Bookkeeping and Accounting All-in-One For Dummies, UK Edition

Chapter 1

Planning and Controlling Your Workload

In This Chapter

Using checklists

Filing and processing your sales and purchases invoices

Entering your banking transactions

Reconciling your bank account

Tackling month-end journals

Setting up systems and controls for your business

Separating duties

As a bookkeeper, you need to work in an orderly manner and be aware of which jobs need doing on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, which is why checklists are so useful. You need to do certain jobs on a daily basis, depending on the size of your business; for example, entering invoices. Other jobs are done on a monthly basis, such as reconciling your bank account. Most businesses receive only one statement once a month and wait until they’ve received it before they reconcile their bank account. ...