by Jelena Arkula | Oct 19, 2026 | Procedures
Sales tax bookkeeping comes down to one rule and three habits. The rule: sales tax you collect is never income. It is money you hold for the state, so it sits in a liability account from the day of the sale until the day the CDTFA payment clears. The habits: collect...
by Jelena Arkula | Oct 16, 2026 | Procedures
A good CPA bookkeeper handoff is a single package, sent once, that answers the tax preparer’s questions before they are asked: a locked trial balance, every bank and card balance tied to a statement, opening balances that agree with last year’s return,...
by Jelena Arkula | Oct 14, 2026 | Procedures
How to reconcile in QuickBooks Online: open Reconcile under Accounting, pick the account, enter the statement’s ending balance and ending date, check off every transaction that appears on the statement, and finish when the Difference reads $0.00. Reconciled...
by Jelena Arkula | Oct 12, 2026 | Procedures
What does a bookkeeper do? A bookkeeper records every transaction your business makes, reconciles each bank and card account to its statement every month, keeps the payroll, sales tax, and contractor records current, and produces the monthly reports that show whether...
by Jelena Arkula | Oct 9, 2026 | Procedures
Bookkeeping services Los Angeles small businesses actually need come down to four things. First, every account reconciled to the statement each month. Then clean monthly reports. Third, the local compliance calendar handled: city business tax, CDTFA sales tax, EDD...
by Jelena Arkula | Oct 8, 2026 | Procedures
This Q4 bookkeeping checklist covers every deadline between October and December 2026 for a Los Angeles small business. The third-quarter payroll returns and California sales tax return are due at the start of November. CDTFA prepayments follow on November 24 and...
