⚡️ “If it smells scammy, it IS scammy.” 🚨Ever been told by “QuickBooks Support” that it’ll cost you $249.99 to fix your books? Yeah… fake support scams are real (and pricey 💸).✨ 3 Hot Takeaways:🛑 If “support” asks for upfront $$$ — HANG UP. Legit QuickBooks support doesn’t charge like that.📂 Banks have quirks: some go back 7 years, others only 60 days. Know your bank’s limits before you panic.🤖 AI + CSV uploads > manual entry. Train yourself now, and you’ll thank yourself later.🔥 Pro tip: Do it right, not easy. Fake fixes = fake results.🔥 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 #QuickBooks #ScamAlert #SmallBusiness
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Processing Fees Rock
⚡️“Hot take: If you’re whining about processing fees, you’re already doing it wrong.”⚡️💳 Processing fees got you grumpy? Think again. Paying those fees means you’re actually making 💵 (congrats 🎉). But here’s the kicker—stop nickel-and-diming your clients with “convenience fees.” It’s not convenient. It’s annoying.✨ Key Takeaways from this week’s Bookkeepers on Fire:🚫 Don’t scare clients away with extra line-item credit card fees (they’ll walk—just ask Vegas 🎰).💡 Instead, bake the cost into your pricing—make it seamless, make it easy, make it frictionless.💳 Remember: McDonald’s, Amazon, Macy’s… none of them charge you extra to swipe a card. Be that business.👉 Stop treating processing fees like a burden—make them part of the experience. Because Processing Fees Rock. 🎸💸🔥 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🔥
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Worldwide Worker Woes
🚨 Hiring contractors overseas? Don’t overcomplicate it. We just broke it down on Bookkeepers on Fire and here’s the 🔥 truth:✅ Contractor ≠ Employee – If they’re outside the U.S., they’re not subject to U.S. payroll taxes. 📝 W-8BEN is Your Friend – Have it on file, don’t send it anywhere. Just keep it for your records.🌍 Simple, Not Scary – Unless you’re setting up payroll in another country (👀 Canada anyone?), don’t make it harder than it needs to be.Sometimes the biggest bookkeeping “headaches” are actually just paperwork in disguise. 😉✍️👉 Would you ever hire a contractor outside the U.S.? Why or why not?🔥 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🔥
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Nine Years Late
🚨 Nine years of messy books later… and guess what? They finally called a bookkeeper. 🙃When clients come in with chaos, here’s the deal:✨ Fresh Books, Fresh Start – Don’t dig through a decade of dust. Get what’s needed for the tax return and move forward. 💸 Charge What It’s Worth – Cleanups aren’t charity. Minimums matter. Yes, even $10K+ for the mess they created. 📝 ROI Reality Check – No one cares if that 2016 repair was “office supplies.” The IRS just wants the return filed.👉 Bookkeepers: Don’t sell yourself short. Clients waited nine years — they can wait for the invoice too. 💥🔥 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 #MessyBooks #ValuePricing
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Always Be Posting
🔥 Bookkeepers, let’s get real... do we really need to sit around waiting for bank statements before entering transactions? Spoiler alert: nope. Business keeps moving, and so should you. 🚀Here’s the spicy takeaway from our latest Bookkeepers on Fire episode:✨ 3 Hot Truths About Reconciling:💻 Enter First, Reconcile Later → Don’t let missing statements slow your workflow. Keep the books rolling.🏦 Bank Feeds Rule → If balances match, statements start to look like yesterday’s news.🌟 Old School is Over → Statements are turning into nothing more than a dusty touchpoint for the curious accountant.⚡ Keep it moving. Keep it accurate. Keep it fiery.🔥 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 #AlwaysBePosting #AccountingHumor
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