How To Start A Bookkeeping Business

We are often asked whether MYOB is better than Quickbooks.

Like many large companies these days, MYOB are not interested in their end users, they are only interested in their bottom line.

Do they care how their professional partners are treated? Not if you listen to John Moss, who’s one of their managers. He’s interested in the internal runnings of MYOB, but his attitude is that MYOB partners will come and go, for whatever reasons they choose. Does he care? Well, he pays lip service to that, but his actions speak louder. ….. Next …..

Small business owners understand the importance of customer service – if there’s a problem that’s brought to their attention by a client, they’ll do whatever it takes to remedy that problem.

MYOB, on the other hand, feel that a simple “sorry” will fix everything. Not surprising that they have such a high turnover of support staff at MYOB. The management obviously do not care about their staff, and so their staff really do not care about MYOB customers. MYOB doesn’t care if they stuff things up so that a bookkeeper loses a client – after all, they are only interested in selling software.

A number of bookkeepers that we’ve spoken to are weaning their clients off MYOB and moving them to other software such as Quickbooks – this could be a move that others will be following. Why would you recommend a software company that really doesn’t want to provide after sales support?

If you can do the book-keeping for your hubby’s business, why can’t you do the bookkeeping for other people?

Wanna know how to start bookkeeping? Read our Ebook “How To Find Bookkeeping Clients”.

There’s many courses available in your local college of education, or online, about how to learn how to do bookkeeping.

They will probably help you with learning all the technicalities of bookkeeping. Do they still teach double-entry bookkeeping? Who knows what they teach, judging by some of the bookkeepers that contact us looking for clients.

Unfortunately the mere fact that you have a qualificatiion does not really set you up to start your own bookkeeping business.

New legislation in Australia recognises the importance of experience, though it’s uncertain what the legislation actually means. Apparently you need 1400 hours of experience to become a registered BAS Agent. Does that mean 1400 hours of bookkeeping, or 1400 hours of BAS preparation?

Which then leads to the question: At what stage does day – to – day book keeping become BAS preparation?

Having a driving licence does not make someone ready to enter the Formula One Grand Prix. Indeed there’s probably many capable drivers that have not taken a driving test, just as there are many extremely capabale and skilled bookkeepers that have no formal qualifications.

Over the years we’ve helped many bookkeepers kick-start their bookkeeping business

The biggest challlenge for many would-be bookkeeprs is gaining the very valuable experience needed to become a contract or self – employed bookkeeper

Once you’ve gained that experience, you need to find clients – that’s where we have helped bookkeepers like Simone and Margie in Perth, Western Australia. From zero, we’ve helped them build their businesses upto a steady $12,000 per quarter turnover.

Not bad for a part-time business!

There’s Jeremy on the Gold Coast, who’s pushing to the $75,000 p.a limit and GST registration, and Kathy, on Brisbane’s Southside, who’s also reaching that magic number.

David, in Melbourne has been working hard with his business after we gave him a helping hand over the first few hurdles of just getting the first couple of clients.

Wanna know how to start bookkeeping? Read our Ebook “How To Find Bookkeeping Clients”.

Attention Perth Bookkeepers: Established bookkeeping business for sale – t/o $60k+ p.a (part time)

Attention bookkeepers in the northern suburbs of Perth, WA:

Here is a unique opportunity to walk into an established client base of bookkeeping clients, and takeover a business that’s generating in excess of $60,000 part time.

The business has been growing, and personal circumstances have forced the bookkeeper to move interstate, so that there’ll be clients suddenly in need of an experienced bookkeeper

If that sounds like you, then contact us TODAY

unique opportunity to walk into an established client base of bookkeeping clients, and takeover a business that’s generating in excess of $60,000 part time