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In This Chapter

▶ Introducing bookkeeping

▶ Managing daily business finances

▶ Keeping business records

▶ Navigating the accounting cycle

▶ Choosing between cash-basis and accrual accounting

▶ Deciphering double-entry bookkeeping

This chapter provides an overview of a bookkeeper’s work. If you’re just starting a business, you may be your own bookkeeper for a while until you can afford to hire one, so think of this chapter as your to-do list.

All businesses need to keep track of their financial transactions – that’s why bookkeeping and bookkeepers are so important. Without accurate records, how can you tell whether your business is making a profit or taking a loss? This chapter also covers the key parts of bookkeeping by introducing you to the language of bookkeeping, familiarizing you with how bookkeepers manage the accounting cycle, and showing you how to understand the most difficult type of bookkeeping – double-entry bookkeeping.

Bookkeeping, the methodical way in which businesses track their financial transactions, is rooted in accounting. Accounting is the total structure of records and procedures used to record, classify, and report information about a business’s financial transactions. Bookkeeping involves the recording of that financial information into the accounting system while maintaining adherence to solid accounting principles.