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Guides from Guirian Bookkeeping Services LLC
Straight answers to the questions we hear most, written for our own customers.
October 14, 2026 · 3 min read
Bookkeeping for a small nonprofit: keeping restricted money straight and year end calm
A nonprofit's books have to answer a question a business's don't: how much money there is, and also whose money it is and what it's for.
October 14, 2026 · 3 min read
Reading your own profit and loss and balance sheet: five questions they answer
You don't need an accounting background to get real answers from two reports, only the right questions to ask them.
October 14, 2026 · 3 min read
Running payroll for a small team in QuickBooks Payroll: what to have ready
Most payroll mistakes begin before the run, with a missing detail, a late timesheet or a change nobody wrote down.
October 14, 2026 · 3 min read
What reconciled really means, and why a tidy QuickBooks file can still be wrong
A profit and loss statement will print whether or not the file behind it is true, and reconciliation is the step that checks.
October 14, 2026 · 4 min read
When your books need a cleanup before they need a monthly bookkeeper
Most owners hire help when a lender or tax preparer asks a question the books can't answer, and the first job is usually repair, not routine.