pay. This is the scaling trap — growth that outpaces your financial infrastructure, your capital base, or your […]
Setting Up Your Business Chart of Accounts: A Practical Guide
The chart of accounts is the backbone of your bookkeeping system. It’s the categorized list of every account your business uses to record financial transactions — assets, liabilities, equity, revenue, and expenses. A well-structured chart of accounts produces meaningful financial reports, makes tax preparation efficient, and gives you the visibility to run your business on […]
Strategic Cash Flow Analysis & Forecasting for Business Owners
Profit and cash flow are not the same thing. A business can be profitable on paper and still run out of cash — because customers pay late, inventory is purchased before revenue arrives, or loan payments don’t align with revenue cycles. Cash flow analysis makes the difference visible. Cash flow forecasting makes it manageable. FJ […]
Business Budgeting & Financial Forecasting Services
A budget is a financial commitment to a plan. A forecast is your best current estimate of what will actually happen. Together, they give you the framework to set targets, allocate resources, and make proactive decisions — rather than reacting to whatever the month-end P&L reveals. FJ & Associates, PLLC builds annual budgets and rolling […]
Understanding Sales Tax Nexus for Online and E-Commerce Businesses
Before 2018, selling online to customers in other states was relatively simple from a sales tax perspective — if you didn’t have a physical presence there, you generally didn’t owe that state’s sales tax. The Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair changed everything. Today, online businesses that reach sales thresholds in other […]
How Pass-Through Entities Are Taxed: A Complete Guide for Business Owners
The majority of U.S. businesses — sole proprietorships, partnerships, S-Corporations, and most LLCs — are “pass-through entities.” That means the business itself doesn’t pay federal income tax. Instead, business income passes through to the owners’ personal tax returns, where it’s taxed at individual rates. Understanding how pass-through taxation works — and how to optimize it […]
Claiming the Research & Development Tax Credit for Your Business
The Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit is one of the most valuable — and most underutilized — tax credits in the federal tax code. Many business owners, especially outside the pharmaceutical and aerospace industries, assume they don’t qualify. That assumption costs them money every year. Software development. Process improvement engineering. Product testing. Custom tooling […]
Small Business Budgeting Guide: How Utah Business Owners Build Budgets That Work
A budget is a plan expressed in numbers. Without one, spending decisions are reactive — made in the moment based on available cash rather than a strategic view of where the business needs to go. With one, you know in advance whether a hiring decision is affordable, whether a marketing spend will require a draw […]
