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“I did my taxes in one afternoon this year. I cried a little. Last year it took eleven days and I paid a penalty.”

Nadia Brennan, Freelance illustrator

Know what you actually earned, in about ten minutes a week

Most freelancers do not have a bookkeeping problem. They have a "I will deal with it in January" problem, and by January the receipts are gone, the invoices are in three inboxes, and the number they report is a guess they are slightly afraid of. The Freelance Ledger is a system, not software: a set of spreadsheets, a weekly ritual that takes ten minutes, and a January checklist that turns tax season into an afternoon instead of a fortnight. It was built by a freelancer who spent nine years doing it badly, and one year doing it like this.

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The ten-minute Friday

One weekly pass: log what came in, log what went out, flag anything you are owed. That is the entire ritual. If it takes longer than ten minutes, the system is doing too much and we cut it.

The number you are actually afraid of

A single cell that shows what you have earned this year, after expenses, after the tax you have not paid yet. Most people have never seen this number. It is usually a relief, and occasionally it is the wake-up call.

Chase-list, not a chase-feeling

Every unpaid invoice, sorted by how long it has been unpaid, with the wording of the follow-up email already written. The hard part of chasing money is starting the message.

A January that takes an afternoon

A closing checklist that assumes you did the Friday pass and nothing else. Print it, work through it, file. The first year you use it will feel suspiciously easy.

Pricing

Pick your plan

Simple, transparent pricing that scales with your needs.

The Ledger

The spreadsheets, the weekly ritual, the January checklist, and the follow-up email templates. Yours forever, including every future revision.

$49

Ledger + Walkthrough

Everything above, plus a ninety-minute recorded walkthrough where I set the whole thing up from scratch and explain every choice, including the ones I got wrong the first time.

$89

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is this software?
No, and that is deliberate. It is a set of spreadsheets and a habit. Software you have to log into is software you will stop logging into. A spreadsheet you open every Friday is a spreadsheet you keep.
I am not in the US. Does it still work?
Yes. Nothing in it is tax-jurisdiction specific — it tracks money in, money out, and money owed, and it sets aside a percentage you choose. Your accountant will be delighted with what you hand them, wherever you are.
I already use accounting software and I hate it. Will this replace it?
For a lot of solo freelancers, yes. If you have employees, inventory, or multiple entities, no — keep the software and use the Friday ritual alongside it. It will still make January shorter.
What if I have already let this year get away from me?
That is the normal case. There is a chapter called "Starting from a mess" that assumes you have nine months of chaos and no receipts. Start where you are; do not reconstruct the past.

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I did my taxes in one afternoon this year. I cried a little. Last year it took eleven days and I paid a penalty.

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Nadia Brennan
Freelance illustrator

The chase-list alone paid for it twelve times over in the first month. Turns out four people owed me money and I had simply lost track.

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Sam Oduya
Independent developer