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🚨 You just discovered your bookkeeper stole $20,000. Now what? 🚨

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Take a breath. Then do this in order 👇 Do NOT confront them (yet) - Confrontation triggers deletion of files, altered records, or sudden “resignations.” 🔒 Lock down access quietly Change bank, payroll, accounting, and app passwords. Preserve everything! 🧊 Freeze the evidence No deleting. No “cleaning up.” Treat this like a crime scene. 🔍 Assume it’s more than $20k What you found is usually the first thing—not the only thing. 🧠 Decide your goal before acting Restitution? Termination? Insurance? Legal action? Your next steps depend on this. 🛠 Fix the system—not just the person Fraud thrives where one person controls everything. Hard truth: Catching the theft isn’t the win. Making sure it can never happen again is. If you’re dealing with this right now—you’re not alone. Handle it correctly.
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👉 “If your clients outsource accounting to you… why won’t you outsource your accounting?”

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Someone DM'd me as asked to outsource my clients to a 3rd party white label accounting firm . When I said nope, the response was I should be sensitive because clients are outsourcing to me. I take offense to that statement because it is not the same.. My clients aren’t outsourcing judgment . They’re outsourcing execution + expertise . They hire me because: • I know their industry • I understand their workflows • I ask uncomfortable questions • I catch problems before they become expensive • My name is attached to the work White-label outsourcing removes exactly what my clients pay for: ❌ Context ❌ Accountability ❌ Industry nuance ❌ Direct access to the person responsible White-label outsourcing gives them: ❌ A mystery bookkeeper ❌ Zero context ❌ No ownership ❌ A game of financial telephone 🔥If scaling requires me to hide who’s actually doing the work, I’m not building a firm — I’m building plausible deniability . For my firm, transparency matters; clarity is part ...
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🚨 From a forensic accountant who audits bad bookkeepers and horrendous books for a living

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The fastest way I know your bookkeeper is unqualified? (Queue suspenseful music) The balance sheet doesn’t make sense — and they can’t explain it. Tell me if these statements sound familiar: “It’s close enough.” “QuickBooks does that.” “We’ll fix it at year-end.” “That’s how it’s always been” “The CPA will fix it at year-end” “It doesn’t affect the P&L” Those aren’t explanations. They’re cover stories. When I open your file and see: • retained earnings moving with no rationale • loans that don’t amortize • cash that doesn’t reconcile • equity used as a junk drawer I don’t see “messy bookkeeping.” I see untested financial data and untested data is how: • fraud hides • taxes get misstated • owners make bad decisions with confidence Bottom line: If the balance sheet can’t survive basic questioning, the bookkeeper can’t survive scrutiny.
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