How to Become a Bookkeeper: an essential guide to becoming a bookkeeper

Want to become a bookkeeper? The growing number of businesses in the UK has meant more demand for bookkeeping services, making now the best time to become a bookkeeper. Whether you have some previous experience or are looking to change career completely this comprehensive guide has been designed to help you on your journey to becoming a bookkeeper. Written by someone with 10 years of experience in bookkeeping and accounting, who has worked as both an employee and a self-employed business owner, this guide will help you to learn about:

• What a bookkeeper does
• Bookkeeping terminology
• The pros and cons of a career as a bookkeeper
• Top 10 tips for becoming a successful bookkeeper
• Training to become a bookkeeper
• Becoming a self-employed bookkeeper
• Pros and cons of becoming a self-employed bookkeeper
• Setting up you own bookkeeping business - including looking at the legal structures involved from a sole trader or partnership to setting up your own limited company
• Self assessment tax returns
• Financial management and organisation
• Being employed as a bookkeeper – including sample interview questions and tips on how to answer them
• Pros and cons of being employed as a bookkeeper
• And much more