Solo Bentonville bookkeeping — answered personally, never a queue.
Bookkeeper — answered personally.
Twenty-four terms, grouped by workflow. Reporting, reconciliation, tax, and catch-up & cleanup — each term defined in plain English for the owner who hit a word on a QuickBooks report.
Each section groups the terms by the workflow they live in — the reporting section is what you’ll see on a monthly report, the reconciliation section is what surfaces the moment the books go up against the bank, the tax section is the vocabulary that shows up at a year-end handoff, and the catch-up & cleanup section is the rest of the project vocabulary. Tap a category below to scroll straight to it.
From Reporting to Catch-up & cleanup
Use the category index below to skip straight to the section you’re working in — or read top to bottom. Every definition is short on purpose; if the long version is what you need, the consultation is free.
Read next
Two editorial surfaces already lean on these definitions — the tax-ready-books checklist and the CPA handoff checklist. Skim them for the same voice in long form.
The checklist every owner needs in November — what “tax-ready” actually means, what your CPA needs from you, and the moment to call for cleanup help before the annual filing window closes.
The same checklist I walk my own books through each quarter — every-quarter cadence, quarter-end wrap-up, and the year-end pack that lands at the CPA walkthrough.
Still puzzled?
The definitions above are the general case. Whether “accrual”, “depreciation”, or a particular cleanup scope is the right move for your business this quarter depends on your numbers, your entity, and where you’re headed — which is exactly what the free 30-minute consultation is for. Bring one question or twenty.