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Filing & corrections 2 min
The $18.42 that had no tax slip
Étienne finds interest in an ordinary savings account and learns why the slip threshold is not an income exemption.
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Working for yourself 2 min
We traded work. The bookkeeping still needed a number.
Malik swaps design work for a repaired studio chair. No money changes hands, but the business records still need both sides of the exchange.
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Your bank balance and your profit answer different questions
A $3,200 bank balance can sit beside $4,000 of profit without either number being wrong. Follow the invoices, payments and owner withdrawal.
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Working for yourself 2 min
The receipt went through the washing machine
Camille finds a pale rectangle in her coat pocket and rebuilds the purchase record without inventing a replacement receipt.
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Before you clear out the tax folder
The six-year rule has a starting point and exceptions. A compact retention checklist for sole proprietors, including electronic records.
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Working for yourself 2 min
My first invoice was not my first business record
Malik reconstructs the months before his first design client, separating a business launch from personal experimentation.
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