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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 to File and Pay California's LLC Tax
The annual fee, the gross receipts charge, and the deadlines behind both.
IRS $1,400 Payment: Recovery Rebate Credit Explained
What Is the $1,400 IRS Payment, 2025 IRS Announcement: Automatic Payments, and Eligibility for the $1,400 Recovery.
IRS Form 1065 Instructions: Filing Guide for Partnerships
What Is Form 1065, Who Must File Form 1065, and Filing Deadline.
IRS Form 1095-A: What It Is, When You Get It, and How to Use It
What it shows, what to check, and what to do if it is wrong.
IRS Form 1096: Annual Summary and Transmittal for Paper Information Returns
What Is Form 1096, When Is Form 1096 Required, and One Form 1096 Per Return Type.
IRS Form 2553: How to Elect S-Corporation Status
What Is Form 2553, Who Can File Form 2553, and Filing Deadline for Form 2553.
IRS Form 3911: How to Trace a Missing Tax Refund
What Is Form 3911, When to File Form 3911, and Do NOT File Form 3911 If.
IRS Form 6166: US Tax Residency Certificate, What It Is and How to Get One
What Is IRS Form 6166, How to Get Form 6166, and Who Needs Form 6166.
IRS Form 982: Cancelled Debt and Excluding It from Taxable Income
Why Cancelled Debt Is Normally Taxable, When Form 982 Lets You Exclude Cancelled Debt, and How to Complete Form 982.
IRS Mileage Rate 2026: Business, Medical, and Charitable Rates
What Is the IRS Standard Mileage Rate, 2025 IRS Mileage Rates (Current), and How to Use the Standard Mileage Rate.
IRS Pandemic-Era Refund Claims: ERC, Stimulus, and Recovery Rebate Status
Overview: Three Major Pandemic-Era Tax Relief Programs and Program 1: Employee Retention Credit (ERC).
IRS Standard Mileage Rates: Business, Medical, Charity, and Moving
What Are IRS Standard Mileage Rates, 2025 Standard Mileage Rates, and Who Can Use the Standard Mileage Rate.
IRS Tax Refund Schedule 2026: When to Expect Your Refund
2026 Filing Season Overview, PATH Act Hold: EITC and Child Tax Credit Filers, and 2026 Estimated Refund Schedule.
IRS-Approved Tax Loopholes and Legal Tax Strategies
Legal Tax Reduction vs. Tax Evasion, Top 10 Legal Tax Reduction Strategies, and Frequently Asked Questions.
ITIN vs EIN: What Is the Difference?
One identifies a person, the other a business, and owners often need both.
Inheritance Tax in Texas: Guide for Estate Planning
What Texas charges, what the federal government charges, and how to plan.
Inheritance Tax vs Estate Tax: Key Differences
Who is taxed, why the state matters, and what an executor has to file.
Inheritance Tax vs Estate Tax: What You Owe at the Federal Level
Is There a Federal Inheritance Tax, Federal Estate Tax vs Inheritance Tax: Key Difference, and Federal Estate Tax.
Itemized Deductions: Complete List and How to Know If You Should Itemize
Standard Deduction vs. Itemizing: The Basic Decision, Should You Itemize? The Test, and Complete List of Itemized.
K-1 Tax Form: What It Is and What to Do with It
What Is a K-1 Tax Form, Three Types of K-1 Forms, and Who Receives a K-1.
Living Paycheck to Paycheck: How to Break the Cycle
Root Causes, Step-by-Step Plan to Break the Cycle, and Emergency Fund Target.
Meals and Entertainment Deduction: What's Deductible in 2026
The 2018 TCJA Change: Entertainment Is Gone, Business Meals: 50% Deductible, and 100% Deductible Meals: Exceptions.
OASDI Tax: What It Is and How It Affects Your Paycheck
What Is OASDI Tax, OASDI Tax Rates, and OASDI Alongside Medicare Tax (FICA).
QBI Deduction Explained: Section 199A Qualified Business Income
What Is the QBI Deduction, Who Is Eligible, and Non-SSTB vs SSTB, The Critical Distinction.
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.