Tips For Finding The Right Bookkeeper – Part One

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Tips For Finding The Right Bookkeeper Part One
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• All businesses - no matter what their size - need
  to keep good records of all their financial
  transactions, and those who have no experience
  with bookkeeping or accounting, usually hire a
  bookkeeper to manage their books for them. This
  simply makes good business sense. So, listed
  below are some tips to help you find the right
  bookkeeper for you and your business
• Look for a bookkeeper who pays attention to
  detail
• Bookkeepers need to keep on top of all your
  business records, and if you dont find them
  regularly contacting you to ask questions or
  request more information, then you probably
  havent hired the right one for you and your
  business.

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• Try to get referrals from sources that you trust
• Other business owners within your industry are
  the perfect people to get referrals from when it
  comes to hiring a bookkeeper. Aside from this,
  you can also find qualified bookkeepers through a
  professional bookkeeper association like ICBUSA
  or through your local small business development
  centre.
• Look for a bookkeeper who is a tax strategist
• Your income is dependent on taxes, so being able
  to reduce the burden of taxes that you pay each
  year (in a wholly legal and legitimate way, of
  course), is vital if youre to achieve your
  financial goals in the fastest way possible.

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• One way of ensuring this is to hire a CPA, who
  should stay on top of all current laws and court
  cases and should be well versed in business. A
  good CPA can give you detailed guidance on the
  tax efficient legal structure for your industry.
• Be knowledgeable about the accounting software
  your bookkeeper will use
• One important factor to consider when you hire a
  bookkeeper, is what accounting software they use
  and whether you will have administrative rights
  for it. Having information withheld, is not a
  smart move for any business, so you must ensure
  that you have access to the accounting files and
  that everything is made transparent between you
  and your bookkeeper.

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• Be sure to hire someone who has good working
  knowledge of your business
• Understanding your business is an important part
  of a bookkeepers role, and the right one should
  know your business inside and out. Knowing
  exactly how your business operates, who you bill
  and what all your expenses are, helps to avoid
  the making of potentially costly mistakes.
• Look for a bookkeeper who you can trust and who
  is credible
• Credibility, integrity and honesty are sometimes
  just as important as industry experience and
  business knowledge.

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• A highly experienced and qualified bookkeeper can
  still make mistakes and even embezzle money
  without you having a clue, so its vital that you
  trust your bookkeeper.
• Try not to cut costs when it comes to hiring a
  tax professional
• While one bookkeeper may come at half the price
  of another, there will usually be a reason for
  this, and as with many purchases you make in
  life, what you pay for is what you get. A cheap
  bookkeeper who charges a lot less than others in
  your area, is far less likely to be as competent,
  skilled, experienced and knowledgeable as one who
  is charging more.

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• Go local
• Meeting in person with your bookkeeper is far
  easier than working with one remotely, and so try
  to hire a local bookkeeper that you can discuss
  your business with face to face.
• You can find much more advice and guidance on
  choosing the right tax professional for you and
  your business, online, and never underestimate
  the importance of conducting research before you
  make a hire.

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• At Heyer Associates, we proactively assist our
  individual and small business clients in meeting
  their goals. Our key area of focus is ensuring
  that our clients remain compliant with federal
  and state tax laws by providing them with high
  quality accounting and tax preparation service
  Coral Gables. If you are looking for tax
  preparation service in Miami, Heyer Associates
  would be a right option.