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Join the Handmade Business Bookkeeping Community
A private, NON-FACEBOOK community where you can connect with other like-minded handmade business owners on a daily basis, AWAY FROM FACEBOOK ads & distractions where you can attend live training sessions. Registration required. Click here to join.
Premium (Paid) Handmade Business Resources
Looking for a powerful spreadsheet bookkeeping system for your handmade, creative, or craft business?
“The 10-Minute Bookkeeper” spreadsheet bookkeeping system – your game-changer in handmade biz finances if you’re just starting out and want a simple system!
📊 Tailored for handmade, creative and craft businesses, this spreadsheet system simplifies bookkeeping.
- 12 monthly sheets, columns for each day,
- keep it up-to-date in about 10 minutes a day,
- and an auto-updating P&L report!
- Includes a pre-built Chart of Accounts that matches a U.S. Schedule C OR Canadian tax return,
- And add expense accounts specific to your unique business.
🚀 Craft your financial success effortlessly.
💼 Ready to untangle the money mess with your biz?
Sales Tax Guide for Handmade, Creative, and Craft Business Owners
A 28-page eBook that covers:
- Sales Tax Basics
- Selling on Etsy, Ravelry, etc.
- Selling in person at craft fairs
- State-by-state Sales Tax laws
Signature Courses & Memberships
The Handmade Business Bookkeeping Academy
You want to build a profitable handmade business, but the bookkeeping is throwing you some challenges and roadblocks……..Take away the overwhelm, frustration, and confusion over your bookkeeping tasks with proven, step-by-step strategies.
Handmade Business Bookkeeping Breakthroughs course
A 6-part course that will help you:
- conquer bookkeeping mindset
- master inventory
- understand Cost of Goods Sold/Cost of Sales
- learn to categorize expenses
- understand Sales Tax
What should you be tracking in your handmade business bookkeeping system?
With my help, you can:
- learn about the things you need to keep track of, to keep the tax man happy
- think about what YOU want your bookkeeping system to tell you about your business
- discover things you might want to keep track of that are specific to YOUR business
- help you build a Chart of Accounts for your business
Free Handmade Business Bookkeeping Resources
Bookkeeping: The Secret Sauce
A down & dirty 76-page guide to understanding bookkeeping and taxes for your handmade, creative, or craft business
Avoid These 10 Handmade Business Myths
Popular myths that float around the internet can get you in BIG trouble! Learn about which ones to avoid.
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Other Free Webinars
These free webinars (below) are hosted in the Handmade Business Bookkeeping Community. Join the community and once you’ve completed your profile, click Docs & Files in the menu on the left –> then click Training Replays and watch these free webinars.
Bookkeeping for Pattern Designers
Learn about the bookkeeping challenges pattern designers face and how to handle them in this free training.
When do I Finally Get to Pay Myself?
Your handmade business is making money, but yet there never seems to be enough to pay yourself. Learn how to make paying yourself a priority!
Self-employment Tax
Learn about self-employment tax – what it is, why & when you need to pay it.
Free Calculators & eBooks
Pattern Pricing Calculator
Wondering how to price your pattern designs? Take the guesswork out of pricing your patterns with this 2-page calculator – includes video training.
Project Cost of Goods Sold & Pricing Calculator
Stop asking other people what you should charge for your finished items. This calculator helps you figure out what it actually costs you to make an item and provides several pricing methods – includes video training.
Fair Wage Calculator
Are you charging enough for your time? A rate that covers your overhead costs, sets money aside for taxes & actually allows you to pay yourself? Includes video training.
Accounting Speak for your handmade, creative, or craft business
Navigating financial and accounting jargon in your handmade business can be as tricky as crafting intricate designs. But, don’t worry, I’m here to help you unravel the complexities and make all that accounting speak stuff feel like a walk in the park!
Tax Deductions for handmade, creative, and craft businesses
Tax deductions are business expenses that you can subtract from your TOTAL taxable business income on your Schedule C (U.S.)/T2125 (Canada) form, this reduces the amount of tax you owe when that amount flows over to your personal tax return. Expenses can belong to four major groups, learn about what those groups are and maximize your deductions at tax time.
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