choosing

All businesses need a good accountant but few make an active choice as you might think that all accountants are alike. It is the NOT.

Accountants are (and should be) the number of people and understand the world through numbers. It usually means they are great at figuring out things and recognize the right, but that does not mean that they are creative and willing to help you get to keep as much money as possible.

My experience of auditors is that they are quite afraid to be creative. For them it does not matter - they take as much money from you anyway. Sometimes it feels like that auditors are Tax lackeys (you pay), rather than good economic advisor to your company. And note - I do not mean that they will help you cheat on taxes or do other things that are not legal. I think they have lots of knowledge that they do not use even if you pay for them.

This is precisely why it is important for you to choose the auditor in a more active way than just looking up public accountant in the telephone directory and take the first available. You pay - you have the right to make demands.

Here are the questions you should ask those who want to be your accountant:

1st Are you registered auditor?
It is important for those who want the best knowledge to your business. Certified Public Accountant is a protected title, which means that, for example, must have university degree in business administration, and also have a certain period of work experience (5 years) as an auditor and that it has managed its own and others' finances without comment.

2nd What can you offer more?
You want to know what the auditor can offer you more than just addition and subtraction and to put figures in the right columns. A good accountant can this with the figures but also lots of things about the deductions, tax planning, personal finance and anything else on the economy that you can not.

3rd Do you have knowledge about and use new technologies?
This is a question of how your accountant can help you better recognize, desk top and on the auditor's own computer to work with you. You want an accountant who use your purchased time for a sensible things that can not be handled by computers.

4th What kind of clients do you have today?
If your accountant is working with customers in the same industry as you can so he / she is probably a lot about the industry and it is good for you. You do not want an auditor who must read a lot about your world before the job is working perfectly. It's not your job to pay your auditor training.

5th How do you get paid?
Ask what you can expect to pay for his services.

6th Why should I hire you?
The question need not be so tough and straight out, but the spirit will be there. The auditor must be in the same way that you prove why he / she is the right person for you to hire.

Finally - check to see if your personal chemistry seems correct. It is important because you should know that the auditor is a partner of your business that you can call and get through and that you can open yourself to. Accountants know much about the company's competitors and others may never know how it must feel like that you trust and think about who you hire an accountant.