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Bookkeeping basics

Connect your bank

Transactions pulled and sorted every day.

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Upload a statement

Bank or credit card, when you'd rather not connect.

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Review & approve transactions

Your "waiting on you" list, explained.

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I don't recognize a transaction

What to do — and no, you didn't break anything.

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How Fulkrum categorizes for you

The AI reads and suggests a category for each transaction.

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Fix a category

Change a transaction's category anytime, even after it's posted, and your reports update instantly.

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Coming from QuickBooks?

Move your QuickBooks history into Fulkrum so your books start complete, with our team checking the migration.

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Snap a receipt

Take a photo — we read the merchant, date, and total.

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Upload a receipt

Upload a receipt photo or PDF and Fulkrum reads the merchant, date, and total for you.

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Check & save what we read

Confirm the details before it's saved.

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Tag a receipt

Tag a receipt with a job, property, or project so it lands in the right report later.

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How receipts match transactions

Why you never double-count a purchase.

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What tags are & when to use them

Track jobs, properties, or projects.

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Tag a transaction

Tag any transaction by job, property, or project to track profit the way your business works.

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Create your own tag type

Create custom tag types, like location or client, to track spending your own way.

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See a report by tag

Profit per job, property, or project.

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Expense or asset?

Supplies vs. equipment — and why it matters.

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Add an asset you bought

Record equipment, a computer, or a vehicle so it's on your books with depreciation handled for you.

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Record a financed purchase

The asset and its loan, in one step.

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Useful life & depreciation, simply

What it means for your books — no jargon.

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Record a trade-in

Record a vehicle trade-in so the old asset comes off your books and any gain or loss is captured.

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Add a loan you owe

Record a loan you owe, with lender, balance, rate, and term, so you can track payments against it.

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Why isn't my whole loan payment an expense?

Only the interest counts — here's why.

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Your Profit & Loss

What you earned and what you spent.

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Your Balance Sheet

See what your business owns and owes, plus your equity, on any date, no accounting needed.

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Financial Health

A plain-language read on where you stand.

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Download for your accountant

Your P&L and Balance Sheet, as a PDF.

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Record transactions on time: one hour a week

A small, regular habit beats a year-end scramble.

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Work with a professional

AI helps, but get real counsel for the big calls.

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Get a business credit card

Keep business spending in one place.

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I used my personal card by mistake

How to record it so your books stay clean.

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Handle owner pay & reimbursements

Record owner draws and reimbursements correctly so your pay and your books both stay right.

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Build a simple month-end routine

Ten minutes to stay on top of your books.

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