The (Not Boring) Boring Small Business Bookkeeping and Accounting Podcast
If you’re a small business owner or bookkeeper trying to make sense of bookkeeping, business finances, QuickBooks, cash flow, and tax-ready systems without drowning in accounting jargon, this podcast is for you. Welcome to The Not Boring, Boring Bookkeeping and Small Business Podcast, where bookkeeping meets real business life. Beyond spreadsheets and expense tracking, our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum, explores the human side of small business finances and the relationships between bookkeepers, clients, accountants, and financial professionals that keep businesses running smoothly. Paul is a New York-based bookkeeper with over 25 years of experience and decades teaching QuickBooks. In this podcast he shares practical bookkeeping tips, small business finance insights, tax deduction guidance, and real-world lessons from working with business owners every day. Whether you’re managing your own books, learning QuickBooks Online, or trying to build better financial systems for your business, you’ll find approachable, experience-based advice without the boring lecture style. 🎧 Listen to episodes like: -Bookkeepers Are More Than Bean Counters -How Communication Impacts Your Bookkeeping -Plus hands-on tools like QuickBooks basics, startup expenses, and chart of accounts.
Episodes
The chart of accounts keeps popping up in business news feeds, so our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum, is taking a fresh look at it. Paul shares why he always designs it for the client, even if some accountants complain about all those subaccounts.
Then Paul gets honest about write-ups, the simplest (and his least favorite) form of bookkeeping. He also answers a question he hears a lot: is there a standard chart of accou...
Kicking off the next 100 episodes, our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum, shares a cautionary tale about what happens when third-party software quietly works against you. A client's industry-specific CRM was secretly exporting her invoices into QuickBooks Online as sales receipts. That doubled her sales, threw off undeposited funds, and nearly meant she would pay extra 2026 taxes for no reason. Two three-hour cleanup sess...
One hundred episodes in, our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum, is taking a moment to thank YOU, the listeners, who turned this independent podcast into something much bigger than a weekly recording. After years of teaching in classrooms, Paul has found a new classroom behind the microphone, a place where he can keep sharing what he knows, connecting with people in the field, and talking about the work he still genuinely ...
Reaching 100 podcast episodes wasn’t something our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum, ever expected when he started the show in 2022. In this special 99th episode, Paul sits down with Stephanie Fuccio, Podcast Discovery Strategist, to look back at how and why the show changed and what he’s learned from the listeners who keep coming back for more.
But this isn’t just a look back. A few unexpected mom...
Tariff refunds may be going back to big companies, but that doesn’t mean a check is coming to us. Our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum, looks at what those refunds could mean for prices at stores like Walmart, Target, Lowe’s, and Home Depot, and why consumers still need to pay attention to where the savings actually show up. As retailers decide what to do with that money, shoppers have a new reason to compare...
If rising prices have you blaming inflation for everything, it may be worth looking at the spending habits that have become normal. Our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum, looks at the difference between expenses we can’t control and the choices that still belong to us. Ultimately, affordability includes how we decide what we need, want, and can actually afford.
With convenience making it easier than ever to spend wit...
Some bookkeeping projects don’t just fill the calendar, they make you feel 20 years younger. Our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum, shares why difficult bookkeeping cleanup projects still give him adrenaline, purpose, and the deep satisfaction of knowing a client’s books are finally right. As he considers slowing down, he’s realizing that the work that lights you up may be exactly the reason not to step ...
If you assume “clean books” means accurate books, it’s worth checking that assumption now, before tax deadlines or an IRS problem force the issue. Three previous bookkeepers had called the books clean, but our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum, is still finding major problems underneath, including missing credit card transactions, $15,000 in unexplained invoice payments, and a $25,000 shareholder loan th...
Choosing between a Roth and Traditional IRA comes down to one question: what tax bracket do you expect to be in when you withdraw. Our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum, breaks down the tax treatment, contribution limits, and Required Minimum Distribution rules for both, plus a quick look at how inherited IRAs work differently. A short, practical primer for anyone weighing retirement savings alongside their business finan...
When the accountant sent these books back as unusable, and three previous bookkeepers had all called them clean, our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum, knew this cleanup would take a lot of time. Now he's deep into it and the books are starting to come together.
Picking up where Part 1 left off, Paul walks through the hands-on work of the last several weeks: two of six tangled credit cards now fully reconciled throug...
Who is responsible for deciding whether a business expense is tax deductible: the client, the bookkeeper, or the tax preparer? In this episode, our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum, shares his approach to handling missing receipts, client gifts, business meals, and other bookkeeping gray areas. He touches on where professional responsibility begins and ends, and whether bookkeepers should rely on client information or us...
Three bookkeepers said the books were clean. The accountant said otherwise.
Bad bookkeeping creates business problems, not just accounting problems. Inaccurate financial records can lead to overpaying taxes, missing valuable tax deductions, making decisions based on unreliable numbers, and creating challenges when applying for loans or funding. Our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum, is here to explain why accurate books ma...
Nobody likes thinking about death, but getting your finances in order now can make things much easier for the people you leave behind. To help with this, our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum, is here to explain the basics. He covers which debts are typically forgiven when someone dies, when an estate is responsible for paying what's owed, why family members usually aren't liable for debts they didn't co-sign, and how nam...
Online computerized accounting changes almost everything about bookkeeping. But don’t worry, our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum, is here to help you navigate the potential problems to come from these “advancements.” For example, QuickBooks Online creates problems that QuickBooks Desktop never had, like duplicate sales, mismatched credit card merchant fees, phantom accounts receivable, and sales tax re...
Wondering where you fall in the 2026 tax brackets? In this quick episode, Paul Rosenblum walks through the latest tax rates for single and joint filers and explains how they apply to different business structures. It's a simple way to get ahead on tax planning before next year's filing season arrives.
Tax brackets:
https://paulrosenblum.substack.com/p/bookkeeping-rates-for-single-and
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Bookkeeping isn’t just spreadsheets and accounting software. Our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum, reflects on how everyday money habits quietly shape our lives, from business spending decisions to the way people think about vacations, groceries, risk, and long-term planning. He explores “the human side of want and need,” showing how emotional spending, financial stress, personal history, and instinct a...
Payroll taxes are not just paperwork, and Paul Rosenblum shares a quick but important reminder about how bookkeepers can face serious legal consequences when payroll taxes are not filed or paid correctly. Using a real Rhode Island case, our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch reflects on bookkeeper liability, professional responsibility, and why ethics matter so much in bookkeeping. If you’ve ever wondered whether a bookkeeper can be...
Fast Food Chains Are Reinventing Themselves Again. If eating out has felt more expensive, less personal, or just different lately, there’s a reason, and our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum, is here to explain why. What starts as a conversation about fast food quickly becomes a bigger look at how restaurants are struggling to adapt to changing customer habits and economic pressure. Along the way, Paul shares observ...
Signing a commercial lease can feel like just another business task, but one missed detail can create expensive problems for years. Our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum, explains why commercial leases are major long-term financial decisions that can directly affect the survival and stability of a business. He walks through the real-world consequences of missing important details, including massive rent increases, respons...
Shared expenses. Missing communication. Bookkeeping chaos. What happens when one business owner starts moving between multiple companies, reimbursable expenses, partnerships, and credit cards… but forgets to tell their bookkeeper what’s actually happening?
In this episode, our favorite Bookkeeping Mensch, Paul Rosenblum, walks through a real bookkeeping situation involving reimbursements between businesses, partnership ...
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