How to Hire a Book Keeper | The North Central Florida Business ...

Those who describe themselves as ?bookkeepers? fall between two extremes?from secretaries with data-entry skills to professionals with degrees and years of experience. There is no regulatory body that oversees the bookkeeping profession, so anyone can say they are a bookkeeper. When hiring a bookkeeper, it?s important to know what skill level your company needs and then be able to determine if applicants possess those skills.

Before hiring a bookkeeper, determine which of the following you need:

Data-entry clerk

Clerical bookkeeper

Full-charge bookkeeper

Accountant

Data-entry clerks enter the data into the accounting system, but they generally do not understand how the data affects the company?s financial statements. Data entry clerks specialize in speed and accuracy.

Bookkeepers perform some or all of the eight steps of the accounting cycle. A full-charge bookkeeper knows how to perform all the steps, and a clerical bookkeeper usually specializes in one or more steps and can also specialize in one area of operations, such as accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR) or payroll.

accountants set up the bookkeeping system, then monitor it and interpret the results. The accountant knows how to design a system that benefits the business but also captures clear and accurate information in a way that is not burdensome to the bookkeeper.

Before meeting with job applicants, first talk to them on the telephone to get a read on personality and communication style. During the telephone interview, discuss a few qualifications (listed below) to see if you want to move forward. You can also ask your CPA to help with the interview process.

An AP or AR clerical bookkeeper should:

Be able to reconcile a vendor or customer statements with your accounting system?s records of the same and identify transactions that explain the differences.

Be able to discuss and explain the differences with your vendors or customers.

Be proficient in Excel and your accounting software as it pertains to AP or AR.

A payroll bookkeeper should:

Know the social security, Medicare and FUTA tax rates for employees and employers.

Know the earnings cut off for FUTA and SUTA

Know the names of the federal and state payroll tax r.eturns that need to be filed and when they are due.

Know when federal and state payroll taxes are due and by what payment method (check or electronic) is required.

Know what an I-9 and W-4 is.

Know the five types of withholding/taxes that make up a ?941? payroll tax payment or ?deposit.?

A full-charge bookkeeper should:

Know the difference between a balance sheet and a Profit & Loss Statement.

Know what a Chart of Accounts (COA) is.

Know which accounts in the COA belong on the balance sheet and which accounts belong on the Profit & Loss Statement.

Know the difference between the three income and expense recognition methods (cash, accrual and hybrid).

Know the balance sheet equation (Assets = Liabilities + Owners Equity).

Know if accounts in the COA are debited or credited upon an increase or decrease.

Know the rules of when and to whom your company should issue 1099s.

Be proficient in Excel and your company?s accounting software.

An accountant should:

Have a degree or several years of experience.

Know everything that bookkeepers should know.

Be able to talk knowledgeably about the accounting cycle and financial statements.

Have analytical skills and know what analyses are useful for your industry.

Be proficient in Excel and in the accounting software your business uses.

As with any job applicant, check references and perform a background check. Rarely does an applicant possess all the qualities you seek, and you have to determine the best fit as you consider salary requirements, personality and qualifications. If your employee choice is lacking some of the above knowledge, then use the list to help the employee to grow into the position with additional training.

Stephanie G. Travis is the owner of One Source Accounting, LLC, which provides outsourced bookkeeping, consulting and managerial accounting services. She holds a Master of Accounting degree from the University of Florida and is a 37-year resident of Gainesville.

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CAST: The Science Source for Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Issues: The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) was formed in 1972 as a result of a meeting sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences? National Research Council. CAST?s mission is to ?assemble, interpret, and communicate credible science-based information regionally, nationally, and internationally to legislators, regulators, policymakers, the media, the private sector and the public.? Visitors will find the Education tab near the top of the page to be particularly helpful for those who want to pursue agricultural careers or learn about agricultural education, such as 4-H or Future Farmers of America. The CAST Videos section has a number of PowerPoint presentations on current topics of importance in agriculture, such as ?The Science and Regulation of Food from Genetically Engineered Animals,? ?Food Safety and Fresh Produce,? and ?Probiotics in Human Health.? A number of the papers that accompany the PowerPoint presentations are available for free.

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When do you start?

As soon as you open your ?baby blue eyes? every morning!

?The Easy Part of Property Development is Spending Money? ? ?Marketing Is What Gets It Back + A Bit More For Profit.?

Anyone can spend money. It takes a good manager to spend it at a predetermined rate in line with a planned ?cash flow.?

So this topic is very important. People think Development Marketing is all about putting an advert in the paper, designing a brochure and following up the agents ? I don?t think so folks!!

Marketing starts before you buy the land.

The location of the land impacts on marketing. Is it a desirable address? Is it in a prestigue location? What market sector of the buying public are you aiming for? Does the site have local prominence? Does the land have quality houses around it?

All of these questions impact on your marketing plan, the home designs you select, the costings and untimate sales prices.

So if marketing starts with the land selection, it logically then goes on to the
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Assuming you don?t want to just copy something you?ve seen another developer has done, you need market knowledge.

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One kind of marketing style that is a failure as far as I am concerned is the one that is based on the ?Numbers Comparison.? I am sure you?ve seen the on site project boards.

Our house has 5 of these, and 6 of those ? when that guy?s house only
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The potential buyer will eventually want to know these things, but ?Right Now? they want to know ?How They Feel? about living in the place, on your Road, in this neighborhood.

Understand this: People SELL for Money ? People BUY with Emotion.

If they don?t feel good in your place, it does not matter if you give then 12 of these and 20 of those ? OK?

I have always DEVELOPED and MARKETED on the basis of appealing to the human senses of See ? Feel ? Touch ? Smell & Sound.

I transfer all those into my designs, because I am designing and building for
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So as a buyer, if a house looks good when I drive up to inspect it, I am favouable disposed to buy before I open the garden gate.

When my feet touch the pathway/ entrance foyer and see the lovely landscaping my desire to buy is enhanced.

As I enter the house and feel the ambience of the house envelop me I
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When I smell all the new house smells, it translates into ?fresh? ?clean? ?new? and who doesn?t want to buy fresh new things.

When I close the door of the house I enjoy hearing the sound of silence, which is conducive to rest and recuperation after a hard days work.

Think about how you respond to each house you inspect as you go about gaining market knowledge. Do you see, it does not matter how many ?bibs & bobs? the place has ? if they don?t feel emotionally comfortable in the place, they won?t BUY!

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in this photo provided by Turkish Prime Minister's Press Service, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during a meeting of foreign ministers from dozens of countries gathered to set conditions for a new Syria, pushing for tighter sanctions and diplomatic pressure to further isolate President Bashar Assad, while urging the opposition to offer a democratic alternative to his regime, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 1, 2012. The show of solidarity at the Friends of the Syrian People? conference in Istanbul, was marred by the absence of China, Russia and Iran, key supporters of Assad who disagree with Western and Arab allies over how to stop the bloodshed.(AP Photo/Yasin Bulbul)

in this photo provided by Turkish Prime Minister's Press Service, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during a meeting of foreign ministers from dozens of countries gathered to set conditions for a new Syria, pushing for tighter sanctions and diplomatic pressure to further isolate President Bashar Assad, while urging the opposition to offer a democratic alternative to his regime, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 1, 2012. The show of solidarity at the Friends of the Syrian People? conference in Istanbul, was marred by the absence of China, Russia and Iran, key supporters of Assad who disagree with Western and Arab allies over how to stop the bloodshed.(AP Photo/Yasin Bulbul)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, second left, and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu shake hands before a bilateral meeting at a hotel Saturday, March 31, 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey. Clinton is in Turkey to attend the second meeting of the "Friends of the Syrian People." (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

(AP) ? U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday urged Iran to back up its declaration that Islam bars weapons of mass destruction by agreeing to a plan that would prove it does not intend to develop nuclear arms.

Ahead of international talks April 13 in Istanbul on Iran's uranium enrichment program, Clinton talked strategy with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who visited Tehran last week with other government officials.

"They were told that the supreme leader (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) viewed weapons of mass destruction as religiously prohibited, as against Islam," Clinton said at a news conference.

"We are meeting with the Iranians to discuss how to translate what is a stated belief into a plan of action," she said. "It is not an abstract belief, but a government policy. That government policy can be demonstrated in a number of ways. ... The international community now wants to see actions associated with that statement of belief."

She mentioned opening Iran's nuclear facilities to international inspectors and shipping out some of Iran's enriched uranium in exchange for fuel for its research reactor.

Washington and its allies see Iran's nuclear program as designed to develop an atomic bomb. Tehran says the program is for peaceful energy and research purposes.

The upcoming talks, which Clinton said would not be "an open-ended session," have taken on fresh urgency amid speculation that Israel or the U.S. could take military action later this year. Clinton has made clear that time is running out for diplomacy.

Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters, issued a religious decree in 2005 declaring nuclear weapons as "haram" or forbidden. The U.S. and its allies discount Iran's claims.

Clinton noted that the Turkish leaders had "lengthy discussions" with Iranian officials. But the U.S. and Turkey, a NATO ally, haven't seen eye to eye on the Iranian threat.

Erdogan has built close economic ties with Iran and has tried to act as a go-between on the nuclear program, breaking ranks with world powers in 2010 by attempting to find a separate settlement with Tehran. The international talks have included the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China.

Erdogan's comments upon returning from Tehran suggested further distancing from U.S. and European positions, repeating Khamenei's verdict on weapons of mass destruction.

"After such a statement from such a person, I cannot claim that Iran is building a nuclear weapon," the Turkish leader said. "Does it not have the right to implement a nuclear program for peaceful means?"

Associated Press

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FILE - This is a Thursday, March 1, 2012 file photo of a model of Hogwarts Castle from the Harry Potter film series is unveiled at the Warner Bros Studio Tour, Watford,England. A monumental model of the school for young witches and wizards is part of "The Making of Harry Potter," a studio tour based at the Warner Bros. facility near London where the eight movies were shot between 2000 and 2010. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short. File)

FILE - This is a Thursday, March 1, 2012 file photo of a model of Hogwarts Castle from the Harry Potter film series is unveiled at the Warner Bros Studio Tour, Watford,England. A monumental model of the school for young witches and wizards is part of "The Making of Harry Potter," a studio tour based at the Warner Bros. facility near London where the eight movies were shot between 2000 and 2010. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short. File)

FILE - This is a Thursday, March 1, 2012 file photo of a model of Hogwarts Castle from the Harry Potter film series is unveiled at the Warner Bros Studio Tour, Watford, London. A monumental model of the school for young witches and wizards is part of "The Making of Harry Potter," a studio tour based at the Warner Bros. facility near London where the eight movies were shot between 2000 and 2010. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short, File)

FILE - This is a Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 file photo of Diagon Alley, at the Warner Brother Studios, Watford England. Diagon Alley is part of "The Making of Harry Potter," a studio tour based at the Warner Bros. facility near London where the eight movies were shot between 2000 and 2010. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short, File)

(AP) ? Hogwarts Castle is ready to welcome the Muggle multitudes.

Here, on a film studio sound stage near London, stands the real Hogwarts ? or at least a monumental model of the fictional wizarding school, the very one used in the eight "Harry Potter" movies.

The minutely detailed castle now forms the climax of "The Making of Harry Potter," a behind-the-scenes studio tour based at the Warner Bros.' facility where the films were made between 2000 and 2010.

It may only be a model, but for Potter fans it's already a place of pilgrimage.

"I had to literally stand there for 10 minutes and just absorb it," said Cee Anatole, who works for a fan website and had a preview ahead of Saturday's grand opening. "The attention to detail ? it was just amazing."

Warner Bros. hopes the general public will be equally enthusiastic. The studio expects 5,000 people a day to visit the attraction, which is selling itself on its authenticity ? it features real sets, models, props and costumes from the films, on the original studio site.

The first, and most spectacular, set visitors encounter is the Great Hall of Hogwarts school, complete with stone floor, Gothic arches, gargoyles and huge fireplace. Later come the dormitory where the young wizard slept, the office of headmaster Albus Dumbledore, the giant Hagrid's Hut and Diagon Alley, the magical shopping street that's home to Ollivander's wand shop and Weasley's Wizard Wheezes.

The tour is an almost overwhelming feast of detail. Displays range from Mrs. Weasley's self-knitting sweater to boxes of Cheery Owls cereal, potions bottles filled with plastic newts and real animal bones and 17,000 individually painted wand boxes.

It's nirvana for Potter fans ? and for film geeks, who can watch designers talk about their work in short films, ride a broomstick in the green-screen effects room and see how makeup, prosthetics and animatronics brought hundreds of magical creatures to life.

The goal is to pay tribute to the hundreds of unsung technicians and craftspeople who reinvented author J.K. Rowling's magical universe for the big screen.

"There's so much work that you couldn't see, so much work that just became part of the film," said David Heyman, a producer on all the Potter films.

"This is a tour for Harry Potter fans, but it's also a tour for people who are not necessarily Harry Potter fans," he said. "It's such a good insight into the making of a film ... basically a how-to."

Warner Bros. is clearly proud of its new attraction. One of the creators' few regrets is that trains to Watford, which will carry many of the site's visitors, leave from London's Euston station, rather than nearby King's Cross, whose imaginary platform 9 3/4 was the terminus of the Hogwarts Express. Rearranging the railways is beyond even Harry Potter's powers.

The attraction is part of Warner Bros.' 100 million pound ($160 million) redevelopment of Leavesden Studios, a former World War II airdrome 20 miles (30 kilometers) northwest of London, into Europe's largest filmmaking complex.

In addition to the tour, the working studio due to open later this year will have sound stages, workshops, offices and the biggest backlot in Europe, and make Warner Bros.' the only U.S. studio with a permanent base in Britain.

Those who worked on the film say the transformation is remarkable.

"What is different and strange is that the roof is not leaking," said David Yates, who directed the final four Potter films. "And it's not dusty, it's not drafty and it's not cold. We literally were working in big sheds."

Warner Bros. is not estimating the lifespan of the attraction, which employs about 300 people, including a horde of Potter fans working as enthusiastic tour guides. But it says Pottermania shows no signs of waning.

Initial reviews have been largely positive, though some have questioned the admission price ? 28 pounds ($45) for adults and 21 pounds ($34) for children five and over. Children under 5 go free. Warner Bros. says the charges are "in line with other major attractions in the U.K. and around the world."

The attraction has already won over an important group of fans: the cast.

"I found it quite moving, actually, coming back," said Rupert Grint, who played Harry's best friend, Ron Weasley. "I sometimes had to remind myself that we weren't doing a scene, because it's so authentic.

"This is a special place for me. I basically grew up here, went to school here. It's just nice to be able to share it with everyone."

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Online: http://www.wbstudiotour.co.uk

Jill Lawless can be reached at: http://twitter.com/JillLawless

Associated Press

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