| Have you ever wondered why there are so many | | | | will probably fall off your chair when you see how |
| bookkeepers and accountants out there and how they | | | | much the bill is anyway, so it is merely a choice of |
| can ALL be making money? No, it's not because they | | | | how far you want to fall as to whether you sit or |
| charge so much. It is because most small business | | | | stand. |
| owners don't know even the basics of accounting. | | | | Seriously though, if you want to save yourself some |
| Most small business owners start with an idea on how | | | | money, but don't want to learn it all, there are a few |
| they can make money working for themselves instead | | | | simple things you can do. |
| of working for a boss. They love the idea of being | | | | Most stationery stores have accounting books that |
| able to set their own work hours and of being in | | | | you can buy to record your business transactions. You |
| control of their own financial future. Let's face it, who | | | | know, those books that have heaps of columns that |
| want to work 40+ hours a week to make someone | | | | you never knew before why anyone would use them. |
| else rich? | | | | Well, now's your chance to show everyone just how |
| So, they have this idea about how they can work for | | | | smart you are! |
| themselves, doing something they either enjoy doing or | | | | When you have finished reading this article, head down |
| they know how to do well. | | | | to your stationery store and buy two of those |
| Okay, if you are smart enough to start your own | | | | mysterious books with columns. On the front of one |
| business, then you are smart enough to know how to | | | | book, in big letters, write receipts and on the other |
| write an invoice and a receipt. You also know to keep | | | | write payments. |
| all the receipts for money you have spent. For many | | | | Now every time you receive money, write down the |
| small business owners, this is where their record | | | | details in the receipts book. You know, the date, what it |
| keeping ends. They shove it all into a box or an | | | | was for and amount. Use all the other columns to |
| envelope and toddle off down to their account or | | | | record taxes and to keep a record of the total sales |
| bookkeeper to let them sort it. Most will then not give it | | | | for different items. Use the payments book in the |
| a second thought until the bill comes in from the | | | | same way for all your purchases. Then all you have to |
| accountant. | | | | do is total up each month and hand the books to your |
| If you use this system, you may want to be sitting | | | | account. You'll be pleasantly surprised when you get |
| down before you open the bill. On the other hand, you | | | | your next bill at how much money you have saved. |