Harvest: What Information Your Accountant Needs

Inventory is arguably the most complex accounting function for wineries, starting with harvest. Harvest is the most exciting and demanding time for wineries, requiring a lot of information to be communicated back to your accountant. Still, luckily some information can be provided before this hectic period.   Grown or Purchased Grapes To provide the appropriate…
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Protea Conversations: Margarita Wear

Protea Financial was founded in 2014 to provide high quality outsourced bookkeeping and accounting at an affordable price.  Given Protea’s flexible work environment, the Company especially appealed to accountants who wanted to re-enter the workforce after taking time off to start a family. This allowed Protea to attract extremely talented individuals who were previously overlooked. …
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Supervisory Training – A Critical Investment

As with many cycles in business and life, our country has reached a point in time when generations are moving into different stages of their lives, giving rise to new opportunities for less experienced individuals.  The shift brings about a mixed bag of challenges and benefits.  There is likely sadness and some grieving as experienced,…
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Where We Are with COVID In the Workplace

The Spring of 2022 marks the beginning of the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic.  While many Americans believe the pandemic is over with life returning to pre-pandemic normal, it is certainly not behind us.  The landscape of the pandemic has merely shifted to a new “normal”.  This new normal includes continuing mask mandates, vaccine…
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Protea Conversations: Chet Laws

Protea Financial was founded in 2014 to provide high quality outsourced bookkeeping and accounting at an affordable price.  Given Protea’s flexible work environment, the Company especially appealed to accountants who wanted to re-enter the workforce after taking time off to start a family. This allowed Protea to attract extremely talented individuals who were previously overlooked. …
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