Lazy or Legal?

05/10/2025 5 min Episodio 161
Lazy or Legal?

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🔥 Lazy or Legal? Let's Talk Schedule L 🔥Balance sheet MIA? You're not alone. One of the most common mysteries in small business bookkeeping:“Why is Schedule L completely blank?” 🤔 Let’s break it down without breaking your brain:💥 3 Truth Bombs from the Episode:🧾 Schedule L isn't required for S Corps under $250K in sales or assets. That’s not lazy—it’s legal.🔎 Rebuilding a balance sheet? Start with cash 💵, loans 💳, and plug retained earnings. Boom. Done.🤐 Stop calling accountants lazy (even if you really want to). They're following the rules... mostly.✨ This episode had us learning, laughing, and low-key rethinking our name-calling habits. 📊 If you’ve ever stared at a blank Schedule L and screamed internally—this one’s for you.🔥 Join our Bookkeepers On Fire Community to connect 🤝, collaborate 💬, and thrive 🚀 with like-minded professionals who are passionate about bookkeeping, accounting and business growth.Join us here: Bookkeepers On Fire CommunityBookkeepers On Fire is proudly ad-free and 100% listener-supported, so we can bring you unfiltered conversations without outside agendas. If you enjoy the show, consider donating to help keep our mics hot and our mission independent.🔥Donate with Venmo🔥    🔥Donate with PayPal🔥#BookkeepersOnFire #AccountingHumor #ScheduleL #BalanceSheetMystery #SmallBusinessFinance #TaxTalk #SpicyAccounting #LazyOrLegal #BookkeepingCommunity #QuickBooksPros