Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Can Anybody Be A Bookkeeper?

By Sue Whyte


Isn?t bookkeeping just plugging 1 or 2 figures into a computer programme?

In short, NO!

It continues to astonish me what number of people out there and in business think that all bookkeepers do is enter figures into a P. C. programme which then miraculously spits out a perfect set of accounts.

Hmm, if only!!

Bookkeeping, or in a sense good bookkeeping, is more concerned than just pumping numbers into a programme and it's a misguided a real long shot concept that bookkeepers are just glorified information entry operators! Good bookkeepers will be a handy asset to your business. Good bookkeepers understand how to enter figures into a computer programme correctly, or write up a ledger, but more importantly, they know precisely where and how those figures should be entered.

Making an attempt to unscramble a mess that a non-bookkeeper has made is a time consuming thing! It?s something that we at Bookkeeper?s Base do all of the time. Unfortunately for many entrepreneurs it isn?t until a they're in a state of desperateness because they haven't any idea of what is going on in their business.

Sound all to familiar??

Personally, it gives me and my team a wonderful sensation of satisfaction to be in a position to take a complete info entry mess and make it into a neat, tidy and correct set of accounts. Nevertheless with any service which adds some value it includes a financial investment, and in my opinion, it's an investment worth making and sadly (hindsight being 20/20) one that would be used more wisely in contracting a bookkeeper from the word go and not having a sloppy situation in the first place. It?s no coincidence that once a business has engaged a professional bookkeeper and has easy to read profit & loss statements as well as a real understanding of how their money is being utilized , that these entrepreneurs become firm changes to employing a bookkeeper.

Think about a bookkeeper as you would an accountant. A bookkeeper will aid you with your business and will make your accountant?s job far simpler.

You wouldn?t get your office assistant to do your tax return for you, so why would you let them run blindfolded with the money information that goes into it?

Contact a genuine Perth bookkeeper and get your book-keeping done professionally.




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