| New business owners are business owners who | | | | anything outside the realm of just doing the math |
| have not had experience with accounting or | | | | and keeping your books straight. |
| bookkeeping and are sometimes confused with | | | | An accountant on the other hand has the same |
| the definition in the job description of each. | | | | duties as that of the bookkeeper but they also |
| Without knowing the difference between an | | | | have the duties of making sure that your finances |
| account and the bookkeeper a business owner | | | | falls within the realm of all tax laws and corporate |
| might be charged more for the services they are | | | | law. The account has more experience than the |
| actually receiving. By knowing the difference | | | | bookkeeper and can give you advice on how to |
| between an accountant and a bookkeeper the | | | | invest your money, how to get a better bottom |
| business owner can choose the right services that | | | | line, and how to bring about a more solidified |
| are appropriate for them and their business needs. | | | | financial base for your company. An accountant |
| A bookkeeper is someone who, by definition, | | | | has a four-year bachelor's degree in their field and |
| keeps your books. You give them the invoices | | | | has more experience and expertise in just jotting |
| and the payments and they enter the numbers | | | | down numbers from your receipts and invoices. |
| into a book to give you a viable accounting to | | | | The candidate is responsible for any mistakes that |
| wear your company is financially at that moment. | | | | they might do under taxes and will reciprocate by |
| It is up to the business owner to give the | | | | either paying the clients or paying the difference |
| bookkeeper all the receipts and invoices so that | | | | in what you would have earned if they had not |
| they may keep accurate books. The bookkeeper | | | | made a mistake, a bookkeeper does not give you |
| will keep your books only and not be accountable | | | | the luxury. |
| for IR assessments, financial legal associations, or | | | | |