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QuickBooks Cleanup
Guides for finding and fixing common QuickBooks Online problems: reconciliations, Undeposited Funds, bank feed errors, catch-up and reconstruction.
Duplicate and Missing Transactions in the QuickBooks Online Bank Feed: How to Find and Fix Them
Why the QuickBooks Online bank feed records some transactions twice and drops others, how to find both, and how to fix them without breaking reconciled months.
My P&L Shows a Profit, but I Know the Business Is Losing Money
Profit on the P&L but no cash in the bank? How to tell whether QuickBooks is overstating income or missing expenses, or whether the profit is real but tied up in receivables, inventory, loans, or draws.
Tax Deadline Is Close and the Books Are Not Ready: What to Do Now
The extended deadline is close and the books are months behind. Here is what to fix first, what can wait, what to send your tax preparer, and your options if the books will not be ready in time.
Unapplied Cash Payment Income in QuickBooks Online: What It Means and How to Clear It
Unapplied Cash Payment Income appears on cash basis reports when customer money is not linked to an invoice. Here is what causes it, how to clear it, and when it is not an error at all.
Undeposited Funds in QuickBooks Online: Why the Balance Keeps Growing and How to Clear It
Undeposited Funds keeps growing because payments are recorded twice: once through invoices, once through the bank feed. Here is how to find the duplicates and clear the balance without breaking a filed year.
HOA Bookkeeping Cleanup: How We Reconciled Six Months of Books That Would Not Balance
A 250-unit homeowners association, two bank accounts that had not reconciled since June, and a board that needed year-end numbers. Here is how the cleanup actually went.
Can 5 years of missing bookkeeping actually be reconstructed?
Multi-year bookkeeping can usually be rebuilt from bank, card, payroll, loan, and prior tax records. Here is what reconstruction involves and what happens when records are missing.
My QuickBooks matches the bank. Why can the books still be wrong?
Reconciliation proves the register matches the bank statement. It does not prove the accounting is correct. Here are five ways reconciled books can still be wrong.