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eBay Business All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition
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eBay Business All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition

by Marsha Collier
February 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
648 pages
15h 22m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 3

Taking Care of Your Finances

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Understanding bookkeeping

check Using accounting software efficiently

When you meet with one of the professionals described in Chapter 2 in this minibook, you’ll need to bring a complete and accurate set of books. To prepare accurate books, you can hire a bookkeeper (who will use accounting software) or you can learn how to use accounting software yourself. Don’t shy away; you can do this.

Lots of folks who are successfully using bookkeeping software today knew nothing about bookkeeping before they set up their own accounts. I’m one of them. I keep my books and file quarterly taxes myself and send the year end reports to my accountant. This chapter paves the way into professional and relatively painless bookkeeping.

Keeping an accurate accounting of your business gives you one major benefit: You can, at any time, look at your bookkeeping and have an idea of how well (or not) your business is doing.

remember When your business gets so busy that you have no time to post your bookkeeping, hire a part-time bookkeeper to do your posting for you. A site like UpWork (www.upwork.com) is invaluable in finding the right person. With the advent of cloud ...

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