I am about to start my own small business and want to make sure I am doing things right the first time. I would like to find a good, honest, local accountant (not necessarily a CPA) to guide me through this process. How would I go about finding such a person?
2007-11-09 13:01:49 · 4 answers · asked by Maverick 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
I am located in Utah County, UT. The business is a consulting/education company with 8 employees. I would like an accountant with experience setting up small businesses who can guide me through the process and handle the taxes for the company.
2007-11-09 14:11:28 · update #1
I agree with all of the others, however you may not need an accountant for every day accounting and bookkeeping. Take a look at the Intuit site for QuickBooks. I am a Certifed Quickbooks ProAdvisor and highly recommend the software. There is enough in the package to help you get started. YES, YOU STILLNEED AN ACCOUNTANT. I am sourcing two good links for you to look at. jumpup is a new business source that offer a great deal of support. and the intuit link will get you to the software for accounting that you will need.
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Don
2007-11-09 14:43:49 · answer #1 · answered by Donald C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your best bet is to have a lawyer help you establish your business and assist in any state registration of your company. That lawyer would then probably be able to let you know of a CPA firm that could help you. Getting just any accountant to help you is probably a bad idea. Many accountants do not have the experience to be strong business advisors. A company that is a Public Accounting firm specializes in being business advisors.
2007-11-09 21:30:21 · answer #2 · answered by Other Guy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, who are you ? Where are you located? Are you near any colleges with business schools ? Many colleges have students majoring in Business who are probably interning in a course who might help with the initial requirements. Regardless of the business you have in mind , make sure you have enough financing of your own or committed so that you are adequately financed for the near future. Nothing is worse than having to skimp.
2007-11-09 21:21:28 · answer #3 · answered by googie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what kind of business you are about to open, and why do you need an accountant, for bookkeeping purposes? Maybe I can help.
2007-11-09 21:20:17 · answer #4 · answered by Blossoms 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋