{"id":4911,"date":"2014-05-12T05:38:38","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T03:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.officetodo.com\/public\/?p=4911"},"modified":"2014-05-11T05:39:18","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T03:39:18","slug":"why-make-some-entries-each-month-instead-of-once-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.officetodo.com\/public\/why-make-some-entries-each-month-instead-of-once-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Why make some entries each month instead of once a year?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indeed, why would you? One could also ask, why make entries at all in each month and why not just do your accounting and bookkeeping once a year.<\/p>\n

The answer to this question should depend on your need really. It\u2019s about what information you\u2019d like to have about your company\u2019s performance regularly. Is it important to you to regularly monitor and have an overview of how your company is performing or is it okay to once a year calculate and add up all your income, your expenses and then see if you earned a profit or a loss. Even excluding some expenses or revenues from your regular accounting routines and just doing them once a year means you may end up with an unexpected result at period end. It is really up to you if you want it or not.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One other reason to keep an accurate accounting regularly is the obligation to do so most probably arising from your local regulation, but even more so to reduce stress which could possibly arise from questions or visits by authorities. As they come, they\u2019ll be interested in the books of your company, your accounts and having accurate accounting at all times does ensure the process will be smoother. It\u2019s not just that, but also for tax declaration purposes. How will you know if you\u2019ve paid (and why not even asked back from the tax authorities) correct amounts if you only do your accounting irregularly?<\/p>\n

And last, but not least, if something is done, it\u2019s done, whereas if something\u2019s left for a later date, it may be forgotten. So do your entries as you come by them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Indeed, why would you? One could also ask, why make entries at all in each month and why not just do your accounting and bookkeeping once a year. The answer to this question should depend on your need really. It\u2019s about what information you\u2019d like to have about your company\u2019s performance regularly. Is it important […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2-7-accounting-in-itself"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t