I am looking for some professional accounting advice. I have just started a freelance internet marketing business and would like to understand how to account for its finances. Here is a quick list of the majority of transactions I would run into:
1) Setup Fee (fee charged for setting up a client's account or campaign) 2) Monthly Fees (re-occurring charges for most clients) 3) Finders Fee (commission paid to client's referrer) 4) Outsourced Contract Work (payment to 3rd party contract work) 5) Refunds (in case a customer needs one) 6) Credits (in case a customer pays in advance) 7) Business Software (software purchased to handle the clients' accounts or jobs - licensed to my company) 8) One time Software (software purchased and licensed to a specific client) 9) Paying Quarterly Sales Tax 10) Paying Quarterly Federal Income Tax 11) Paying Year-End Federal Income Tax 12) Receiving Year-End Federal Income Tax Refund 13) $25 deposit to a new business checking account to open it (from my personal account)
So my questions is how would I account for the above transactions concerning debits and credits? And what accounts (liabilities, expenses, income, etc.) would be debited or credited?