Book Keeping Help

mondeo

Can anyone give me any tips on doing my own book keeping and how exactly I do it?

Where can I buy a "Book Keeping" Book so I can record my dealings or can I just use a normal copy book and draw a few lines on it?

I want to get my arse in gear and get sorted out tommarow and properly record my clients which I have only recorded so far in my Diary. If I get a
surprise home visit from the tax man anytime soon it won't look good for me...

Cheers

Juggler_

Use excel

conical

I use freshbooks.com and find it great.
Makes invoicing very and you can keep track of what's been paid or not and various other reports. I just use the free version so far, but to really keep track of clients the paid version is better

A lot to be said for keeping a record on paper too.

Clanket

Juggler_ wrote: »

Use excel

+1 Easy to keep. As long as you know what you're doing

TheCostumeShop.ie: Ronan

Thats the caviet, if you know what your doing. Your probably best writing down a list of everything you earn and spend in excel and for the first 2 vat periods (or annual returns if your not playing with VAT) hire a book keeper to show you how they do the layout and explain the "why" on everything. Once you have this done you'll be flying.

J.Ryan

Assuming that you have already decided on the accountant that you want to prepare your year end financial statements/tax returns etc., why not meet with them now and ask their advice on what would best suit your needs and the layout.

From your first post I know nothing of your business so I would suggest generally

4 spreadsheets for recording different items

1) Sales
2) Lodgements
3) Purchases
4) Payments

MOH

Some useful posts near the end of this thread