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Chart of Accounts Starter
A starting account structure for a small trading or services business, with naming conventions and notes on the categories most often set up wrongly.
Excel workbook, 2 sheets
What a management report tells you that a bank balance cannot
Statutory accounts are prepared for outsiders and arrive too late to act on. Management reporting exists to answer the questions you have while there is still time to respond.
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The sequence of checks that closes a month properly, in order, with the reconciliations that must balance before the period can be signed off.
PDF, 1 page
Five signs your bookkeeping is about to become a problem
Bookkeeping rarely fails suddenly. It degrades quietly, and by the time the symptoms are obvious the fix is expensive. Here is what to watch for.
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