Six Years of Books in 12 Days: A Divorce Deadline Case Study
Divorce deadline and years of missing books? See how Ashmore Books rebuilt 6 years, 6 bank accounts, and 8,000+ transactions in 12 days.
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.
7 Bookkeeping Mistakes That Make Online Sellers Overpay Tax
Most e-commerce sellers who overpay tax are not missing a clever strategy. Their books count money that was never income, or miss costs that were real. Seven bookkeeping mistakes that inflate taxable profit for Shopify, Amazon, and multi-channel sellers, and how to check for each one.
Profitable on Paper, Broke in the Bank: The E-commerce Cash Flow Trap
The Profit and Loss says the store made money, but the bank account is always tight. In e-commerce the gap usually comes from inventory, platform reserves, financing repaid out of payouts, sales tax, and owner draws. How to find where the cash went and plan around it.
Your Books Show Net Payouts. Here Is What You Are Missing.
If your income in QuickBooks equals what the bank received from Shopify, Amazon, Etsy, PayPal, or Stripe, the books are recording net payouts, not sales. Profit may look roughly right, but gross sales, fees, refunds, and sales tax are missing, and that causes problems with taxes, lenders, and buyers.
Which Products Actually Make Money? Product Profitability for E-commerce Brands
A store can grow every month and still lose money on its best-known product. How to calculate contribution margin by product and by channel, with landed cost, fees, fulfillment, returns, and ad spend, plus a worked Amazon vs Shopify example.
Your CPA Takes a Week to Reply? What to Expect From a Remote Accountant for Content Creators
Your CPA takes days to reply, never asks about your deductions, and never explains your return. Here is what a remote accountant for content creators should do instead, plus answers on reviewing your own books, equipment purchases, state residency, and entity choice.
How to Record Amazon Settlement Reports in QuickBooks Online
Each Amazon payout is the net of hundreds of sales, fees, refunds, and reimbursements. Booking the deposit as income is the most common mistake in Amazon books. Here is the clearing account method that gets revenue, fees, and tax right.
Amazon FBA Sales Tax Nexus: What Inventory in Amazon Warehouses Means for You
Amazon collects sales tax on Amazon orders, but FBA inventory in other states can still create obligations Amazon does not handle. What marketplace facilitator laws cover, what they do not, and what to do about past exposure.
Why Shopify Sales Never Match Your Bank Deposits (and How the Books Should Record Them)
Shopify payouts almost never match your sales report. Fees, payout timing, refunds, and sales tax explain the gap. Here is how the books should record sales, fees, and payouts so revenue is right and the numbers tie.