Let’s not sugarcoat it: If your loan balances are wrong in QuickBooks, your business is flying blind. We see it all the time. A business owner takes out a loan, the money hits the bank account, and QuickBooks records it as income. From there, every monthly payment gets lumped into a single expense line, no […]
Tag Archives: clean books
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Oct
Oct
Let’s be real. Most business owners swipe their personal card in the early days — not because they planned poorly, but because they had to move. Fast. Maybe it was a legal fee. Maybe it was a website, a Canva subscription, or a hefty franchise fee. Either way, you made a move to invest in […]
04
Sep
Sep
Running a business means making smart choices with your money. QuickBooks gives you powerful tools, but flipping a switch is not enough. The real value comes when you follow through with the settings you turn on. Let’s talk about three of the most important ones: Inventory: Track It Item by Item Turning on Inventory Tracking […]
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Jul
Jul
Let me ask you something real: Are you building a job…or a business? And I don’t mean a 9-to-5 where you clock in and collect a paycheck. I’m talking about the kind of job where you’re the whole show. The sales team, the customer service rep, the bookkeeper, the janitor, and the one sending invoices […]
17
Jun
Jun
I got a call the other day from a business owner. He jumped right in and said, “I think I need to fire my bookkeeper.” I told him, “Hold on—let’s slow down a minute.” He started explaining that she charges one amount sometimes and then another amount other times. I asked him to tell me […]
09
Jun
Jun
There’s something mesmerizing about watching someone clean up a mess. Especially when it’s one of those YouTube videos where a guy shows up to tackle an overgrown lawn that’s completely swallowed up a property—trees sprouting through the driveway, weeds taller than the windows, sidewalks buried beneath layers of neglect. It starts as chaos. But then, […]
05
Jun
Jun
There’s a moment I’ll never forget—a turning point that reshaped everything for me. I had just finished cleaning up three years’ worth of financial records for a small-town automotive repair shop. The books were messy. The software was clunky. Nothing lined up. But I dug in, fixed the cost of goods sold, reconciled the […]