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An Overview Of Small Business Bookkeeping Services

By Coleen Torres


Receipts, purchases, sales among some other transactions are performed in organizations. Small business bookkeeping services encompass the maintaining or records, activities carried out by the personnel in the department of accounting. Single recording and double entry system of accounting are some of the ways used in keeping of records. In selecting what method to apply, certain factors are put into considering comprising of transaction sizes, the kind of business, and others.

A clerk or accounting technician is the person that performs the role of a bookkeeper. Their main duty is upholding of commercial dealings of the enterprise. It includes sales, purchases, debtors, creditors and utility payments made, for example water bills. The clerk should ensure that all records made are correct and completed in an applicable book.

The double entry entails the recording of all transactions including the assets and liabilities, an example would be a balance sheet. Whereas the single entry is used to enhance simplicity and thus excludes the liabilities and assets, for example the cash book. The double entry is used in long span of accounting processes while the single entry is ideal for daily cash transactions.

The importance of such services in businesses include, better planning, precision in fulfilment of tax obligations, sourcing for investors and more often than not is a requirement by law for auditing purposes among others. The implications of not having an efficient system are delayed payments to suppliers, difficulty in noticing inconsistencies day to day handling, slow growth of the enterprise and higher tax penalties. For small enterprises that are extremely unstable record taking is vital for growth and future projection.

The process used when maintaining records, accounts for the commercial effects of transactions. The contrast between the use of electronic devices and the manual input lies only in potential of recording of monetary deals and the placing of data in most applicable account. The use of a manual system is chiefly characterized by lagging or delay which is absent in electronic input as it is instantaneous.

When a small sized organization has an effective accountant, he or she can make certain that the proper records are kept in the right order to minimize instances of errors. This helps in ensuring that the establishment grows in an efficient and effective manner. However, due to its size, an enterprise owner may solely decide that the keeping and maintaining of records be done by him. In such a case, it is advised that he possess the basic knowledge of accounting.

Furthermore, the owner, doing all the accounting himself requires to have copies of all receipts handed out be it cash or purchases, as well as the invoices including the expenses of the organization. These may include bills such as lighting and water, credit card and bank statements, among others. Payroll records should be kept.

In summary, the accounting clerk should work out a trial balance of the expenses and incomes. Income revenues as well as balance sheets are organized using the data collected in previously in the sample balance. Record keeping is however essential regardless of technique that the accountant decides that is their preferred choice of usage.




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