Client Start-up Bookkeeping Checklist

Download my bookkeeping checklist for new clients as a pdf.

Have you started a new business or decided to switch your bookkeepers? 

New Business

Unlike your accountant, I want to see ALL your source documents relating to your business! I need them to ensure that I have recorded your business revenue and disbursements properly.

Actually, your personal receipts are the only things that I don't want to see. Personal expenditures should be separated from your business accounts.

Switch of Book-keepers

I will need the same information you were giving to your former bookkeeper, plus a trial balance up to the last date your previous bookkeeper did the books as well as a year-to-date general ledger. Electronic version of the documents is preferred over papers but papers still work.