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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Best Accounting Software for Small Business in 2026
How the main platforms differ, and how to choose without regretting it.
Best Bookkeeping and Accounting Software for 2026
Which software suits which size of business, and what to weigh before choosing.
Best Books for CFOs: The Reading List for Finance Leaders in 2026
Financial Fluency, Operations and Systems Thinking, and Strategy and Leadership.
Best CFO Software for 2026: Top Tools for Financial Leaders
The software a finance leader actually uses, and what each layer is for.
Best CPA Software for Accounting Firms in 2026
What a practice runs on, and where the stack usually breaks.
Best Last-Minute Bookkeeping Tips for Every Business Owner
Ten things worth doing when the deadline is close and the books are not ready, in the order that saves the most time.
Best Small Business Credit Cards in 2026
Choosing a card, building credit, and recording the spend properly.
Best Tax Filing Software and Apps for 2026
Consumer Tax Software: Side-by-Side, IRS Free File, and Business Tax Software.
Best Tax Software for Taxpayers in 2026, Top Picks & Reviews
Which tool suits which return, and where software stops being enough.
Bonus Depreciation and Section 179: Maximizing First-Year Asset Write-Offs
Why First-Year Write-Offs Matter, Bonus Depreciation: Phase-Down Schedule, and Section 179: Expensing Election.
Bookkeeper Hourly Rates in 2026: What to Expect and How to Budget
Freelance Bookkeeper Hourly Rates, CPA-Firm Bookkeeping Rates, and Monthly Retainer Packages.
Bookkeeper vs Accountant: Differences and Similarities
Tasks, timing, and where the handover between them actually sits.
Bookkeeping Hacks That Help Small Businesses Resolve Financial Issues
Five practical habits that cut the time your books take and the errors they collect, without new software.
Bookkeeping Services Pricing Models: Hourly vs Monthly vs Value-Based
1. Hourly Pricing, 2. Monthly Fixed (Retainer) Pricing, and 3. Value-Based Pricing.
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Bookkeeping Tips for Amazon Sellers [2026 Latest]
Settlements, fees, inventory and multi-state sales tax, reconciled properly.
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Bookkeeping Tips for Dentists [2026 Latest]
What a dental practice's books need that a general small business set does not.
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Bookkeeping Tips for Hair Salons [2026 Latest]
Tracking chair income, retail stock and tips in a salon set of books.
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Bookkeeping Tips for Non-Profit Organizations [2026 Latest]
Restricted funds, grants and donor reporting, handled the way auditors expect.
Bookkeeping Tips for Therapists
Session income, insurance and self-pay, kept straight in a private practice.
Bookkeeping and Accounting for Airbnb Hosts
Platform payouts, cleaning costs and mixed-use property, kept straight.
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Bookkeeping and Accounting for Insurance Agencies [2026 Edition]
Commission income, trust obligations and the reporting standards agencies face.
Bookkeeping and Accounting for LLCs
Member draws, pass-through tax and the separation that protects the liability shield.
Bookkeeping and Accounting for Landscaping Businesses
Seasonal revenue, crew costs and equipment, tracked across an uneven year.
Bookkeeping and Accounting for Law Firms
Trust accounting, billing and compliance, handled to the standard bar rules demand.
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.