Articles
33 articles on keeping a clean set of books.
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Bookkeeping practice
Business expenses in a cash flow projection: what belongs outside accounts payabHow to treat loan payments, payroll and other non-bill cash outflows when building a cash flow projection, and where the double-counting traps sit.
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QuickBooks Online · Bank feeds
Card Deposits Recorded Twice: A Bookkeeper's Guide to the Duplicate Feed ProblemWhen bank feeds and merchant service deposits both record card sales, deposits post twice. Here is how to spot it, untangle it, and prevent it.
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Fixed assets · General ledger mapping
Choosing the Right Asset Account in Your Chart of AccountsHow to pick the correct asset account when recording a fixed asset, with a worked example, mapping tips, and the judgement calls that keep depreciation clean.
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QuickBooks Online · Bank feeds
Changing Banks: How to Move Your Books to a New Bank AccountA bookkeeper's guide to handling a change of bank institution: closing out the old account, opening the new one, and keeping reconciliations clean.
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Reconciliation · Bank and cash
Closing the Books Faster: A Bookkeeper's Guide to a Reliable Month-End CloseA practical walkthrough of the month-end close: the sequence to follow, the evidence to keep, and the judgement calls that make a ledger trustworthy and reportable.
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Bookkeeping practice
Customer payment defaults in QuickBooks Desktop: how to test them safelyHow to check whether customer payment defaults are populating correctly in QuickBooks Desktop, using a sample file to tell a settings problem from file damage.
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Data damage · Warning signs
Entries Vanish After a QuickBooks Upgrade? Read This FirstWhen posted entries disappear after a QuickBooks upgrade, it may be data damage rather than user error. Learn how to spot it, protect your file, and when to call a specialist.
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Cleanup · Uncategorised transactions
Estimated Tax Payments Showing as Overdue in QuickBooks OnlineWhy QuickBooks flags an estimated tax payment as overdue, how uncategorized payments hide from the tax tracker, and how to categorize and match them to the right quarter.
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Chart of accounts · Account design
Expense Accounts in the Chart of Accounts: What They Track and WhyA working guide to expense accounts: how they behave, how they differ from balance sheet accounts, and how to structure them for a clean close.
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Chart of accounts · Account design
Fixing Transfers Between Bank Accounts Coded as EquityHow to correct bank transfers that are posting to equity: check account types, fix detail types, and reclassify transfer transactions so your balance sheet shows true cash.
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Fixed assets · Asset records
How QuickBooks and Fixed Asset Manager Share Data: A Bookkeeper's GuideHow synchronization between QuickBooks and Fixed Asset Manager works, what flows each way, and how to keep the fixed asset ledger and the close in step.
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Reconciliation · Bank and cash
How a Continuous Close Works in Bookkeeping, and What It Demands of YouA working bookkeeper's guide to running a continuous or real-time close: the daily disciplines, the evidence trail, and the judgement calls it replaces month-end with.