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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What Are Retained Earnings and How to Calculate Them?
What goes in, how to calculate it, and why it can be negative.
What Are the California State Income Tax Brackets and Rates?
The bands, the rates and how the marginal system actually applies.
What Does an E-Commerce CFO Do? Roles and Responsibilities
Inventory, channel margin and working capital, what an e-commerce CFO actually manages.
What Is Brex and How to Use Brex?
What it offers, who it serves, and how it changes your books.
What Is Financial Forecasting? Methods, Examples and Tools
The methods, the tools, and how to review what you got wrong.
What Is Unearned Revenue and Why Is It Good for Your Business?
Why it funds you for free, and the conditions attached to it.
What Is a CPA? Certified Public Accountant Explained
CPA Definition, CPA Requirements: Education, and CPA Requirements: The CPA Exam.
What Is a Form 1099? Complete Guide to the 1099 Series
What Is Form 1099, Why 1099 Forms Exist, and The 1099 Family: Overview of All Major Types.
What Is a K-1 Tax Form? Definition, Types, and How to Use It
What Is a K-1 Tax Form, Why K-1 Forms Exist: Pass-Through Taxation, and Three Types of K-1 Forms.
What Is a Profit and Loss Statement? A Guide for Small Business Owners
What it shows, how to read it fast, and what errors look like.
What Is a Sales Tax? How to Calculate?
How the tax is calculated, where you owe it, and what nexus means.
What Is a Tax Consultant? And Benefits of Hiring One
What the role covers, how it differs from a preparer, and what it costs.
What Is a Tax Write-Off? How Business and Personal Deductions Work
What Does 'Write-Off' Mean, Business vs. Personal Write-Offs, and Business Write-Offs: Ordinary and Necessary Standard.
What Is the FICA Tax: Social Security and Medicare Tax
What it covers, how it is calculated, and who pays both halves.
What is Account Reconciliation in Accounting? Types, Processes, and Best Practices
What reconciliation is, the types a business runs, and the process behind each.
What is Accounting? Definition, Importance, Types, and More
What accounting covers, why every business needs it, and the branches it splits into.
What is Accounts Receivable Factoring? How Does It Work?
How it works, what customers see, and when it becomes a trap.
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.
What is Catch-Up Bookkeeping and How Does It Work: A 2026 Guide
A step-by-step route out of a bookkeeping backlog, with the software options and what the work typically costs.
What is Catch-Up Bookkeeping? A Complete Guide
Why businesses fall behind, what a catch-up project involves, and the problems that surface once the backlog is opened.
What is Digital Accounting?, Evolution, Benefits and Reasons
How accounting went digital, what it changed, and why businesses moved.
What is Double-Entry Bookkeeping, Explained with Examples
Debits, credits and the accounting equation, shown through a worked case study rather than theory.
What is Invoice Capture: Importance, Methods, and Challenges
The methods, the process, and why capture quality decides the rest.
What is Invoice Management? Why is it Important for Small Businesses?
Both sides of the word, and what makes an invoice easy to pay.
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.