Fox Valley Bookkeeping

06/02/2026

Planes, trains, and automobiles (and a whole bunch of receipts you need to keep) if you traveled for work this spring ↓

🧾 Flights, train tickets, ride shares, or rental cars

🧾 Hotels, AirBnbs, Vrbos

🧾 Parking + tolls

🧾 Meals (while traveling)

🧾 Conference fees or tickets

🧾 Plane WiFi

Basically, when in doubt, save your receipts, and I'll let you know which ones will help lower your tax bill.

06/01/2026

HOT TAKE: It should be illegal to have a tax due date fall on a Monday! 🙃

If you clocked that quarterly taxes don't always follow a "quarterly" schedule, here's why ↓

Way back in the day, Tax Day used to be March 15th, so Congress counted three months out and set June 15th as the next estimated tax deadline. 📆

But when Tax Day got pushed back to April 15th (not complaining, btw), the June 15th deadline stayed the same.

Soooo, unfortunately, that's why your Q2 estimated taxes are due just two short months after you paid your April ones.

I don't make the rules; I just make sure you don't miss the deadlines! 🤷

06/01/2026

You *might* be asking too much of Google Sheets...

It's time to tap Quickbooks in if you want:

→ Your bank accounts to sync all of your transactions automatically

→ Customizable reports that you can compare to prior periods

→ To pay contractors and easily file their 1099s in one place

→ Extra features like branded invoices, time tracking, or inventory tracking

Your spreadsheet is tired! 🫩

Give it a well-deserved break, and I'll help you get your business set up and everything transferred over to Quickbooks.

05/29/2026

If I had a dollar for every time a business owner asked me, "Can I deduct this meal?", I'd be eating at Vince Lombardi's Steakhouse every night! 🥘

Meals are tricky... the last thing we want is to give the IRS any reason to look at your business more closely.

05/28/2026

April 15th came and went, you filed your taxes, and now you don't have to worry about your bookkeeping until next year...

Yeah, just know I've been kidnapped if you ever hear me say that seriously! 🤨

The *biggest* benefit of good bookkeeping is having up-to-date data to make decisions with all year long.

You still need to know how much money you made as a business in May.

You still need to know where your business is spending the most money.

Treating your bookkeeping like it's optional until next year is exactlyyyy how you end up paying a premium for a last-minute clean-up, iykyk. 🥴

05/27/2026

Reviewing these 5️⃣ reports is your May money homework from your favorite bookkeeper →

Side note: this isn't *just* a May thing!

If you're already reviewing these reports every month, you're automatically at the top of my favorites list! 😜

And if you don't have your bookkeeping done enough to run these reports? You know who to call (me, duh!). 📲

05/26/2026

This is gonna surprise you...

The number one reason businesses owners hire me is NOT because they don't know how to do their bookkeeping. 🙅

It might not be right up their alley, but business owners can definitely figure out the bookkeeping basics.

The *real* reason business owners hire me?

I hear it over and over again:

"My time is better spent doing..."

Or other business owners tell me:

"I don't want to spend my verrrry limited free time doing my bookkeeping."

Even though bookkeeping might not be the best use of YOUR time, that doesn't mean it's not super important for your business!

It just means you shouldn't be the one doing it (just leave it to someone like little ol' me). 📚

05/21/2026

I finally did it. I invested in professional photos. 📸

I'll admit it—AI-generated headshots are tempting. They're fast, inexpensive, and can look pretty convincing.

But at the end of the day, I don't want potential clients to meet an AI version of me.

I want them to meet me.

As a business owner, trust is everything. When someone hires Fox Valley Bookkeeping, they're trusting me with their finances, their business goals, and a piece of their livelihood.

Professional photos aren't just about looking polished. They're about showing up authentically, building credibility, and letting people see the real person behind the business.

So here's your reminder:

✔️ Stop hiding behind outdated photos.
✔️ Stop waiting for the "perfect" time.
✔️ Invest in your business and yourself.

People don't connect with perfection.

They connect with people.

HUGE shout out to Gina Van Handel Photography! Highly recommend booking with Gina!!

04/25/2026

🚨 𝓟𝓪𝔂𝓻𝓸𝓵𝓵 𝓤𝓹𝓭𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓢𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓑𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓞𝔀𝓷𝓮𝓻𝓼 🚨

Let’s talk payroll…

Currently Fox Valley Bookkeeping does not offer in-house payroll services—but don’t panic, I’ve got you covered with a solution that’s actually better than trying to DIY or hiring someone just to push buttons.

I recommend using 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼 — a super user-friendly payroll platform that handles:
✔️ Payroll processing
✔️ Tax filings
✔️ Direct deposits
✔️ Employee onboarding
✔️ Compliance (aka the stuff that can get messy fast)

Basically… it takes payroll off your plate so you can focus on running your business instead of stressing over deadlines and tax notices.

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
👉 https://gusto.com/r/amanda37191306

This link also gives you access to any current promos and lets them know you came through Fox Valley Bookkeeping.

And don’t worry—you’re not on your own. I’m still here to help make sure everything flows smoothly with your bookkeeping.

Let’s keep your finances clean, organized, and drama-free. 🙌

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