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Practical tools we built for working bookkeepers and business owners. Use them as much as you like โ€” free forever, no signup, no card.

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Simple Bookkeeping Spreadsheet

A complete starter workbook โ€” income & expense tracking, automatic monthly P&L dashboard, and a reconciliation helper. Excel & Google Sheets.

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Online Bookkeeping Ledger

Track income and expenses right in your browser โ€” your monthly P&L builds itself. Nothing to install; exports to CSV anytime.

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Excel Formulas Cheat Sheet

The formulas bookkeepers actually use โ€” SUMIFS, XLOOKUP, IF, EOMONTH โ€” each with a real bookkeeping example. Click any formula to copy it.

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Tax Season Prep Checklist

Clean the books, gather the documents, handle 1099s, and hand your tax pro a perfect package โ€” the bookkeeper's year-end playbook. Printable.

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Chart of Accounts Generator

Pick your business type and get a clean starter chart of accounts you can copy or download as a CSV โ€” ready to adapt in QuickBooks® Online.

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Bank Reconciliation Checklist

A step-by-step interactive checklist for reconciling any account โ€” including what to do when it won't balance. Printable, too.

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Debits & Credits Cheat Sheet

The one-page reference for the five account types and their normal balances โ€” plus a quick practice quiz to test yourself.

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Month-End Close Checklist

The 21 steps to closing your books each month โ€” catch everything, reconcile, review, and lock it down. Interactive and printable.

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QuickBooks® Cleanup Checklist

Inherited messy books? The 6-phase rescue plan: scope, banking backlog, categories, reconciliations, AR/AP, and lockdown.

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Accounts Payable Tracker

Every bill you owe in one sheet โ€” automatic balances, Paid/Overdue statuses, and totals for what's due in 7 and 30 days. Excel & Google Sheets.

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Accounts Receivable Tracker

Who owes you, how much, and how late โ€” with automatic aging buckets from Current to 90+ days. Excel & Google Sheets.

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Invoice Template

A clean, professional invoice that does its own math โ€” line totals, subtotal, tax, and total due. Fill it in and send as a PDF.

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The suite is growing

We're building the tools and learning paths our own bookkeeper wishes she'd had. Live and rolling out: QuickBooks ProAdvisor® certification prep (the free Readiness Check is live now) (the certification is free to take through Intuit โ€” our course is the on-ramp), an Excel for Bookkeepers learning path (all 14 written lessons live now, videos in production), and a Tax Season Prep path (the free Checklist is live now). Create a free account and you'll be the first to know when each one launches.

Want practice that goes deeper?

This tool is free forever โ€” no account needed. When you're ready to actually master the books, create a free account (no card required) and get Module 1, the free Learning Path, and sample practice questions. Upgrade only if and when you want the full system.