🚧 Contractor or Coworker? That is the very expensive question. Before you hand out reimbursements like party favors, you might want to tune into this one 👀💥 Here's what we unpack:🧾 Why every penny you pay a contractor—including that “harmless” mileage reimbursement—could blow up your 1099s🧨 The one word that can turn your independent contractor into a full-blown employee (hello, audit 🧑⚖️)📬 Why “just send an invoice” might be your new favorite phrase🔗 Listen now before the IRS does.🔥 Join our Bookkeepers On Fire Community to connect 🤝, collaborate 💬, and thrive 🚀 with like-minded professionals who are passionate about bookkeeping, accounting and business growth.Join us here: Bookkeepers On Fire CommunityBookkeepers On Fire is proudly ad-free and 100% listener-supported, so we can bring you unfiltered conversations without outside agendas. If you enjoy the show, consider donating to help keep our mics hot and our mission independent.🔥Donate with Venmo🔥 🔥Donate with PayPal🔥 #BookkeepersOnFire #ContractorLife #1099Drama #AuditThis #QuickBooksQueen #SpicyAccounting #BookkeepingTruthBombs
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Law Firm Lunacy
🧾 LAW FIRM LUNACY isn't just a vibe... it’s a full-blown cautionary tale when attorneys think Essentials can handle trust accounting. 💀📢 Bookkeepers, don’t get caught holding the gavel:🔹 Trust funds ≠ play money — Mixing accounts? Hello, disbarment! 🙅♀️⚠️ 🔹 $35 too much? 🚫 If your client won’t pay for LeanLaw, tell them “I rest my case.” 🙃💼🔹 Three-way what? If they can’t reconcile, you can’t represent. Period. 📉👩⚖️👏 Big props to @Linda Artesani & @Sarah Prevost — queens of legal accounting chaos control over at Accountants Law Lab.🔥 Join our Bookkeepers On Fire Community to connect 🤝, collaborate 💬, and thrive 🚀 with like-minded professionals who are passionate about bookkeeping, accounting and business growth.Join us here: Bookkeepers On Fire CommunityBookkeepers On Fire is proudly ad-free and 100% listener-supported, so we can bring you unfiltered conversations without outside agendas. If you enjoy the show, consider donating to help keep our mics hot and our mission independent.🔥Donate with Venmo🔥 🔥Donate with PayPal🔥#LawFirmBookkeeping #TrustIssues #BookkeepersOnFire #ClientRedFlags 🚩 #QuickBooksQuirks #NotMyProblem #AccountingWithAttitude
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Taxes Across Borders
🌎✈️ Taxes Across Borders… because why make it simple?Bookkeepers, ever notice how Canada just has to do things differently? New logins, new rules, new banking systems… Meanwhile, we’re over here arguing about whether it’s a sub, hoagie, or po’ boy. 🙃Here’s the takeaway:🔹 QuickBooks ≠ Magic Wand → Want Canadian tax done right? You need the Canadian version. Period. 🧾🍁🔹 Spoiled in the US → One language, one currency… and we complain about barbecue styles. 🍖😂🔹 Perspective Check → Other countries juggle multiple languages + currencies daily. Maybe we’re not as “busy” as we think. 🤔💡🔥 Join our Bookkeepers On Fire Community to connect 🤝, collaborate 💬, and thrive 🚀 with like-minded professionals who are passionate about bookkeeping, accounting and business growth.Join us here: Bookkeepers On Fire CommunityBookkeepers On Fire is proudly ad-free and 100% listener-supported, so we can bring you unfiltered conversations without outside agendas. If you enjoy the show, consider donating to help keep our mics hot and our mission independent.🔥Donate with Venmo🔥 🔥Donate with PayPal🔥#BookkeepersOnFire #GlobalAccounting #QuickBooks #TaxesWithSarcasm
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Exclude. Breathe.
🚨 When a deposit from October 2024 is haunting your 2025 bank feed... it’s time for tough love: Exclude. Breathe. Move on.This 🔥 episode of Bookkeepers on Fire is serving up reality with a side of sarcasm:💡 Materiality ≠ Perfection – It's not $1M... it's ✂️ snip-snip time.🧠 Bank Account Roulette – Pick an account, any account. 🎲📬 Uncashed Payroll Checks?! – Say hello to escheat law 🏛️ and goodbye to your patience 😵💫💬 You can't fix stupid — but you can exclude it. 🎧 Tune in, laugh, and reclaim your sanity.🔥 Join our Bookkeepers On Fire Community to connect 🤝, collaborate 💬, and thrive 🚀 with like-minded professionals who are passionate about bookkeeping, accounting and business growth.Join us here: Bookkeepers On Fire CommunityBookkeepers On Fire is proudly ad-free and 100% listener-supported, so we can bring you unfiltered conversations without outside agendas. If you enjoy the show, consider donating to help keep our mics hot and our mission independent.🔥Donate with Venmo🔥 🔥Donate with PayPal🔥#BookkeepersOnFire #ExcludeAndBreathe #AccountingDrama #BankFeedFails #EscheatThis 💅
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🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Live with Meg K. Wheeler
🔥 Bookkeepers on Fire x Meg Wheeler (CPA, sailor, & founder of Equitable Money Project) From Harvard endowment halls to all-women yacht racing—and building a shame-free money community. This convo had laughs, life jackets, and legit money talk. ⚓💸🧠 Superpower > Perfection: Meg keeps it real—debt, late retirement saving, career zigzags—and turns lessons into judgment-free education for creators & small biz owners.⚓ Race Day Truths: Communication > everything. Seven women, one boat, clear roles, and you can cross first and still “lose.” (Life and money, anyone?) ⛵😅🗣️ Normalize Money Talk: Safe spaces beat silent struggles. Financial literacy for women & marginalized founders isn’t optional—it’s power. 💬✨Catch Meg here: Equitable Money Project • YouTube • Disrupt Your Money podcast🔥 Join our Bookkeepers On Fire Community to connect 🤝, collaborate 💬, and thrive 🚀 with like-minded professionals who are passionate about bookkeeping, accounting and business growth.Join us here: Bookkeepers On Fire CommunityBookkeepers On Fire is proudly ad-free and 100% listener-supported, so we can bring you unfiltered conversations without outside agendas. If you enjoy the show, consider donating to help keep our mics hot and our mission independent.🔥Donate with Venmo🔥 🔥Donate with PayPal🔥 #BookkeepersOnFire #SmallBusinessFinance #WomenInFinance #FinancialLiteracy #CreatorsEconomy #JudgmentFreeMoney #WomenWhoSail #CPAInsights #MoneyMindset
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