A word of warning

[Joyous]

I’ve just signed up a new client today and he said something to me that’s beginning to sound horribly familiar. He said: “I wasn’t going to bother with an accountant, I was told to just make sure that I keep all my receipts.”

Fortunately his best friend who’s also a client of mine told him to come and see me.

The point I suppose I’m trying to make is that BOOKKEEPING IS VERY IMPORTANT. There is a reason why accountants hike up their fees when faced with carrier bags full of receipts and no books. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

Unless your books are minimal a bookkeeper is probably the best money you’ll ever spend. So for those of you who are currently just stuffing papers at random into a carrier bag please please please make an attempt to get them into some sort of order. Even if it’s just listing all your transactions in date order in an excel file.

Regards

Joy (whose just finished putting a whole year’s worth of transactions into Sage)

 

[Jayne]

Totally agree Joy. The best asset a business can have in my eyes, is a bloody good accountant. And the more you do to keep your books organised, the less your bloody good accountant will charge you

Jayne

 

[gordonthegofor]

Even if it’s just listing all your transactions in date order in an excel file.

Regards

Joy (whose just finished putting a whole year’s worth of transactions into Sage)

Putting a hole month into the books in one go is bad enough :evil: