When Being Too Organized Becomes a Hot Mess

So picture this: a business owner hires a bookkeeper who’s super on top of things like, color-coded-spreadsheets, everything in its own folder, label maker enthusiast kind of organized.

Sounds great, right? Except it wasn’t.

Turns out, the books were so over-organized that nothing made sense. Every tiny expense had its own category, taxes were being over-recorded like the IRS was watching over their shoulder, and the reports? Let’s just say you'd need a PhD in chaos theory to understand them.

Spoiler alert: they were paying way too much in taxes.

That’s when we stepped in. We untangled the mess, simplified the systems, corrected the over recorded taxes and boom! thousands of dollars saved. Like, actual cash back in their pocket.

Moral of the story? Sometimes too much organization just creates confusion. At WST Bookkeeping, we keep things clear, clean, and actually useful. No fluff. No chaos. Just the info you need to make smart money moves (and maybe sleep better at night).

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