How To Start A Bookkeeping Business

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When times get tough and your husband or boyfriend is working less hours than previously, it seems an obvious decision to use some of that bookkeeping experience that you’ve gained from doing his books. So you start to think that if you can do your hubby’s books, why can’t you do the bookkeeping for other people?

So is the motivation simply that you recognise a potential opportunity to make some extra cash? After all, you’ve already got a computer, and maybe have an accounting package. The accountant says that your bookwork is ok – then all you need is some clients.

You talk to hubby, and he says that his mate need help with the bookkeeping. You ask your family and friends, and find that suddenly it’s not as easy to get your bookkeeping business as you first thought.

That’s the pattern that many bookkeepers follow when considering the options of starting a bookkeeping business.

How to bring in extra money to the household each week

There are some points that you should carefully consider, that will affect the direction that you need to take from here:

1) Are you simply wanting to bring in extra money to the household each week? Or
2) Do you want really want to go through the whole exercise of starting a bookkeeping business?
3) You really want the phone to ring and someone to ask you to come in and do their books, some admin work, and filing for a couple of days a week

All three options have the potential of making you money from bookkeeping. And all three options require completely different strategies to achive the differnt outcomes.

Many “wanna-be” bookkeepers contact Bookkeeping Team Pty Ltd wanting help in getting them started. Our goal is to help these people decide which of the three options they are really wanting/ are prepared to achieve.

One decision leads to another which leads to another. How do you decide whether or not you want to start a bookkeeping business? Start by reading our EBook “How to Find Bookkeeping Clients”. This book walks you through all the stages of starting a bookkeeping business, to finding your first book keeping clients. Download your copy HERE