SJA Books, LLC

Sarah | Bookkeeper for Beauty Bosses 💅💇‍♀️💋
📒 I Help You Keep More of What You Earn
✔️ Bookkeeper | Budget Coach | 3x Business Owner
👍Need Help? Message me.

04/01/2026

No time for jokes today when Tax Day is looming...

If you panicking, send me a DM now!

03/30/2026

It's as simple as this: keep clean + organized records! 📚

Want to get all the deductions you qualify for? It starts with your bookkeeping!

Getting audited? Clean books will be your bestfriend.

As a beauty pro, good bookkeeping helps with more than *just* taxes... but when it comes to your taxes, clean recordkeeping is EVERYTHING!

03/27/2026

It's pretty simple: I've never had a client regret saving MORE for estimated taxes than they needed to...

But I've definitely had to help business owners figure out how they're going to pay for their unexpected tax bills when they don't put enough money aside.

In my humble opinion, there's no harm in putting away a *little* more than you think you're going to owe.

The worst case? You have extra money left over in your bank account. 🤷

And if you park your estimated tax money in a HYSA, it'll earn money while you sleep!

Don't know how much you *should* be saving? Knowing your numbers is the first step; that's where I can help!

03/25/2026

Last month, I hopped on a discovery call with a new client who let me know their books were pretty much fully automated.

Which sounds amazing... in theory.

In practice, for a gal who was operating her business out of her personal bank account, auto rules were going ham on their Amazon expenses.

Paper towels for the house. Dog toys. A new vacuum.

It was allll getting sorted to Office Supplies because one time, ages ago, she had bought printer paper from Amazon and set up that auto rule. 😅

By the time I stepped in, there were some very interesting expenses (read: not IRS approved) on their books.

All of this to say, auto rules can be a really helpful tool for automating your bookkeeping.

But, you have to be really careful when you set them up and still have a human involved to approve them!

03/20/2026

If you’re asking… you’re probably already there.

If your books are always “something you’ll get to later”…
If tax season stresses you out more than it should…
If you know you’re making money but couldn’t tell me how much you’re actually keeping…

That’s your sign.

Hiring a bookkeeper isn’t about being “big enough”… it’s about buying back your time, your clarity, and honestly… your peace of mind.

You didn’t start your business to track receipts and second guess your numbers.

You started it to make money and have freedom.

Let’s make sure you’re actually doing both. 👀

03/19/2026

HONESTY HOUR: Beauty pros, how often are you actually doing your bookkeeping? 👀

In my opinion, you need to be doing your bookkeeping on a monthly basis (and that's the bare minimum).

The more often you're in your books, the easier it is to remember any details on a transaction or catch issues early. 💰

But, for your beauty business specifically, it's all going to come down to your transaction volume, whether you have payroll, sales tax, or inventory to track, and how up-to-date you need your financial reporting!

Doing your bookkeeping weekly, or even daily, could make the most sense. Regardless of how often you need to do it, having *me* do it is going to be easier every time. 😏

02/25/2026

Your CPA is always going to need (at a minimum) this report from your business to file your return: your Profit & Loss. 📊

This report shows exactly how much you earned and what you spent for the tax year.

They'll also usually need your Balance Sheet to tie out loan balances, retained earnings, and make sure everything is included on your return.

Get tax-ready books prepped BEFORE your accountant asks for them by sending me a message 😘

02/16/2026

STOP SCROLLING and check your bookkeeping for these problems right now ↓

1️⃣ Forgetting to record your payment/merchant fees.

2️⃣ Recording sales tax as income.

3️⃣ Booking your whole loan payment to interest expense (instead of splitting out the portion paying down your principal).

4️⃣ Recording estimated tax payments as an expense.

5️⃣ Going more than two months without reconciling your bank + credit card accounts.

If you don't feel totally confident checking your books for these things, it's time to hire a pro!

02/11/2026

Two ways I support Beauty Bosses who want to understand their numbers ↓

📚 Monthly Bookkeeping 📚

→ Ongoing transaction entry, categorization, and account reconciliation + monthly financial reporting

→ Best for clients who want clean, up-to-date numbers to run their business *without* having to open QBO.

🧼 Bookkeeping Clean-Up 🧼

→ Catching up months (or years) of past due bookkeeping + fixing any errors

→ Best for clients who have an existing bookkeeping system that they've fallen behind on or aren't 100% sure they're doing correctly

Ready to get started? Click the link in my bio 🔗

02/09/2026

So, spoiler alert, I don't do taxes...

I actually get this question more than you'd think, so here's how I *do* help with your taxes (without actually filing your return):

When it comes to filing your tax return, it all starts with clean bookkeeping! 📚

Your tax accountant needs to know exactly how much you spent on each type of expense to put the correct number in the right place on your tax return.

They also need to know what your income *truly* is. If the income shown on your financials is underreported, you risk getting hit with penalties + interest. 🫣

And if you're reporting too much income, you're going to pay too much in taxes!

So no, I'm not filing your return, but my work as your bookkeeper is a key part of your tax season! 💸

02/04/2026

A good bookkeeper won't categorize your expenses without fully understanding *what* you bought and why.

To accurately categorize your business transactions, I normally need more info on expenses like:

→ Meals (who you were with, business purpose)
→ Travel (where you went, business purpose)
→ First-time contractor payments (info from their W-9)
→ Purchases over $2,500 (to determine whether to capitalize or not)
→ Any unusual/irregular expenses

I've got these bookkeeping boundaries in place for a reason, not to make your life harder, but to protect us both!

02/02/2026

My mission this year is simple: make sure as many beauty bosses as possible have clean, tax-ready bookkeeping. 📚

If you're not so sure that your bookkeeping meets that standard, you know what to do (click the link in my bio!!!). 🔗

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Twin Falls, ID

Telephone

+12084505446

Website

http://www.sjabooks.com/

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