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Bookkeeping Basics

Revenue Versus Profit: Understanding The Profitability Gap

You can book a million in sales and still lose money. This is where the money goes between the top line and what you actually keep.

Advanced Accounting, Financial Analysis, Financial Statements & Reporting

Fixed Asset Turnover Ratio: The Formula and What a Good Number Looks Like

Net sales divided by average net fixed assets, worked through with real numbers, plus the depreciation trap that makes a rising ratio look better than it is.
Bookkeeping Basics, Daily Bookkeeping Tasks, Receipt Management

What You Can Still Deduct When the Receipt Is Gone

The $75 rule and its lodging exception, the four expense types where estimates are not allowed, the Cohan rule, and how to rebuild a year of records from what you still have.
Bookkeeping Basics, Chart Of Accounts, Getting Started With Bookkeeping

A Chart of Accounts for a Small Business You Can Actually Use

A starter chart of accounts with numbering, the rule for when to add one, and the four mistakes that make a perfectly accurate set of books impossible to read.
Cost Of Goods Sold, Pricing & Decision Making, Small Business Management

Is Cost of Goods Sold an Expense? COGS vs Operating Expenses

COGS is an expense, but it sits above gross profit for a reason. The test that sorts direct costs from overhead, the ambiguous cases, and what misclassifying one line does to your margin.
Accrued Expenses, Advanced Accounting, Expense & Revenue Recognition

Accrued Expenses Explained, With Journal Entry Examples

An accrued expense is a cost you have used but have not been billed for. Four worked journal entries, how it differs from accounts payable, and why reversing entries matter.
Bank Reconciliation, Bookkeeping Basics, Daily Bookkeeping Tasks

Bank Reconciliation Example for a Small Business, Step by Step

A full month end reconciliation with real numbers, from the two starting balances through the adjustments on each side to the journal entries you actually post.
Advanced Accounting, Assets Liabilities And Equity, Core Accounting Concepts

Retained Earnings: Debit or Credit, and How to Calculate It

Retained earnings is an equity account, so it normally carries a credit balance. When it gets debited, why it is not the same thing as cash, and the formula that ties it together.
Advanced Accounting, Core Accounting Concepts, Journal Entries

What Counts as a Cash Receipt and How to Record It

In bookkeeping, cash receipts means all money coming in, not just bills and coins. What counts, how each kind is recorded, and the controls that keep the cash account honest.
Separate Business And Personal Finances, Small Business Management, Startup & Owner Basics

Switching From Sole Proprietor to LLC: The Bookkeeping Checklist

An LLC only separates you from the business if the money and records are separated too. The bookkeeping steps that make the switch real, from the new EIN to the opening entry.
Break-Even Analysis, Pricing & Decision Making, Small Business Management

What It Means to Break Even, and How to Find Your Number

Break-even is the sales level where you cover all your costs and make nothing. Two formulas, two worked examples, and the decisions the number changes the day you run it.