• Accounting And Bookkeeping
• 2021-04-25
• Mr. Wasim Firoz

Best Tips For Small Business Bookkeeping

A business book is a scorecard of your business that defines how you are doing. Being a good business, it’s your responsibility to stay one step ahead in the industry. Having accurate and up-to-date accounting records is the sign that shows the business is on track of success.

Small Business Bookkeeping Tips

Tips will help you to be skill full to manage the business process and increase the ability and knowledge to operate your business skill.

1. Separate Personal And Business Bank Account:- The business owner must have separate accounting for their business and personal account so that we can separate the business fund from the personal amount. Recording personal expenses transactions is a waste of time and energy. It becomes worse when you outsource for bookkeeping and get mixed with personal expenses. Always use the separate account and only record the business account transaction so that you can track your business cash flow easily. If you want money in your personal account then make the bulk transaction from your business to your personal account on a monthly and weekly basis.
   
   
2. Identify The Personal And Business Expenses - The business owner withdraws the money from the business account to the personal account to fulfill their needs, wants, and desires. The best practice is to choose the one fixed amount to transfer from the business account to the personal account on a weekly or monthly basis.  By doing this business account will be clean and tidy with only business transactions. It will avoid confusion between personal and business transactions.
   
   
   To reduce tax business owners should know and recognize what types of expense transactions can be claimed against the profit. 
   1. Those expenses that directly related to the business operation and producing income.
   2. Owner personal Expenses and etc.
   
   To know more about these types of transactions contact risians accounting and auditing firms.
    
3. Make Automate As Much As Possible.
   Use accounting software to save time and money. With software, you can goodbye the putting data into spreadsheets and manually action. The software records the transaction automatically in the right manner. While selecting the software, look at the storage, accessibility, and security. you must make a list of things that software must-have for your business. Don’t rush to buy the software and first perform your homework to find what software should be fit for my business.
   Applying automation in business means you are saving your time and energy by automation process. After automation, you will have time to focus on the business. Putting data into a spreadsheet and crunching numbers manually is an old and time taken method.
   
   
4. A Regular Check of Business Books -  Business owners should check the business book on a regular basis such as weekly and monthly in order to confirm that transaction is recorded accurately and timely.  Up to date information on accounts defines the business health, how business is going and etc.
   
   
5. Reminder for Deadlines - It’s possible for business owners to miss the due and last date of tax filing.   To avoid this, the business owner should set the reminder, can use the google digital calendar and any other preferred calendar, and fill the tax return on time. A business owner also uses reminders also for other important works. Complete work on time it’s a sign of success.
   
   
6. Track Business Expenses - We can forecast some expenses but it’s very difficult to predict unexpected expenses. But if you plan and plan for the expected and unexpected expenses then it will be beneficial for the business’s health. With the help of bookkeeping records, such as supplies, inventory, insurance, and utilities. We can easily predict the expenses that will happen in the future and prepare ourselves for them.
   
   
7. Give Priority To Your Accounting Books - As business owners, we have lots of tasks to do for running the business and forget to update the business books. To keep business on the success road we should give top priority to maintain the books.
   
   From day one we should record each and every transaction and organize the books in a proper manner.  If we avoid maintaining records timely and accurately then we push our business towards failure.  We should give priority to business accounts to keep them updated and keep reviewing the transaction for accuracy and transparency.
   
   
8. Ask From Accountant - Take assistance from your accountant to figure out this. Your accountant gives you advice on how to do it and also helps in setting up software and customize software as per your business needs.

If you have any doubt and query feel free to contact Risians Accounting. We will help you to set up a cost effective tailor made business accounting system for your business from which you can record each and every transaction systematically and focus on the business.