Reading time: ~3 minutes Go look at the oldest receipt in your wallet right now. If you can still read it, congratulations — thermal paper usually gives up within a few months, fading into a blank little ghost of a purchase you can’t prove you made. Every faded receipt is a deduction you can’t defend
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Reading time: ~3 minutes Last week we separated the money — business in one account, personal in another. That was the big move. This week is the small one that protects it: once a month, match your books to your bank statement. Accountants call it “reconciling.” You can call it the five-minute checkup. Either way,
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Reading time: ~3 minutes Here’s the single most common bookkeeping mistake I see with new business owners: one bank account for everything. Coffee with a client, groceries, the electric bill for the shop, a birthday gift — all swirling through the same account. It’s tempting when you’re starting out. You tell yourself you’ll sort it
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