Guides for people who run the books
Step-shaped, plain-English and Canadian. Written to be done, not just read.
How to reconcile a bank account
A practical, step-by-step bank reconciliation walkthrough: gather the statement, tick what cleared, explain what didn't, finish at zero.
The month-end checklist
A repeatable month-end close for a small business: reconcile, review aging, post the recurring, read the statements — in an hour, every month.
The Canadian year-end checklist
Everything a Canadian small business should do at fiscal year-end: counts, reconciliations, CCA, GIFI, the retained-earnings roll and the lock.
Building a retail chart of accounts
How to structure a retail chart of accounts in Canada — the accounts you need, the ones you don't, and the tax accounts that must exist.
Writing off inventory, properly
Damaged, expired or missing stock has to leave the books with a reason. How to write off inventory so shrinkage is visible and defensible.
Credit notes vs refunds
A credit note reverses the sale; a refund returns the money. When to use each, and why deleting an invoice is never the answer.
Undeposited funds, finally explained
Why accounting software routes payments through Undeposited Funds, and why skipping it breaks your bank reconciliation.
Petty cash without the mystery
A simple petty cash system: a fixed float, receipts for everything, and top-ups that reconcile the difference.
Running payroll without dreading the 15th
How a Canadian pay run actually works — gross to net, CPP and EI, the remittance deadline, and what has to be true before you file T4s.
Knowing when you run out, before you run out
How to set reorder points from your own sales history and lead times, why a safety buffer is not padding, and what seasonal demand does to both.
CCA classes, in plain English
The common capital cost allowance classes for small business — 1, 8, 10, 10.1, 12, 50 — with rates and the half-year rule explained.
Reading a P&L like an owner
The P&L from top to bottom — revenue, COGS, gross profit, expenses, net income — and the three questions to ask it every month.
Reading a balance sheet without flinching
Assets, liabilities and equity — what the balance sheet says about a business's health, and the four checks worth doing quarterly.
Cash vs accrual, decided in one page
The real difference between cash and accrual accounting, who is allowed to use which in Canada, and why growing businesses end up accrual.
Journal entries, demystified
What a journal entry is, when you actually need one, and the debits-and-credits cheat sheet that makes them stop being scary.
Aging reports: the collections engine
Receivables aging turns 'people owe us money' into a work list. The buckets, the cadence, and the statement-and-call routine that works.
Collecting without burning the relationship
How to use customer statements, terms and tone to collect receivables while keeping the customers you actually want.
Leaving QuickBooks Desktop, calmly
A practical migration path off QuickBooks Desktop — what to move, when to cut over, and how to keep your accountant comfortable throughout.
Staff roles that match how your store actually runs
How to design roles for a small business — start from templates, use visible-but-locked for supervised actions, audit the rest.
Inventory counts that end arguments
Full counts and cycle counts: preparing, counting, posting the differences, and reading what the variances are telling you.
Amazon settlements, reconciled without tears
What is inside an Amazon settlement report, why the deposit never equals your sales, and how to post it so the bank reconciliation matches.
GIFI codes, explained once and for all
What GIFI codes are, why the CRA requires them on the T2, and how to keep the mapping from being an annual archaeology project.
Cheques: still here, still manageable
Printing, tracking and reconciling cheques — including post-dated cheques — without a paper register.
Batching the drawer into the bank
How to batch cash and cheques into deposits that reconcile — the drawer count, the slip, and the posting that matches the statement.
A budget you will still use in February
How to set a small-business budget from last year's actuals, review it monthly against the ledger, and actually change behaviour with it.
What a CRA review actually looks for
Books and records requirements, why audit trails and document sequences matter, and how clean books shorten a CRA review.
Your books, safe by architecture
How SeroBooks keeps accounting data safe — cloud plus local-first devices, sync, permissions and the audit trail as recovery tools.
Agentic AI, explained for owners
Chatbots answer; agents act. What agentic AI means for a small business, and the governance line that separates useful from dangerous.
Is AI safe for bookkeeping? The honest answer
Where AI genuinely helps the books, where it must never act alone, and the safeguards that make the difference.
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