Here are some articles on how to start a bookkeeping business:
- Starting Your Own Bookkeeping Business
- Starting a Bookkeeping Business
- How to Start A Bookkeeping Business At Home
- Marketing and selling accounting services
- Bookkeeping Glossary and Other Resources
For in-depth information about this business, I suggest you check out the following books:
- Bookkeeping & Tax Preparation: Start & Build a Prosperous Bookkeeping, Tax, & Financial Services Business (Paperback)
- How to Open your own In-Home Bookkeeping Service 2nd Edition by Julie Mucha-Aydlott
- Start & Run a Bookkeeping Business by Angie Mohr
Another excellent resource when thinking of starting a bookkeeping business is the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers http://aipb.org/
You Can find a very good, popular, and simple Bookkeeping Course for beginners.
An accountant (we’ll call her Jane), was saying that not all bookkeepers can help businesses with their bookkeeping. Jane continued with a story about Mary (not her real name) that had been doing the bookwork for her husband’s plumbing business.
Does a bookkeeping course at college make someone a good bookkeeper?
For whatever reason, the business no longer existed, and Mary decided to go to college and brush up on her bookkeeping skills. At the end of the program the lecturer advised that the students could now go and become bookkeepers!
Does a bookkeeping course at collegemake someone a good bookkeeper? Does having a “piece of paper” to show a qualification really help a small business that may be struggling with keeping their finances in order?
The School of Life is where the real learning happens. We have been asked by businesses to come in and sort out their bookkeeping, after their accountant has seen the mess made by the previous bookkeeper, or the taxman has sent “The Letter” asking about the whereabouts of previous tax returns.