Income sounds simple until your handmade business has money coming in from product sales, patterns, classes, sales tax, ad revenue, affiliate commissions, and who knows what else. This post explains what makers need to know about tracking income clearly, why sales tax collected is not income, and why dumping every dollar into one big “Sales” bucket can make your reports tell a very messy story.
A list of 8 Free Bookkeeping & Accounting software programs (originally compiled in July 2020) that may be suitable for handmade or creative businesses. Choosing a bookkeeping program and developing a system for your handmade or creative business can be a daunting task. I talked a little about this a couple of weeks ago, in …
Learning how to fill out a Sales & Use Tax Return can be a challenge for a handmade or creative business owner, well actually any sort of business owner. The second quarter just ended on June 30, so that means here in the U.S. many business owners need to complete and submit a Sales (& …
I love Canva. Did you know that Canva has a desktop app? Well, maybe you did. I didn’t. But sometimes it takes me awhile to get around to finding out “all the things”. 😳 About a year and a half ago, I splurged and paid for a Canva subscription (after using the free version for maybe …
Oh, the things I’ve learned being a business owner for 30+ years! Many of those things would make you cringe, so I’ll leave those out of this post. I’m going to keep it to the 5 most important things I’ve learned, in no specific order. Here are the 5 things I’ve learned as a business …
Learn how to use Evernote & Trello to get organized! How many times have you: Sounds like it’s time to sharpen your organizational skills! Evernote is a free app You can use it on your smartphone, tablet and your computer. It’s designed for note taking, organizing, task management, and keeping track of everything you could …
Happy 4th of July! {Today is Day 4 of the Ultimate Blog Challenge – today’s topic was to do a short 4th of July post} I was just going to do this little “Happy 4th of July – I’m taking the day off from blogging post”. But something changed as it dawned on me that …
Where do I want to go from here with YarnyBookkeeper.com? I immediately had the lyrics to “Born to Be Wild” going through my head…. Get your motor runnin’ Head out on the highway Looking for adventure In whatever comes our way Yeah, darlin’ Gonna make it happen Day 3 of the Ultimate Blog Challenge. Today’s …
