Fixing 6 Credit Cards and a Bookkeeping IRS Mistake: S10E03

When the accountant sent these books back as unusable, and three previous bookkeepers had all called them clean, our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum,  knew this cleanup would take a lot of time. Now he's deep into it and the books are starting to come together.Picking up where Part 1 left off, Paul walks through the hands-on work of the last several weeks: two of six tangled credit cards now fully reconciled through 2025, months of "buy now, pay later" purchases separated out from cost of goods sold, and adjusting entries created to make beginning-of-year balances finally match reality.Along the way, he uncovers a compliance issue that goes beyond typical cleanup: one business partner had been running a separate, wholly-owned LLC that was billed as a subcontractor to the company. This is something that the IRS doesn't allow when that partner also owns a stake in the business being billed. With the profit and loss nearly finished, Paul turns to the balance sheet: sorting out the equity split between two partners, tracking down company assets and home-office expenses that were never recorded, and weighing a tricky judgment call on categorizing meals between business partners, all against unclear new 2026 rules on meal deductions.This is a grounded look at what it actually takes to turn a multi-year mess into books a tax preparer can trust. No shortcuts, and no AI required.Part 1: https://pod.link/1688000860/episode/QnV6enNwcm91dC0xOTUwMjg1NQSend us Fan MailSupport the showAbout the hostPaul Rosenblum has been doing hands-on bookkeeping for over 30 years, starting with QuickBooks Desktop and adapting to the world of cloud-based QuickBooks Online. He shares practical, in-the-weeds lessons from real client files every episode.👀 Why Niche Podcasts Are The Bedrock Of The Industry: https://podalization.substack.com/p/why-niche-podcasts-are-the-bedrock😄 Send Paul a text or 📞 voice message (include your contact info if you want a reply) https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2188873/open_sms📨   Email:   [email protected]💸  Website: https://bookkeepermensch.com🎧 Producer Steph: https://linktr.ee/stephfuccio 🎵 Music: SourceAudio: https://www.sourceaudio.com/🔉 Sound effects: https://freesound.org