How To Start Bookkeeping
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”.
