Audit After Hours: A Zero Fluff Books Mini-Series When Charm Covers the Truth Some audits start off so smooth that you almost exhale with relief. A friendly taxpayer. Quick replies. Organized documents. A professional tone. All the things that make an agent think, “This one might actually be easy.” Episode 3 of Audit After Hours is the story of one such audit — a Schedule C tax preparer whose cheerful cooperation hid something bigger, stranger, and far more concerning than I

Audit After Hours: A Zero Fluff Books Mini-Series When Lifestyle Doesn’t Match the Ledger Some audit cases start with a number that just feels… off. Episode 2 of Audit After Hours takes you into a real C-corporation audit where a small nursery business showed exactly that. On paper, they looked modest — simple revenue, light payroll, nothing flashy. But hidden inside their “miscellaneous” and “vehicle” expense categories were luxury car upgrades, personal add-ons, and spendi

Audit After Hours: A Zero Fluff Books Mini-Series Real Cases. Real Red Flags. What the IRS Really Sees After Dark. Every IRS agent remembers their first real audit — not the practice scenarios, not the training simulations, but the moment you sit across from a taxpayer (or, in my case, a laptop screen during COVID procedures) and realize the numbers in front of you represent someone’s real life. Episode 1 of Audit After Hours takes you back to that moment with me. My first c

Real Cases. Real Red Flags. What the IRS Really Sees After Dark. For the first time ever, I’m opening the audit room door and taking you behind the scenes of what really happens inside an IRS audit — the decisions, the tension, the human stories, and the moments that never make it into a tax form. Welcome to Audit After Hours , a brand-new Zero Fluff Books mini-series releasing every Saturday at 6 a.m. EST through the end of the year. This series blends everything I’ve learne

If you’ve been following along with Zero Fluff Books, you know this project started with one goal: to make bookkeeping education simple, approachable, and stress-free for small business owners. Today, I’m excited to share the next step in that mission: The Zero Fluff Books Podcast is officially live! Whether you’re an Etsy seller balancing shop fees, a tradesperson trying to keep receipts straight, or a side hustler who’s tired of the end-of-year panic, this podcast was creat