Notes on keeping books that hold up

Practical writing on bookkeeping, reconciliation, controls and financial reporting — no jargon, no gatekeeping, written for people running the business rather than the ledger.

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2 articles in accounting basics

A glowing tax receipt feeding percentages into a ledger

Accounting basics25 August 20266 min read

Sales tax and VAT without a tax degree

The most common cash disaster in small business is spending tax you collected on behalf of somebody else.

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Glowing balanced scales over a dark grid

Accounting basics5 min

Double-entry, explained in five minutes

Debits, credits and the accounting equation without the jargon — what double-entry actually protects you from, and why every serious ledger still uses it.

7 August 2026