The finance operations blog.

Practical, worked-example writing on bookkeeping, cash flow, and finance ops. No fluff, lots of numbers.

Banking

How bank reconciliation actually works

Why your books and your bank never match on their own, and a worked example that explains a $4,415 gap line by line.

6 min read Tax

VAT for small business, without the headache

Output vs input VAT, a worked $28,150 quarterly return, and why the VAT you collect is never really yours to spend.

7 min read Getting organised

When a bookkeeping spreadsheet stops working

The five signs your workbook has quietly stopped working, why it can never do double-entry, and how to move across without a rebuild.

6 min read Cash flow

Why a profitable business can run out of cash

Meridian booked $73,400 of profit and still lost cash the same month. Here is the gap between profit and cash, worked through in full.

7 min read

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