🔥 Prior Period Panic? Oh, we’ve all been there. One minute you’re reconciling January 2024, next thing you know, you're knee-deep in 2023's mystery meat of transactions. 😅

Here’s the real talk from the bookkeeping trenches:

📌 No Adjustments? You're Lucky.
If you reconciled a year with no adjustments, go buy a lottery ticket. That never happens. Like… ever.

📌 The Tax Return is Sacred-ish.
Once it’s filed, draw that line in the sand. Adjust forward. Don’t look back unless you like pain and unpaid overtime.

📌 Keep It Clean, Not Complicated.
Use judgment. Make it tidy. Prior year mess? Shove it in equity with a post-it that says “not my circus, not my tax return.”

✨ Remember: You’re not going to jail. Just make the books right going forward and sleep easy.

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"Just started using QuickBooks Online again... and wow, I forgot how much I hated it." 😅

If you've ever screamed internally at QBO, you're not alone. But here’s the deal:

QuickBooks wasn't built for accountants — it was built for humans.

💥 So before you rage-quit and grab your green ledger paper, consider this:

🔸 Forms > Journal Entries
Your client doesn't speak debit/credit. They speak “I bought stuff at Office Depot.” Meet them there.

🔸 Control-Y is Life
Want your precious debits and credits? Boom — Transaction Journal. It's hiding right behind the curtain.

🔸 Be a Translator, Not a Tyrant
Speak their language. Stop preaching. The real superpower? Making accounting make sense to non-accountants.

💬 Sound familiar? Drop your favorite "What in the QuickBooks is this?!" moment below.

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🔥 Zero It Out — because sometimes bookkeeping gets real.

Ever had a client whose Social Security deposits hit the business account? Yeah... us too. On the latest episode of Bookkeepers on Fire, Debbie and Donna dish out spicy solutions with a side of sarcasm.

Here’s what you’ll learn (and laugh about):

💸 Wrong Account, Right Fix — Why owner's equity is your new best friend.

🧾 Cash, Checks, Chickens — How to handle income that never touches the bank.

⏳ SSA Drama — Why updating direct deposit with Social Security is like a DMV horror movie.

👉 Ready to keep it compliant and keep your cool? Listen to "Zero It Out" now.

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