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If Your Budget Isn’t a Stress Reliever – You’re Doing It Wrong
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If Your Budget Isn’t a Stress Reliever – You’re Doing It Wrong

Regardless of the way you choose to organize your budget, the point is to make sure to have one because it can make your financial life a lot easier.
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How to Create a Hassle-Free Budget Plan for Tracking Expenses
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How to Create a Hassle-Free Budget Plan for Tracking Expenses

Nearly every financial guru tells potential budgeters to start their financial management with a simple (but not easy)...
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Keep Kids Entertained While On the Road: 5 Budget-Friendly Ideas
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Keep Kids Entertained While On the Road: 5 Budget-Friendly Ideas

We'll be hitting the pavement soon for a few family visits and mini-vacations, making travel arrangements and packing...
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How To Survive Real World Budgeting For The First Time
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How To Survive Real World Budgeting For The First Time

For many, the excitement wears off pretty quickly and you then get hit with one of the harshest...
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6 Easy to Forget Expenses To Include in Your Budget
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6 Easy to Forget Expenses To Include in Your Budget

Creating a budget is never easy, as it can take months or even years to perfect the process....
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Cost of Living Matters a Great Deal to Your Budget
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Cost of Living Matters a Great Deal to Your Budget

Trying to figure out how to survive on a budget is one of most challenging things you can...
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How to Buy the Perfect Gift on a Shoestring Budget
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How to Buy the Perfect Gift on a Shoestring Budget

Buying gifts for others can be rewarding, or it can be stressful. If you haven't prepared for a...
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Why Budgets Don’t Work and What You Should Do Instead
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Why Budgets Don’t Work and What You Should Do Instead

Anytime someone hears (or reads!) the word "budget" they usually cringe. Mostly because a budget requires you to...
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Wedding venues can eat up a huge part of your overall wedding budget.
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3 Unusual Tricks to Save Money on Your Wedding Venue

Wedding venues can eat up a huge part of your overall wedding budget.
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7 Tips for Incorporating Credit Cards Into Your Budget
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7 Tips for Incorporating Credit Cards Into Your Budget

It’s easy to get caught up in the idea that credit cards are evil.
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HI, I’M ASHLEY, AFC®️

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    Taking messy, overwhelming finances and turning th Taking messy, overwhelming finances and turning them into clear, organized numbers that actually make sense is our superpower! 

Because when your numbers make sense, so do your decisions!

Need help bringing clarity to your books?

We’re here to help you feel confident and in control. 
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    Tag a friend who needs this gentle reminder today! Tag a friend who needs this gentle reminder today!
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    Let’s clear up the confusion between COGS (cost Let’s clear up the confusion between COGS (cost of goods sold) and gross profit.

COGS includes only the direct costs to produce or deliver your product or service like materials, packaging, or subcontracted labor.

Gross profit = revenue - COGS

It tells you what’s left before things like rent, marketing, or software.

The mistake?

Mixing regular business expenses into COGS. 

That throws off your gross profit and hides how much you're truly making.

It tells you if your pricing and production costs are working in your favor.

Make sure you’re identifying and categorizing these costs correctly!

Need help getting clear on your business finances? Let's chat!
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    Think of tax planning as part of your overall busi Think of tax planning as part of your overall business growth plan not just a box to check.

Plan ahead, stay in control, and keep more of what you earn.

Want support with year-round tax strategy? 

Book a call today.
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    Not everything you pay yourself is counted as an “expense” and that’s totally normal depending on your entity type!

If you’re a sole proprietor or single-member LLC, your "paycheck" is an owner’s draw, not an expense, so it won’t show up on the P&L. It’s pulled from equity instead.

S-Corp owners? Your salary does show on the P&L, but distributions do not.

Make sure your bookkeeping reflects this correctly!

Mislabeling owner draws or distributions as expenses is a huge red flag and can throw off your financial reports (and your taxes).
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