Keeping the Books: Basic Recordkeeping and Accounting for the Successful Small Business

by Linda Pinson

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 updating car and transportation expenses to exploding the myths around independent contractors, the author presents everything a small company needs to know to maintain proper records.



Following the roadmap outlined in Keeping the Books , entrepreneurs will learn how

Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Bookkeeping, Accounting

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[Yaaresse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably outdated now, but was an excellent guidebook and refresher for accounting practices.

[mrsrou · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent basic and simple overview of business bookkeeping and accounting for a small business!

[Meredith · Rating 3 out of 5]

This seems idiot proof. It has some good examples of spread sheets/forms and a list of daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual tasks. Which was what I needed, since I had no idea where to start. Onward and upward.

[Tom Smyth · Rating 4 out of 5]

solid retro accounting primer. i feel you should understand this stuff on paper or in a spreadsheet before jumping into a fancy program or handing it all of to a professional. this book will teach you.

[Reiko · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had to read this book with one eye open.

[Cara · Rating 4 out of 5]

The bookkeeping information I need for running my small business, presented as simply and clearly as possible. Not a moment too soon!

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Yeah, I'll finish it later.

[David Kent · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good information.

[Trevor Vass · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excellent introduction to basic accounting. Explains principles in straight-forward language with good examples.

[Mae · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent for giving beginners and understanding into both the accounting world but also for those who are wondering how business money and recordkeeping work, now only if it was Canadian based.