When I tell people I’m a bookkeeper, I get one of two reactions. Either they nod politely and clearly have no idea what that means, or they say “oh, like taxes?” and I have to gently explain that no, not like taxes — adjacent to taxes, relevant to taxes, but not taxes. So let me explain what bookkeeping actually is, because I think a lot of small business owners are either doing parts of it accidentally or skipping it entirely because they’re not sure what they’re skipping. B
