5th February 2006, 12:43 PM
Quote:Namely, from what you describe I get the impression all that book keeping could just be done by a computer program. Why should I hire a human?
Because you'd still have to have someone who knew how to use the program and how to fix things if it messes up somewhere. And that person would be an accountant. Not to mention that the process of accounting is already becoming very complex and we've only just scratched the surface of all the things that you have to do. Such as, if you have workers under you and they haven't been paid by the end of the fiscal year you have to make sure to record that they've already done the work but have not yet been paid, as well as doing the same for money received but not earned, work done but not yet paid for, depreciation of equipment, usage of on-hand supplies, and so on. Not to mention that there are rules that every company has to abide by when doing their accounting and if you don't you'll find government auditors knocking on your door. And you've got to be able to explain to other people what everything means and set it up in a way where it can be easily read. It's not just writing everything down and then adding and subtracting all the numbers.
To explain it to you is nearly impossible, because I'm just beginning to understand it myself. But I can tell that there's nothing simple or easy about it.
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