Bookkeeping Made Simple for Your Home-Based Business
by: Monique Hawkins
For many people, bookkeeping can be a daunting task. For some, it is a living nightmare! Most people who can’t stand accounting and math hire a bookkeeper. Of course, this isn’t for free! A fee is always attached to the service. The truth is, bookkeeping does not have to be difficult. It can be simple! Let’ s discover how.
In starting or managing a home-based business, bookkeeping is one important activity you should not forget about. Bookkeeping, when you really think about it, is very simple. There's nothing more to it than recording your daily financial activities, like the money you earned and the money you spent. It is similar to balancing a checkbook.
Accurate record keeping is crucial for your home business.. If you maintain good bookkeeping of your business, then you are sure to accurately monitor your income against your expenses. You can see outright if you are getting some profit or not. Here are some easy steps to handle the bookkeeping of your home-based business easily.
1. Open a business checking account. Go to your local bank and open an account under your business name. Sign the necessary papers and get the account registration card together with your account information. Get your imprinted checks as well.
2. Get a columnar notebook or a simple notebook. Begin writing down your daily income and expenses. Start each summary with the current date. It would be best if you start from the day you first opened for business.
3. Make two columns, one for income and one for expenses. Then record your income for the day on one side, and your expenses on the other. Total everything at the end of the each column. You can also put the difference of the two columns, label it profit, investment, or however you intend to save or use the money.
4. Accurately maintain a daily, monthly, and yearly log. Just continue compiling this information. At the end of the month, summarize all your earnings. Do the same at the end of the year. This is going to be a good basis for inventory too; as well as for tax purposes.
Of course, there are computer programs that can easily do this for you. If, however, you are one who likes to crank out things by hand, this is perfect for you!
This is all it takes to do bookkeeping. It really is simple! It doesn't take to be a math wizard or an accounting major to do these simple steps. You can also read more on some bookkeeping materials or enlist in a bookkeeping correspondence. Once you start, you will easily be able to keep up. Your home-based business will now be on the right track!
About The Author
Monique Hawkins is webmaster of
http://www.tophomebasedbusinesstips.ws, a site that provides a free marketing system that network marketers can use to explode their MLM business.
