The Profitjets Blog
Finance Writing for People Running the Business
Practical articles on bookkeeping, accounting, tax, payroll and financial strategy, written for founders and operators rather than for other accountants.
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What is Bookkeeping: A Step-by-Step Guide
What bookkeeping covers, how it differs from accounting, and the five-step process behind a clean set of books.
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How Outsourced Bookkeeping Can Simplify Accounting for Digital Marketing Agencies
The money problems agencies hit, and the numbers worth watching.
How Outsourcing Construction Accounting Can Benefit Your Business
Why job costing changes everything, and what to ask a provider.
Outsourcing Bookkeeping to India: Benefits and Costs
What firms gain, what it costs, and how the savings break down.
Outsourcing Inventory Management: What It Is and Its Benefits
What a provider takes on, why businesses move, and the systems behind it.
Why Is It Important to Outsource Tax Preparation Services?
In-house against outsourced, what it solves, and when it starts to pay.
Why You Should Outsource E-Commerce Accounting Services
What the work covers, and the mistakes that distort profit.
What we write about
Eight topics we come back to
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Bookkeeping
Clean books, reconciliations, chart of accounts and month-end close.
Accounting
Close process, financial statements, cash against accrual, and reporting that gets used.
Tax
Preparation, planning, entity choice, deductions, quarterly estimates and the IRS forms behind them.
CFO
Forecasting, cash flow, fundraising readiness and the executive roles founders confuse.
Payroll
Withholding, payroll taxes, W-2s and 1099s, and multi-state teams.
Metrics
The ratios and statements that tell you what is actually happening in the business.
Software
QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite and the tools that feed them.
Business Finance
Entity formation, banking, budgeting, funding and getting the finances in order.
Would You Rather We Just Did It?
Reading about reconciliation is useful. Not having to do it is better.