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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AppFolio Accounting: An Ultimate Guide for 2026
How AppFolio joins property management to the ledger, and what it costs.
Best Bookkeeping and Accounting Software for 2026
Which software suits which size of business, and what to weigh before choosing.
Cloud Accounting: What is it, Advantages, and Software
What moves to the cloud, what it changes day to day, and which software fits.
Clover vs Square: Which POS System Is Best For You?
Hardware, fees and how the sales data reaches your books.
Digital Bookkeeping
What moves when books go digital, which software fits which business, and the questions to settle before you switch.
Excel Bookkeeping: A Comprehensive Guide for Small Businesses
A working spreadsheet setup, the free templates worth using, and the signals that say it is time to move on.
FreshBooks vs QuickBooks: Best Accounting Software
Invoicing first or ledger first, and when the lighter tool runs out.
NetSuite vs QuickBooks: Main Differences and Comparison
Cost, scale and the signals that you have outgrown a small ledger.
QuickBooks Online vs Desktop: Key Differences and Importance
What transfers, what does not, and what keeps people on desktop.
Quicken vs QuickBooks: Best Accounting Software for Your Business
One tracks a household, the other keeps a business's books.
Stripe vs PayPal: Features and Differences
Fees, features, and how the money actually reaches your books.
Wave vs QuickBooks Online: Features, Pricing and Pros
What free actually costs, and when it is the right answer.
What is Digital Accounting?, Evolution, Benefits and Reasons
How accounting went digital, what it changed, and why businesses moved.
What is NetSuite Accounting: An Ultimate Guide for 2026
What NetSuite covers, who it suits, and what running it well actually requires.
Xero vs QuickBooks: Which Accounting Software Is Right for Your Business?
Pricing, users and fit, plus the switching cost nobody budgets for.
What we write about
Eight topics we come back to
Pick a topic and the library above filters to it.
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.