The Unofficial Shopify Podcast: Entrepreneur Tales

Small Business Accounting 101: Hiring a Bookkeeper

Episode Summary

The year is almost over, and that means one thing: time to get your books in order! With running a business, you already know you need to stay on top the accounting that goes along with running a store. Joining us in this episode is Donnie Cooper of LessAccounting, to discuss why and how to make bookkeeping nothing like going to the dentist.

Episode Notes

The year is almost over, and that means one thing: time to get your books in order!

With running a business, you already know you need to stay on top the accounting that goes along with running a store. Joining us in this episode is Donnie Cooper of LessAccounting, to discuss why and how to make bookkeeping nothing like going to the dentist.

You'll learn:

1. The difference between an accountant and a bookkeeper (and when to use each)
2. Why you want a bookkeeper
3. What's a minimum viable company
4. When and how do you owe taxes
5. What to do when you're late on taxes
6. Why not to ignore the IRS
7. The secret to success: outsource anything you're not great at
8. and why you should "just take next steps."

If you'd like to automate your accounting with a real life bookkeeper, reachout to Donnie at http://lessaccounting.com/autopilot