Bookkeeping guides for makers

In the works

• Schedule C for farmers market vendors

  Where booth fees land, mileage to and from markets, unsold inventory at year end, and how to handle cash sales.

• Is a craft fair worth it?

  The full cost of a fair — fee, drive, hours — and the honest math for deciding which events earn their table.

• Combining Etsy, Square, and cash sales

  One set of books when your sales come from three directions.

• Cottage food bookkeeping

  Record-keeping for home-kitchen sellers, from ingredients to market-day totals.

• Ingredient cost drift

  Your materials got more expensive this year. Did your prices notice?