We get many enquiries from people wanting help working from home starting their own bookkeeping business. The hardest thing is knowing how to take the first step, and looking for your first client. Before Elizabeth contacted us, she was lost and not sure where to start. After speaking to us, she now has some direction […]
Entries from November 2007
Bookkeeping: Starting out
November 26th, 2007 · No Comments
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Does Your Business Need a Bookkeeper?
November 25th, 2007 · No Comments
Do you find that you just don’t have the time it takes to handle all the bookwork by yourself?
If your books were audited by the Australian Taxation Office, would they find a clean, neat and tidy set of books to work through? Consider this: The more time the ATO need to spend looking through your […]
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Bookkeeping Rates - How Much For A Bookkeeper?
November 23rd, 2007 · No Comments
That’s a great question: “How much should I be paying a bookkeeper?”
Why outsource your bookkeeping?
Why hire a bookkeeper for your bookkeeping?Do You Want a Cheap Bookkeeper?
It’s a question we get asked often - and there’s no right or wrong answer. Sometimes it’s like asking how much should you be paying for fuel. It can depend […]
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Do You Want a Cheap Bookkeeper?
November 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment
“I can get a bookkeeper for half the price!”
It’s not uncommon for prospective clients to confuse price with value for money. In any industry you’ll find cheap and you’ll find expensive - just go to a car sales yard. You can buy a car for $1000 and you can buy a car for $1,000,000.
So […]
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How To Calculate BAS from MYOB
November 20th, 2007 · No Comments
“I’m quite proficient with MYOB, but I just need some help with Payroll, and BAS lodgements, can you help?”
It’s great to get telephone calls like this - Sometimes we an even help people over the telephone, there and then. Some clients need us to spend a couple of hours with them training to use the […]
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Do You Choose Bookkeeping Software Or Bookkeeping Services?
November 19th, 2007 · No Comments
Every small business is required to keep bookkeeping records to produce at the end of the financial year a set of accounts to show the sales income, business expenses and the net profit for tax purposes.
Medium and larger businesses employ accounts clerks, bookkeepers and accountants to maintain the financial records and produce regular accounting […]
Tags: Accounting Software · Book Keeping · Bookeepers · Hiring A Bookkeeper · MYOB · Quickbooks
Bookeepers! I Need Help Urgently
November 16th, 2007 · No Comments
When we received this email, we contacted the client to ascertain exactly how we could help with her bookkeeping needs. She’s needing help with taxation matters, and matters relating to GST following the sale of her vehicle; Then there’s the best strategy for closing the company down to minimise her tax liability.
Can we help?
Her bookwork […]
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Restaurant Leaves Bad Taste Behind
November 14th, 2007 · No Comments
Update March 2008 - this restaurant is now Out Of Business! - as if we are surpised .
There’s a restaurant on the Gold Coast that made the promises but never delivered. No need to mention the name; just another example of extremely bad customer service.
In August we approached them asking to make […]
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Customer Service Means Business
November 11th, 2007 · No Comments
Customer Service Means Business. We received a package from Madura Tea to compensate for us buying a box of Tea Bag Tea leaves when we thought we were purchasing Tea Leaf Tea.
Look what they sent us!! Two boxes of Premium Blend Teal Leaves, a Box of Assam Tea Bags, and a Tea Caddy for […]
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Are You Upto Date with Finances/Bookwork?
November 10th, 2007 · No Comments
Well are you?
If you’re not upto date with your finances and your bookwork, then it could be costing you money.
You could be paying unnecessary bank fees, late fees, interest fees and losing out on business because your suppliers may feel uncomfortable in fulfilling your purchase orders.
There’s small businesses who just do not want […]
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1st Quarter: 28/10/08

Ever thought about Starting Your Own Bookkeeping Business? 

