Accounting

How to Start a Bookkeeping Business, Is There a Market For a Virtual Service

If you are in the process of starting a bookkeeping business, you might consider providing a virtual service, either working at home with their source documents or wholly electronically.

With changes in technology there are new opportunities for bookkeepers that want to start their own business to provide a service a little different to the normal mobile service, which visits client sites.  Read more...

How to Start a Bookkeeping Business, Estimating Client Hours

One of the things that people do not consider prior to starting a bookkeeping business is the way in which to estimate hours for client’s requirements. This is something that most people do not even think of yet it is a crucial part of client discussions. Over time this task will become easy and almost second nature to you, but in the early stages of your business start up you might need a few tips on how to do it.  Read more...

How to Start a Bookkeeping Business, Assessing Professional Indemnity Policies

If you are considering starting a bookkeeping business it will be important to think about professional indemnity insurance for you and your business. This is one type of insurance that many people either do not consider or deem to be too expensive for the risk. This is the far from the truth and you should consider the impact to your business if there is an issue and you do not have the protection of insurance.  Read more...

How to Start a Bookkeeping Business, Advantages of Professional Membership

If you are staring a bookkeeping business, it will be important to consider the costs of operating which you might not have considered such as that of membership to a professional bookkeeping body. If you have not been in public practice you might not ever have needed to be a member or needed to pay for it yourself. If you a re thinking of cutting out this cost, it is important to consider what advantages membership can bring.  Read more...

Improve EA Results by Understanding Logical Indicators

So you’re studying for the SEE exam using the question bank from an EA course and you are sure that your answer is correct, but the test bank says your answer is wrong. Well, did you check for the double negative? How about during the real exam… you think you passed, but were two questions short. Did the double negative trick get you?  Read more...

How to Start a Bookkeeping Business, Do you Need Professional Indemnity Insurance

If you are in the process of starting a bookkeeping business there are many aspects which you will need to consider. One of the most important insurances you will need to consider for your business is professional indemnity insurance. With out it you might be risking the long term future of your business.  Read more...

How to Start a Bookkeeping Business Professional Memberships

Starting a bookkeeping business is an exciting time. You might have decided to start your own business to move away from paid employment of perhaps you want a more flexible lifestyle so you can work around family commitments. You might have decided to create your own income stream which is not dictated by an employer’s hourly rate. Whatever your reason for starting your business, it will be vital to remember your business will only be as good as the skill sets you can bring to it.  Read more...