10/27/2026
📊 YOUR BOOKS IN FIVE CATEGORIES
Have you ever looked at last month’s spending and wondered where the money went?
You don’t need 40 expense categories to get started. For many service businesses, five clear groups create a practical bookkeeping system:
Money in — customer payments
Cost of the work — materials, products, and subcontractors
People — wages, payroll costs, and regular contractors
Place and vehicle — rent, utilities, mileage, and related costs
Everything else — software, phone, supplies, bank fees, and professional fees
The goal is a system you can keep using. If an expense could fit in two places, choose one and categorize it consistently.
Try sorting last month’s spending into these five groups. What category would help you understand your business better?
👉 The Tax Ready Workbook — 116 fillable pages, $47
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