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Do I still need a bookkeeper if I use accounting software?

Bookkeeping & accounting basics

Software categorises transactions and imports bank feeds. It does not decide how to treat a prepaid annual contract, a SAFE, or deferred revenue.

Those judgment calls are what a bookkeeper or accountant adds. The common failure is a clean-looking ledger with a balance sheet nobody has ever reconciled.

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Check your EIN confirmation letter (CP 575) first. If that is gone, look at a previously filed tax return, a business bank account application, or any 1099 you have issued. Your bank or your payroll provider will also have it on file.

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