Helping you with the numbers
As soon as you start a business, you have to deal with numbers. Every business, no matter how small, must keep a record of its every transaction. That includes sales, expenses, salary payments – in fact every movement of money into and out of your business.
Although it's possible to do this yourself, most entrepreneurs aren't trained in bookkeeping. So it's common for businesses to outsource this everyday work.
In this guide we'll explain why hiring a bookkeeper is a great idea, or even an essential part of doing business. Then we'll look at how you can hire the right bookkeeper for your business.
Three reasons why you need a bookkeeper
If you're just starting out in business, you might think you don't need someone to look after the books. Perhaps you feel that it's enough to let your accountant sort out the numbers once a quarter or once a year. But there are good reasons for hiring a bookkeeper. Here are three of them:
- They save you time
Unless you already know a lot about bookkeeping, it's unwise to take on this work yourself. Processing receipts, expenses and payments is only part of the work. They know how to assign expenses to particular clients. They’ll take all the numbers, enter them into your accounting software, and make sense of them. A good bookkeeper knows how transactions should be treated to provide useful business reports. It's a skilled job, and your bookkeeper will do it much more efficiently than you can.
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