GOLD COAST BOOKKEEPER, INC.
MIAMI, FLORIDA

Bookkeeping is a growing profession - it is demanding, exciting, challenging and above all, rewarding. It is about understanding how a business works and then providing accurate figures that enable the business to know exactly how well it is doing. For men and women of all ages and from all backgrounds it provides outstanding career opportunities. . His system still endures today and is used throughout the world, making bookkeeping a truly international profession. The ICB website will give an understanding of how to train to become a bookkeeper and how to become a member of the Institute. It will also help those who already have a qualification or have been working as a bookkeeper for many years but now want the support of a professional association to enhance career prospects. Bookkeeping today is far more than entering data and reconciling the bank. Bookkeeping is thinking about the needs of the business, thinking about the processes to get a result. Good bookkeeping now includes above and beyond this standard process to ‘think’ more about each stage and ask the questions ‘can we do this better’ and ‘is bookkeeping part of the natural business system?’ Have I captured all the relevant information required to produce an accurate result? Also note that a required standard should be that any other person, being a bookkeeper or accountant should be able to step in and work on the file for the business without needing to reinvent or research too significantly. A bookkeeper is a 'keeper of the books'. Bookkeeping isn’t just historical processing. Bookkeeping is “integrated business system management”. ICB provide current guidance on matters affecting the clients business. Be that GST or BAS related, be that payroll or general matters related to running a small business. ICB provide, require and monitor that their members undertake relevant training and update their knowledge. Technical support provided by ICB registered BAS Agents, Registered Tax Agents, qualified and experienced bookkeepers and accountants provide the next level of assistance to your bookkeeper. The ICB professional Code of Conduct requires and regulates that your bookkeeper meets the standards expected of a real professional service provider Provide the output of the bookkeeping work: be that operational reports or simply proof that the Bank reconciles (the type of reports should be agreed between you). This ensures that you see value for the time being spent with you and paid for by you. Recognising what the business does and making sure the customer gets billed Then making sure the customer pays What is the business process for making money and how should it be recorded? Tracking down all the ways the business spends money What is the business process for spending money and how should it be recorded? Bookkeeping isn’t just historical processing. Bookkeeping is “integrated business system management”. Noting that bookkeeping remains subject to what the business requires. The term “BAS Agent” typically applies to a business that contract to a client to provide services to that client to do with their BAS obligations. The legislation was implemented with a view to providing business with protection and security. It is about the qualifications, experience, competence, professionalism of us as an external person being relied on to assist you with the obligations of GST, PAYG Withholding (payroll), PAYG Instalment Payments, FBT Payments, WET, Fuel Tax and LCT. Only registered BAS Agents (and Tax Agents) are permitted to advise or help you “ascertain” (determine, establish, discover, make certain) your liabilities, obligations or entitlements of the areas of the BAS. Only registered Agents (other than the business owner or their employees) are permitted to represent the business in dealing with the ATO. A BAS Agent provides service competently using knowledge and skills to take “reasonable care” to ensure that tax law is applied correctly for the business.  The role of the tax intermediary is to provide the expertise and competent application of the tax laws and requirements to the circumstances of the taxpayer. They are not, like a lawyer, an officer of the court, but they are a representative and advisor to the taxpayer in their interactions with the ATO as regulator. The tax economy continues to be serviced by an increasing range of technical solutions, software or computer provided solutions. The ATO has now coined the term “Digital Service Providers” (DSPs) to define these entities. The role of Software Providers, be it commercial accounting products, tax preparation software or similar is not new but with the advancement of technology (some applying the term of Artificial Intelligence) their role needs to be included as a component of, or a service to, the Tax Profession. Why should you use a Registered BAS Provider? . This ensures that the knowledge and skills relevant to the BAS services provided are kept up to date. Gold Coast Bookkeeper Registered BAS Agent Number 24653495 Gold Coast Bookkeeper is a subsidiary of Exact Books Pty Ltd.