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Audit Finances-The ABCs of Finance with Valaise Smith - Episode 103
It’s Financial Literacy Month. Are you financially literate? Do you have your finances in order? Could you use help?
Valaise Smith, my tax preparer, shares her ABC’s to how to audit finances.
Audit Finances-The ABCs of Finance
Listen on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Other Podcast Players
In this episode with Valaise Smith, we talk about:
[] Control Money [3:56] The ABC’s of Finance [] Managing Finances [11:49] The value of managing your finances [] Side Hustle to Main Hustle [14:47] The evolution of Tried & True Finances
Transcript
Do you want more out of life? Are you ready to live boldly in pursuit of your dreams?
Today’s episode sponsor is Deneen L. Garrett. Deneen is a Passionate, Innovative, Executioner (P.I.E.) who elevates the voices of women of color and empowers them to Live a Dream Life (style) through podcasting and speaking.
Deneen is a Women Motivational Speaker and the Creator & Host of the Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation (Formerly An Intimate Conversation with Women of Color) Podcast, which she launched in 2020.
Deneen specializes in helping women of color who want more out of life live boldly to create a dream life.
Hire Deneen For: Keynotes | Speaking Engagements (Virtual) | Workshops | Fireside Chats | Podcast Interviews
Signature Talks: Living a Dream Lifestyle | Leadership Development for Women of Color | Leveraging LinkedIn to Grow Your Podcast
Hire Deneen to speak at your next event
Control Money
The ABC’s of Finance
Educating business owners on becoming savior with their money is “near and dear to Valaise’s heart”. She even built a business around doing this.
Valaise Smith: “Tried and True is established to help entrepreneurs with the ABCs of Finance to simplify their accounting, budgeting and credit processes. So in the credit space, we help entrepreneurs build business credit, I say all the time, cash is king, and credit is queen, and you need both to win.
Managing Finances
The value of managing your finances
Managing your finances well allows you access. Access to more capital. Higher tax returns. Financial freedom. Generational wealth.
Valaise Smith: “We are laser focused on the ABCs of finance, the accounting, the budgeting, the bookkeeping, and the credit, because all of those three goals go hand in hand, you want to make sure that you're staying compliant with your tax filing, you want to make sure that you're maximizing your deductions getting, you know, paying the least amount of tax possible, you want to make sure that your budget is tight, and that your bookkeeping system is in place, so that when you do go to get funding, you have the critical financial documents that they're asking for, you're up to date on your tax file once you have your financials, so you can give them the information that they need.”
Side Hustle to Main Hustle
The evolution of Tried & True Finances
Sometimes we fall into situations. This can happen in business as well.
Valaise Smith: So I had already been doing income tax preparation on the side, just as a little side hustle for friends and family because I wanted to learn more about taxes. So I went and took the Income Tax Course, that led into a part time seasonal job, I was doing that for a little while and then just was doing it for friends and family. I was not promoting it, it was not a business. I was doing it for love offering, just love doing it. And so I was I was working in corporate, I was working for this financial services company, and I was doing their back office reconciliation for a book of investment portfolio in excess o
Audit Finances-The ABCs of Finance with Valaise Smith - Episode 103
It’s Financial Literacy Month. Are you financially literate? Do you have your finances in order? Could you use help?
Valaise Smith, my tax preparer, shares her ABC’s to how to audit finances.
Audit Finances-The ABCs of Finance
Listen on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Other Podcast Players
In this episode with Valaise Smith, we talk about:
[] Control Money [3:56] The ABC’s of Finance [] Managing Finances [11:49] The value of managing your finances [] Side Hustle to Main Hustle [14:47] The evolution of Tried & True Finances
Transcript
Do you want more out of life? Are you ready to live boldly in pursuit of your dreams?
Today’s episode sponsor is Deneen L. Garrett. Deneen is a Passionate, Innovative, Executioner (P.I.E.) who elevates the voices of women of color and empowers them to Live a Dream Life (style) through podcasting and speaking.
Deneen is a Women Motivational Speaker and the Creator & Host of the Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation (Formerly An Intimate Conversation with Women of Color) Podcast, which she launched in 2020.
Deneen specializes in helping women of color who want more out of life live boldly to create a dream life.
Hire Deneen For: Keynotes | Speaking Engagements (Virtual) | Workshops | Fireside Chats | Podcast Interviews
Signature Talks: Living a Dream Lifestyle | Leadership Development for Women of Color | Leveraging LinkedIn to Grow Your Podcast
Hire Deneen to speak at your next event
Control Money
The ABC’s of Finance
Educating business owners on becoming savior with their money is “near and dear to Valaise’s heart”. She even built a business around doing this.
Valaise Smith: “Tried and True is established to help entrepreneurs with the ABCs of Finance to simplify their accounting, budgeting and credit processes. So in the credit space, we help entrepreneurs build business credit, I say all the time, cash is king, and credit is queen, and you need both to win.
Managing Finances
The value of managing your finances
Managing your finances well allows you access. Access to more capital. Higher tax returns. Financial freedom. Generational wealth.
Valaise Smith: “We are laser focused on the ABCs of finance, the accounting, the budgeting, the bookkeeping, and the credit, because all of those three goals go hand in hand, you want to make sure that you're staying compliant with your tax filing, you want to make sure that you're maximizing your deductions getting, you know, paying the least amount of tax possible, you want to make sure that your budget is tight, and that your bookkeeping system is in place, so that when you do go to get funding, you have the critical financial documents that they're asking for, you're up to date on your tax file once you have your financials, so you can give them the information that they need.”
Side Hustle to Main Hustle
The evolution of Tried & True Finances
Sometimes we fall into situations. This can happen in business as well.
Valaise Smith: So I had already been doing income tax preparation on the side, just as a little side hustle for friends and family because I wanted to learn more about taxes. So I went and took the Income Tax Course, that led into a part time seasonal job, I was doing that for a little while and then just was doing it for friends and family. I was not promoting it, it was not a business. I was doing it for love offering, just love doing it. And so I was I was working in corporate, I was working for this financial services company, and I was doing their back office reconciliation for a book of investment portfolio in excess o
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