Avoiding Common QuickBooks Error: Segregate Expenses to SaveAvoiding Common QuickBooks Error: Segregate Expenses to Save
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#1 mistake small business owners make in QuickBooks Online
Mixing personal and business expenses in the same account.
I see this constantly. A business owner uses their personal card for a business lunch, thinks "I'll sort it out later," and never does. Six months later their books are showing half their personal grocery bills as business expenses.
Here's the fix: open a dedicated business checking account and a business credit card. Use them exclusively for business. It sounds basic but this one habit alone makes your books 10x cleaner and saves your bookkeeper hours every month — which saves you money.
If you've already mixed them, it's fixable. But starting clean is always easier than cleaning up later.
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