Keeping the Books: Basic Recordkeeping and Accounting for the Successful Small Business
- ISBN13: 9781419584381
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
The premier resource for basic bookkeeping and business record management, Keeping the Books is a comprehensive, yet down to earth, treatment of one of the most important, yet often neglected, aspects of running a business. User-friendly and packed with easy-to-understand illustrations, worksheets, and forms, this popular financial reference tool is completely updated, and replete with the variety of IRS forms that entrepreneurs have to be familiar with. From up… More >>
Keeping the Books: Basic Recordkeeping and Accounting for the Successful Small Business
This book has been a great guide tool.
Helps you understand what you should have for your business even if you have no accounting experience. Very step by step and leads you in the right direction to follow up and increase knowledge.
Rating: 5 / 5
Comment by trb — April 15, 2010 @ 1:15 am
Great resource and training tool for bookkeepers. Easy to understand and covers a wide range of information that is very useful for bookkeepers and accountants.
Rating: 5 / 5
Comment by Tracy G. Lloyd — April 15, 2010 @ 3:17 am
This book is good for the basics in bookkeeping. The blank sample forms were useful for me.
Rating: 4 / 5
Comment by G. Morales — April 15, 2010 @ 3:32 am
When they say “basic” they mean really, really basic. The book does have some useful sample spreadsheets, like a sample P&L, but the advice is way off base. First off, she recommends you buy a small hardbound journal record in it every thought you have about your business, any expenses, etc. I’m sure her accountant looooves her when she brings this to him every year. Clearly this should not be your primary recordkeeping system. Since this book is about recordkeeping, this serious destroys her credibility.
The book is written to a low-tech, low-IQ audience. It might be useful if you have never had a job before or if you’re 12 years old. Otherwise, don’t even bother.
Rating: 2 / 5
Comment by Anonymous — April 15, 2010 @ 4:48 am
Considering the high cost of this book, it was definitely not worth it. Most of the information in this book could have been accessed for free through the IRS. I should have paid attention to the negative reviews that were written by other people to not buy this book. In addition, the entire book deals with single-entry bookkeeping. It tells you that you should hire an accountant or a professional payroll firm to do other types of bookkeeping. Most people like myself, who buy self-help books, are financially challenged, and buy these books to learn how to do everything themselves. We cannot afford to hire outside help.
Rating: 1 / 5
Comment by George Elliott — April 15, 2010 @ 7:10 am