Mark Kohler explains why LLCs need solid bookkeeping to capture deductions and reduce audit risk. Good records typically pay for themselves many times over, up to tenfold, and are essential overhead for any serious business owner.
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Books are a mess. Every tax strategy becomes harder and more expensive. So when you set up an llc, you have to realize you're signing up for more bookkeeping. And that's okay. It's the nature of the beast or it comes with setting up an llc. So just own it and be okay with that. Good bookkeeping supports deductions, lower audit risk, it makes planning more possible and better planning, and pays for itself in tax savings and better management decisions. I'll say it plainly, whatever you spend on good bookkeeping, you'll usually get back tenfold in tax savings and good business decisions. Organization is an overhead, it's profit, and it's a part of the process.