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The gap between passing accounting exams and doing the work
Accounting qualifications teach standards well and practice poorly. Knowing what the gap contains is the first step to closing it before your first role, not during it.
Read articleWhat 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.
Read articleHow to budget when your income is different every month
Standard budgeting advice assumes a fixed salary. For traders, contractors and commission earners it fails on contact with a bad month. Here is an approach built for variable income.
Read articleFiling deadlines are a planning problem, not an admin problem
Penalties are rarely caused by unwillingness to comply. They are caused by treating compliance as something that happens near the deadline rather than throughout the year.
Read articleCash flow and profit are not the same thing
Profitable businesses close every year because they ran out of cash. Understanding why the two numbers diverge is one of the highest-value things an owner can learn.
Read articleFive 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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