Bookkeeping: Robina Bookkeepers, Gold Coast0415 453 536 – MYOB,Quickbooks, Robina, Varsity Lakes, Reedy Creek and Mudgeeraba

Have you ever wondered why some business owners choose to outsource their bookkeeping?

We found a short video that outlines ten reasons why you need a book-keeper :

On previous posts you’ll read about this Robina Book keeping Service supporting small businesses. After all, the large ones seem to do very well without our support.

Consider this for a moment:
As a small business owner, you really appreciate all the business that you can get, sometimes just to keep your head above water – is that correct?

Then why do so many small business owners (and families) turn their back on other small business owners and choose to do business with the large corporations or multi-nationals (to save a few dollars short-term)?

Have you noticed that what comes around goes around?

Next time that you are doing business with a larger company or multi-national, have a think about whether you could get that same product or service from a local business owner.

That local business owner in turn may well do business with another local business owner who does business with you.

Go along and support the local farmers and other stall holders at the Mudgeeraba Farmers Markets – held every second and fourth Saturday of the month at the Mudgeeraba Showgrounds.

Have a look at the video for a taster of what you can be experiencing first hand.

The great thing about buying your fruit and vegies at the farmers markets is that they are certain to be so much fresher than those that you buy in the “supermarkets” – and you can only get produce that’s in season.

As you sow, so shall you reap.

Keep supporting the independant and small business owners, so that they and their families can keep supporting you and your family.

How many shareholders of large companies care about you and your business? And few of those shareholders, if any are contributing to the local Robina / Mudgeeraba / Varsity Lakes community

That’s why our Robina Bookeeping service continues supporting local Robina / Mudgeeraba / Varsity Lakes businesses

For many Robina home-based businesses, maximising your tax deductions is a major consideration

That’s why so many of our Robina bookkeeping clients ask us about how we can help them maximise their tax deductions, particularly if they operate a home-based business.

Short answer is that since we are not registered tax agents we cannot give advice in such matters, so you should check with your accountant or tax agent

Depending on how your business is structured, or whether you rent, own, or are paying off your home etc, can all affect what deductions you can claim against your taxable income

Many of our Robina bookkeeping clients ask how accountants offer their services, what they will ad not do, what an accountant expects and what other help they can give apart from just keeping your books and accounts.

People rarely see eye to eye about service provision and what is realistic, and accountants are no exception. People often think an accountant will put in all the work necessary to save them significant amounts of money for just a few dollars. Or they may think their accountant will allow them to evade paying tax.

It’s not possible to meet these expectations! Chartered Accountants are professionals, who have a duty to maintain professional standards, so they certainly will not ‘encourage’ tax evasion and will actively tell you that you are breaking the law if you do evade due taxes.An accountant will also charge at a professional services rate, which isn’t going to be the smallest of fees.

You should expect a good service to include maximising your money so you avoid overpaying tax, and take advantage of any possible savings.

Chartered Accountants abide by professional ethics and codes of conduct, service agreements, so you can expect your accountant to return phone calls, be reasonably available and give you advice about the state of your company or your books, how things are going and perhaps offer some directional advice about ensuring that you maximise profits for the year ahead.

Almost all accountants will argue that a good accountant will save you money. They will ensure that you do not have to pay too much tax and you do not have to lose out on any tax breaks that may be available. They will also help give at least some advice about money that should be invested or so on.

Accountants do not have a crystal ball, so they are not able to tell you what is a ‘safe place’ to put your money and what is not, although they may have a fair idea, the recent recession ahs shown that suddenly investments can become precarious, without anyone thinking that this was indeed the case.