Many newly established business owners often ask the same question time and time again, "When do you need an accountant?” The question is a popular one because many new business owners really do not know where to begin when it comes keeping track of important financial activity. The answer to the question is relatively simple: the time a CPA becomes necessary is the minute the business has its very first transaction.

Let's face it; tax laws are tricky and if they are not followed to the letter, sooner or later the business owner is bound to face difficulties. Yet, by hiring a public accountant to monitor transactions and to take care of complicated and complex tax issues, the business owner removes themselves from the possibility of experiencing significant financial headaches down the road. Moreover, in an instant, an account can provide a business owner with the ever important bottom line information they require: a CPA can immediately make a business owner aware of any financial issues that may need to be addressed and they can also advise a business owner how to effectively cut their expenditures and thereby increase their profit margin.

The two fatal mistakes that many business owners make are hiring a public account during tax season or not hiring one at all. In the first instan

ce, if a business owner waits to hire an accountant when tax season rolls around, they may find that they lack the organizational skills needed to properly file their tax forms—if receipts and documentation are nothing but a jumbled mess, an accountant will have a difficult time helping the business owner and will have to spend more billable hours assisting the business owner. Likewise, in not hiring a public accountant at all, many businesses find themselves facing audits because they have not filed their taxes properly and an even bigger problem arises during tax time because of a lack of organization. Thus, the best thing a business owner can do is to hire an accountant the minute they start conducting business.

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