Many small businesses are led to believe that the completion of accounting records should be left to accountants. Small businesses and unsuspecting accountants' clients are frequently led by their accountant into an understanding that the best way to keep control of the business records is to 'keep them all under one roof'. Notwithstanding fair practice rules and professional etiquette, accountants are still prepared to dupe their clients for bookkeeping charges that are costed to the client at a higher rate, perhaps even double or three times what the bookkeeper would charge.
My advice to any small or even larger business is to look objectively at your bookkeeping and accounting systems and then take what you find to your accountant and ask them to cut your bill. Should you want further advice or even a free consultation, feel free to respond to this blog. Remember, an accountant is not a bookkeeper, an accounts assistant is not necessarily an accountant; their meanings may be relative but fees charged are certainly not.
So, are you looking for a bookkeeper or an accountant, an accountant or an accounts assistant, an accounts assistant or a record keeper. Be clear, you could save thousands of pounds or dollars or euros and make the difference between deciding on a professional for the job or an amateur.
Also, remember that an accountant is not necessarily a trained bookkeeper and may not even have experience as a bookkeeper, so they will not be professional bookkeepers.
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