--- title: Bookkeeping & Small Business Accounting description: Bookkeeping records and organises a business's transactions. You will learn double-entry basics, accounting software, invoicing, payroll and taxes, and how to keep clean books for a small company. category: business-entrepreneurship subcategory: finance difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/bookkeeping-and-small-business-accounting --- # Bookkeeping & Small Business Accounting Bookkeeping records and organises a business's transactions. You will learn double-entry basics, accounting software, invoicing, payroll and taxes, and how to keep clean books for a small company. ## Available Resources 1 Videos • 3 Websites ## Websites ### 1. IRS Publication 583: Starting a Business and Keeping Records United States federal guidance on what records a business must keep and for how long, choosing an accounting method, and single versus double entry, with a worked example of a shop's daily receipts, monthly summaries and check disbursements. US-specific. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.irs.gov/publications/p583 **Tags:** bookkeeping, record-keeping, accounting-methods, small-business, us-tax ### 2. GnuCash Tutorial and Concepts Guide Official manual for the open-source double-entry accounting program, teaching concepts alongside the software: chart of accounts setup, transactions, reconciliation, then business features including customer invoices, vendor bills, receivables, payables, sales tax tables and a payroll example. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-guide/ **Tags:** bookkeeping, double-entry, accounting-software, gnucash, small-business ### 3. AccountingCoach: Bookkeeping Explanation **Author:** Harold Averkamp, CPA, MBA A free multi-part written explanation of bookkeeping covering cash versus accrual, debits and credits, the general ledger and chart of accounts, bank reconciliation, adjusting and reversing entries, and the three financial statements, with practice quizzes. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.accountingcoach.com/bookkeeping/explanation **Tags:** bookkeeping, debits-and-credits, general-ledger, bank-reconciliation, financial-statements ## Youtubes ### 1. Accounting Stuff (YouTube channel) **Author:** James Daly Short animated videos on the accounting equation, debits and credits, journal entries, ledgers and the accounting cycle. The Accounting Basics series functions as a sequenced beginner course before any software is introduced. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.youtube.com/@AccountingStuff **Tags:** accounting-basics, debits-and-credits, journal-entries, accounting-cycle, bookkeeping ## Videos ### 1. Lecture 18: Legal and Accounting Basics for Startups **Author:** Kirsty Nathoo, Carolynn Levy Stanford CS183B lecture in which Y Combinator's CFO Kirsty Nathoo and general counsel Carolynn Levy cover incorporating as a Delaware C corporation, founder equity and vesting, 83(b) elections, fundraising paperwork, bookkeeping, and cash management. Founders can avoid common early legal and accounting mistakes. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec18/ **Tags:** startups, startup-accounting, startup-law, incorporation, equity-vesting --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/bookkeeping-and-small-business-accounting