Accounting guides, in plain words.
Eight short lessons for business owners who never studied accounting. Each one uses simple numbers, explains every term and ends with what to do next.
The basics, in the right order.
If accounting is new to you, begin with these three. Each builds on the one before.
What is bookkeeping?
Understand what to record and why, with a month of simple numbers. 8 min read.
Read the guideHow to read a profit and loss
Know whether you made money, and which lines to watch. 9 min read.
Read the guideDebit and credit explained
The one idea behind double entry, with a full worked example. 12 min read.
Read the guideUnderstand where your money really is.
Two guides on the gap between what you earned and what you can spend.
Invoices, SST and e-Invoice, without the jargon.
These guides explain the ideas only. They do not quote rates, limits or dates, because those change. Your accountant has the current ones.
How to invoice in Malaysia
What a good invoice contains and how payment terms work. 8 min read.
Read the guideSST basics for small business
A tax collected for the government, and how it sits in your books. 8 min read.
Read the guideWhat is e-Invoicing in Malaysia?
How an invoice becomes data and travels through MyInvois. 8 min read.
Read the guideMoving your books from another system.
What to export at your cut-off date, which Faas import takes each file, the order to bring them in, and how to check the trial balance agrees.
Moving from Bukku
The reports to export and where each one goes. 10 min read.
Read the guideMoving from SQL Account
The reports to export and where each one goes. 10 min read.
Read the guideMoving from AutoCount
The reports to export and where each one goes. 10 min read.
Read the guideMoving from spreadsheets
Turn your own sheets into a clean starting point. 10 min read.
Read the guideRules change. Ideas last.
Rates, thresholds and dates move with every budget and every announcement. The ideas underneath, like what an invoice is or why tax collected is not income, stay the same. Learn the ideas here, then confirm the current details with the Royal Malaysian Customs Department, LHDN or your accountant.
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