Having an accountant is one thing, having one that saves you money is another completely different ball game
Deadlines:
- With an accountant on top of your tax, you don’t have to worry about missing the deadline for tax compliance – they’re there to remind you that you need to file your returns, and they do it for you within the stipulated date. This in turn (or should) will get you organized so you’re ready with all that they need in order to prepare your taxes. Filing on time is one of the best ways to avoid drawing attention to yourself and risk getting audited. There is much preparation involved to get to the tax submission, so give them time to do this preparation.
2 ways to earn more:
A little known fact that there are 2 ways to earn more income. These are:
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- Increase your income. More income will bring in more income – straight forward.
- Decrease your expenses. Many people focus on increasing sales, but few spend time on decreasing their expenses. Decreasing expenses is equal to increasing sales.
Constant contact:
- Maintaining contact with your accountant is important as this builds the trust between yourself and them. This contact will mean that they can with increasing ease, tell you how to run your business more smoothly. Accountants are trained to pick on trends, both bad and good. Provided that they produce accurate reports in time, this can alter your business significantly.
Easier to understand:
- Accounting reports are often just a page of numbers that look impressive but no one (even your accountant) understands them. With constant communication, your accountant will learn what you need to see in your reports that they give you. Even if it is purely one number in percentage form, if this is what you need, this is what they should give you. This will obviously be analysed if a variance is occurring. Discussions with you can reveal the reports making up this figure variance.
- These reports that you can read, will help you notice any discrepancies that the accountant may have missed – they are not perfect after all.
Not a black hole of costs:
- Given that your accountant is engaged and helping you in running your business, the cost involved will never be a ‘dead cost’. A dead cost is something that is thought to have a bearing on the business’s success. These can be called “grudge buys”. Having an engaged accountant will mean that they will work with you and possibly, in the medium to long term save you money.
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