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Southern Cross Flooring
Twickenham, South West London, London, TW1 4BP
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Rosemary Bookkeeping North Dorset & Salisbury
Poole, Dorset, South West England, BH12 3HB
Reliable, friendly and efficient bookkeeping services in North Dorset, Salisbury, New Forest and surrounding areas.
SMY ASSOCIATES LTD
Ilford, East London, London, IG1 2LW
As a small business owner you must know about the growth of your company. If you want to grow your company you must have a deep eye on your expenses and other transactions related to your company. You
Suretax Accountants Manchester
Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West England, M1 2HX
Suretax Accountants Manchester is a chartered accounting and tax advisory firm located at 111 Piccadilly. Suretax provides a comprehensive range of accounting and tax advisory services to businesses
LoanPalaceUK
Alton, Hampshire, South East England, ST13 5LU
LoanPalace UK is the reliable online credit lender offering loans on easy terms and conditions. We have the finest selection of the APRs, and all types of loan deals are transparent. LoanPalace UK
Suretax Accountants Liverpool
Liverpool, Merseyside, North West England, L3 9QJ
Suretax Accountants Liverpool is a chartered accounting and tax advisory firm located in Liverpool city centre. Suretax provides a comprehensive range of accounting and tax advisory services to
R&A Burns Limited
Birmingham, West Midlands, West Midlands, B23 6DX
R&A Burns Limited are a trusted accountancy firm with extensive experience, providing sound and professional advice to businesses and individuals in Erdington and throughout Birmingham. Our team
Passman Leonard Chartered Certified Accountants
West Drayton, West London, London, UB7 7RQ
Passman Leonard offers great value, fast, accurate accounting support to individuals and small-medium-sized businesses from all industries in/around London. Your business, your life, your success.
Golding Accountancy
Rayleigh, Essex, East England, SS6 7JD
We are an Essex-based accountancy company offering a range of bookkeeping, accounts preparation, payroll, taxation, cash flow, and VAT services to small to medium-sized businesses in Essex, including
We Are London Plumbers
Kilburn, North West London, London, NW6 2JH
We provide plumbing services all over London and have been providing expert plumbers for more than 25 years. We are known for our quality of work, competitive prices, and reliability.
Lewis Smith Accountants
Wirral, Merseyside, North West England, CH47 9SE
Welcome to Lewis Smith Accountants Wirral, where expertise meets efficiency. Our Wirral team of experienced professionals is dedicated to delivering exceptional accounting services with a personal
Taxaccolega Chartered Accountants
Croydon, South London, London, CR0 2RJ
Here at Taxaccolega Chartered Accountants, we provide a wide range of accountancy services across the Croydon and Surrey area. Our team can assist your business so that it is able to perform to its
Quantum Bookkeeping
Brighton, East Sussex, South East England, BN42 4AR
Here at Quantum Bookkeeping, we offer Company Secretarial Services, Bank Reconciliation, Final Accounts for Limited Companies, Bookkeeping, Sole Trader Accounts, Cloud Accounting, Construction
Husa Accountants
Birmingham, West Midlands, West Midlands, B25 8DX
An Accountancy service that helps you manage your accounts, self assessment and payroll at competitive rates in the West Midlands.
ISL Waste Services
Birmingham, West Midlands, West Midlands, B11 2BH
ISL Ltd is a family run business that is extremely proud to be one of the largest independent Waste Companies in Birmingham. We have been established for over 30 years and offer a prompt, efficient
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Accounts will become a very important part of your business endeavours, therefore you are maybe wondering how to find the best and most reliable accountant. Since every pound counts for a business owner, you want to know where you stand by the end of every month and year, here is when a reliable and knowledgeable accountant will help you. While using accounting software can help you monitor your business costs, it is simply not enough for your business. There are many benefits of working with a reliable accountant and they extend beyond simply monitoring numbers and costs. If you make sure to choose a good, reliable, and reputable accountant, they can become the financial partner of your company for life. This is why you want to take your time and ensure the best choice when looking for an accountant.
Before you decide to hire an accountant, make sure you understand the four fundamental areas where an accountant can be much of a help.
Fundamental Areas of Accountant’s Expertise
• Accountant can help you with business advisory – An accountant should be knowledgeable about the business environment of your company, also your tax situation, financial statements, etc. Once the accountant is knowledgeable of all these aspects, they will be able to fit all pieces together and help you come up with a business plan and a personal financial plan. An accountant should be able to provide you with helpful and knowledgeable advice on different business aspects from insurance to expansion and everything in between. A reliable accountant will be able to provide you with an objective and unbiased insight and opinion.
• Accountant can help you with book-keeping and accounting – Of course, the main expertise of an accountant is accounting and book-keeping. An accountant will help you by setting bookkeeping and accounting systems to help you monitor and manage your day-to-day business records. A good system set by a reliable accountant will allow you to evaluate the profitability of your business and modify prices if required. An accountant will also help you with monitoring expenses and tracking budget, spotting trends and reducing accounting fees, etc.
• Accountant can help you with tax advice – A good accountant will also provide you with help on tax-related issues and questions in two main areas: tax compliance and tax planning.
• Accountant can help you with auditing – Auditing is a service most commonly required by a bank when it comes to loans. There are many levels of auditing and an accountant can help you with preparing financial statements, the actual audit, and other aspects of auditing.
How to Choose an Accountant?
Of course, the best and often easiest way to find a reliable accountant is by getting referrals. You can get reliable referrals for an accountant usually from your attorney, banker, or business colleague because these are the professionals, who often need to work with an accountant. While a good accountant will often work for a big company, there are many reliable and experienced specialists, who are certified public accountants and work for middle- and smaller-sized companies and businesses too. It is very important to check if the accountant has a CPA. Once you narrow down your choice and settle on an accountant professional, it is important to consider and discuss with the accountant how much of the work will be done by your company and how much of the workload will be done by the accountant. In general, an accountant will be able to help you in three broad categories: recording transactions, assembling transactions, and generating returns and financial statements. It is important to determine in which category you will need the help of the accountant.
The next step when choosing an accountant is to interview them and see how you will “click”. If you have narrowed down your choice to more than one accountant, make sure to arrange interviews with all of them. There are many questions you can ask in order to determine whether an accountant can be helpful to your business or not, most of them we will explore below.
Questions to Ask an Accountant
There are three main categories of questions you would like to ask the accounting specialists during the interview you arrange with them.
• Services – Is the accountant offering bookkeeping besides tax and auditing services? What about management consulting, estate planning? Does the accountant help with the design and implementation of a financial information system that works for your business? Does the accountant offer additional services such as analyzing transactions for loans and financing, preparing, auditing, reviewing and compiling financial statements, managing investments, representing you before tax authorities?
• Personality – You should make sure that the style of work and personality of the specialist is compatible with yours. Is the professional the right choice for handling your business? After all, you are leaving your business in their hands, you want them to be reliable and professional. Ask specialists how they will handle situations and issues relevant to you and your business. Listen to the answers and make a decision on how they will approach your company.
• Fees – Make sure to ask about service fees upfront. A reliable accountant will never be hesitant about asking such questions and they will provide you with all the information you need to make a decision. Most professionals will commonly charge by the hour. Make sure their fee system and all the costs involved in working with them works for you and your business. Get a range of quotes, if needed, and you can also make a final decision based on the budget you can use for working with an accountant. However, don’t base your decision solely on cost and mainly look for experience, professionalism, reliability.
Make the Most of Your Work with an Accountant
After you make a final choice and decide on a specialist, make sure to engage them through a letter or a document that spells out all terms of the agreement. Such a document should mention all details including the fees to be charged. Such a document will make sure that both you and the accounting specialist have the same expectations from this relationship.
Fundamental areas of accountant’s expertiseHow to choose an accountant?
Questions to ask an accountant
Make the most of your work with an accountant