Archive for 'Bookkeeping'
Nine Reasons Why Potential Clients Should Hire Your Bookkeeping Service
September 2nd, 2008. Published under Bookkeeping. No Comments.
My least favorite thing is ’selling’ my services to potential new clients. It makes me uncomfortable. Then a few years ago, Beth my business coach said, “Linda, why not describe the reasons why someone needs good bookkeeping? Talk about that during your initial meeting.” I was skeptical; I didn’t believe it would work. She encouraged […]
6 Bookkeeping Tips For Starting Your Own Business
August 26th, 2008. Published under Bookkeeping. No Comments.
Starting your own business can be a very rewarding experience. You will enjoy freedom and flexibility you never imagined. You will also work harder than you ever have before but it feels completely different when you are working for yourself. Here are some tips to help you get off on the right […]
Bookkeeping Business Secrets for Goal-Setting Success
July 27th, 2008. Published under Bookkeeping. No Comments.
Goal setting is crucial to the success of any business, but is particularly important for entrepreneurs in the bookkeeping service business who can become distracted with multiple priorities. Goal setting allows us to be proactive, instead of just being reactive. We’ve all had days where we leap from one crisis to another, but we know […]
Companies Avoid Legal Complications by Using Online Bookkeeping Services
April 20th, 2008. Published under Bookkeeping. No Comments.
Company owners are often confused by the tangled web of business and financial regulations. To simplify the complicated financial part of the business, many of them choose to protect themselves by contracting for outsourced accounting services. On the other hand, some companies are still trying to handle their own bookkeeping or hiring non professionals […]
Bloated File Cabinets, Where to Store the Hard Stuff
April 17th, 2008. Published under Bookkeeping. No Comments.
The times we live in are quite convenient in terms of communication whether you hail from a cubicle dwelling or man an oil rig in the gulf. Communication happens at the speed of a key click and the office vernacular these days typically revolves around abstract virtual talk. When someone means folder, typically they’re speaking […]
Cost Savings from Computerized Accounting are Not What They Should Be
April 15th, 2008. Published under Bookkeeping. No Comments.
The basic advantages of a computerized accounting system are efficiency and speed. In a manual system receipts and disbursements are initially recorded in registers. This can involve writing a check and then writing a description in a register or this can be done on a one-write system. Either way the transactions in the registers must […]
Basic Bookkeeping For Small Business Can Save Money
April 14th, 2008. Published under Bookkeeping. No Comments.
Basic bookkeeping consists of recording the prime business transactions of sales, purchases and cash. The accounting documents supporting and evidencing these transactions being called prime documents which are entered into the business books by a bookkeeper.
Sales Invoices
A sales invoice is a prime document. In more advanced accounting systems technical terms such as sales day books, […]