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Bookkeepers fulfill a vital role in maintaining the financial records of a business or organization. In a small business, they take care of the general ledger, deposits, payroll and billing, while in ...

If you’re organized, you’re interested in math and you have strong attention to detail, a bookkeeping career might suit you. Some even use bookkeeping experience to launch their accounting careers.

Good bookkeeping is necessary to have the financial information you need to make sound business decisions. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Regulatory changes that affect independent bookkeepers can result in reduced competitiveness in your business or at least in changes that affect the way you perform audits for your clients. While you ...