The October Creep

Does this sound familiar?  You've been running your business all year, not paying much attention to the books.  But it's now October and you get that creeping feeling that your books need attention.  It feels uncomfortable, so you decide to try and clean them up enough so your accountant doesn't drop you come April.

You start to go back looking if you paid any money so far on your anticipated tax bill and hoping the sales tax you did pay is in the range of where it should be. 

Then your day gets even better as you sit staring at a credit card charge you made in March and think "what was that for again?".   Not the makings of a pleasant afternoon.

By this time you can probably guess that I am advocating out-sourcing your bookkeeping needs to someone like us.  I absolutely am.   But for good reason.  Nothing good ever comes from putting something important off and then trying to play catch up and hoping for the best.

Your books should be an ongoing concern, not just a once a year headache.  Good books make for better decisions.  And better decisions make for more of that six letter word we love, PROFIT, PROFIT, PROFIT.

Give us a call so you can avoid the October Creep next year.

Robert Flynn
The Service Business Bookkeeper, LLC