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Your accountant works with your books, with the finances of your business and your livelihood, so you definitely want to hire someone whose skills and judgment you trust. While you’re still starting up, your accountant can help you:

• set up your books and bookkeeping system.

• prepare the balance sheet and projected profit and loss statements needed for a business plan.

• advise you on quarterly tax requirements.

• help you set up financial timelines to assist with startup costs.

After startup, your accountant may continue to assist you with bookkeeping, payroll and financial management. At all times you want your accountant (and all your professional team members) to maintain matters in confidence. In the case of Bobo and Morton where the CPA’s assistant dubbed them the Hobby Loss Twins and spread word of their misadventures around town you have a serious breach of confidentiality. The assistant and his CPA firm could be sued for such behavior. I have many clients in smaller towns and rural areas who do not trust their local professionals to keep a secret. In many cases they end up using professionals in a larger metropolitan area.

With all your professionals make certain that confidences are maintained. Of course, a good professional will not have to be told this basic principle.