The

Not Your Typical Bookkeeper

Blog

Understanding Profit Margin: A Guide for Business Owners

Profit margin is like a financial health check for your business, showing how well you're turning sales into profits. It's a crucial metric that tells you if your business is making money and how efficiently it's operating. Let's break it down in plain terms to help...

Managing a Small Business with Spreadsheets

When you’re managing your own business, it can be difficult to keep track of everything there is to do, particularly the finances. Spreadsheets can be a great tool, but they can also be overwhelming and tricky to organize. Today, we’ll go over some tips and tricks on...

7 Common Bookkeeping Mistakes Every Small Business Owner Should Avoid

For small business owners, mastering the art of bookkeeping is a critical component of financial success. However, navigating the intricate world of numbers can be challenging, and certain pitfalls may lead to costly consequences. In this blog post, we'll explore some...

Protecting Your Financial Identity: The Importance of the IRS IP-PIN

In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, safeguarding your financial Identity is paramount. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has introduced a powerful tool to enhance Identity protection—the Identity Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN). With...

A Small Business Owner’s Guide to Prepping for Tax Season

Tax season can be a daunting time for small business owners; but, with the right preparation, it doesn't have to be a headache. In this guide, we'll walk you through essential steps to ensure a smooth and stress-free tax season. The first step to a successful tax...

Our Signature Service: Chart of Accounts Optimization

You already know we are #notyourtypicalbookkeepers, but there’s something that we do for every new client that I want to dive a little deeper into.  I like to call it Chart of Accounts (COA) optimization.  This service is designed to help you streamline your financial...

How does “Advisory” work?

So, now that we have added “Advisory” to our name, what does that actually mean?  Clients in our Full and Premium packages (I’m working on new names for these) will be getting 1 on 1 deep dive strategy sessions with me either quarterly or monthly, respectively. So,...

Meet the new Details Matter Bookkeeping & Advisory

We are #notyourtypicalbookkeepers and we want everyone to know it.  Our clients already know that we provide much more than just the basic data entry required when you think about "bookkeeping".  We truly care about our clients - we get excited about their successes...

Work Smarter, Not Harder

Here at Details Matter we truly embrace the phrase "work smarter, not harder"  We do this by employing an amazing tech stack to make our lives and yours so much easier.  We are so excited to announce our newest partnership with Bill.com.  Bill.com is an amazing tool...

Employee or Independent Contractor?

I hope you aren’t sick of me talking about 1099s yet, because we still have more to talk about!  Let’s talk about the difference between a 1099 contractor and a W2 employee.  Many small businesses hire additional help as contractors because they either don’t want to...

CashApp/Venmo 1099-K Rules Postponed

It’s 1099 season for us, so we’ve been closely monitoring any changes and making sure our clients are reporting to the best of their ability.  In recent years, business owners have no longer needed to send 1099s to those individuals/small businesses that they paid via...

LastPass Security Breach

We’ve just been notified of further details of the recent security incident involving LastPass, a password management software.  Details Matter Bookkeeping uses this software to securely keep all of our client logins.  LastPass has a zero knowledge architecture, which...

2023 Deduction Changes

As the end of 2022 continues to fly by, I’m getting updates on some of the changes that will be happening in 2023.  I will keep you updated as I come across new rules, but here are the ones I’ve heard about so far.  We keep up with these rules and make sure that we...

Katie Hanna

Sign up for our monthly newsletter

AND get a FREE Monthly Bookkeeping Checklist for your business!

 

 

Bookkeeping & advisory services that let you get back to what you love.