payroll

Most small business owners do not know what a general ledger is. That’s fine… until your reports start throwing out numbers that feel completely made up. You look at your P&L and wonder how you spent $900 on “miscellaneous.” You check your balance sheet and it says you owe $12.37 to a vendor you have […]

Well, that’s fun. You log in, look at your books, and realize your bookkeeper has not updated anything in weeks. You text. Nothing. You email. Still nothing. Maybe they moved. Maybe they burned out. Maybe they are just done. Either way, you are now running a business without a financial safety net. Here’s how to

You’ve got money in the bank, bills are paid, and you are landing new clients. Feels like things are good, right? But there is this one little report you keep ignoring. The balance sheet. And it might be quietly screaming for help while you are out here celebrating a decent P&L. You can show a

Most business owners do not know if they are overpaying for bookkeeping. They just know the invoice shows up, the books stay kinda-sorta up to date, and their CPA does not yell at them in April. But here’s the thing: bookkeeping should give you more than peace and quiet during tax season. It should help

Tax season is over. You filed. You swore you would never wait that long again. You told yourself this year would be different. And then… May hits. You glance at your books, shrug, and say, “We’ll get to it later.” That is exactly how the chaos starts all over again. If you want clean books

You started a business. You are making money. Nice. Now comes the fun part: paying yourself. You open your bank app, slide some cash from the business account into your personal one, and think, “That’ll do.” Right? Well… maybe. Maybe not. This is where the whole owner’s draw vs salary thing shows up and ruins