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Plain-English guides on bookkeeping, taxes and accounting software, plus real client results, written for U.S. small businesses.
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Practical guides on bookkeeping, taxes, software and cleanup, updated as the rules change.

Catch-Up vs. Cleanup Bookkeeping: The Difference That's Costing You Money
Catch-up fills in missing months. Cleanup fixes months that were wrong. Learn which one you need, and why doing catch-up on broken books costs more later.
Comparison8 min read
On Extension Again? Why Your Books, Not Your Taxes, Pushed You to October
Most small business tax extensions trace back to books that weren't ready, not a hard tax position. Here is how to tell, and how to stop repeating it.
Tax Tips9 min read
Shopify Bookkeeping: Reconciling Payouts, Fees, and Sales Tax Without the Headaches
Shopify payouts never match your sales report, and that is by design. Learn to reconcile payouts, fees, refunds, and sales tax nexus inside QuickBooks or Xero.
Guides11 min read
Construction Bookkeeping for U.S. Contractors: The Complete 2027 Guide
Construction bookkeeping for US contractors: job costing, the Over/Under Test for every open job, retainage and subs, the 2027 calendar, and 2027 tax rules.
Guides14 min read
Florida's $15 Minimum Wage Just Made In-House Bookkeeping a Lot More Expensive
Florida's $15/hour wage raised in-house bookkeeping costs to $44,616/year. See why outsourced bookkeeping Florida owners choose costs less.
Business9 min read
Ecommerce Bookkeeping Cleanup: How One Pet Brand Found 23 Points of Gross Profit It Already Had
Amy thought Guru Pet Company ran at a 31% gross margin. After an ecommerce bookkeeping cleanup of 2024 and 2025, the real number was 54%. Here is what was wrong and how to check your own.
Client Stories8 min read
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Case studies, in real numbers.
How businesses in different industries fixed their books with Twelix, and what changed afterward.
Construction & Contracting
How Fischman Asphalt cleared a 6-month bookkeeping backlog at 4x the pace
Two Florida construction companies were six months behind with zero reconciliations and financing stalled. Twelix cleared 6,000 to 7,000 transactions at about 4x the prior firm's pace and has closed the books every month since.
- Transactions cleared
- 6K to 7K
- Transactions cleared
- The prior pace
- About 4x
- The prior pace
- Books closed monthly
- 2+ years
- Books closed monthly
Professional Services
How Obsidian Media went from missed payments to books the owner checks once a week
A five-person New York marketing agency was paying bills late and missing client payments without knowing it. Twelix took over the books and AP/AR, and the owner now checks in once a week.
- On payments, in the owner's words
- Never late
- On payments, in the owner's words
- Both sides handled
- AP and AR
- Both sides handled
- Working together
- 10 months
- Working together
E-Commerce & Retail
How Guru Pet Company found 23 points of gross profit its books were hiding
A growing dog toy brand had strong sales, inventory that never matched and a 31% gross profit nobody could explain. Twelix rebuilt 2024 and 2025, and the real figure was 54%.
- Gross profit, corrected
- 31% to 54%
- Gross profit, corrected
- Reviewed until every number tied
- 2 years
- Reviewed until every number tied
- Now with Twelix
- AP and AR
- Now with Twelix
Restaurants & Hospitality
Restaurant Group Cuts Monthly Close from 3 Weeks to 3 Days
A 4-location restaurant group was spending 3 weeks closing their books each month. Twelix automated their POS reconciliation and reduced close time to 3 business days.
- Monthly close time
- 3 days
- Monthly close time
- Unified reporting
- 4 locs
- Unified reporting
- Time savings
- 85%
- Time savings
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