Every time some industry pundit declares that write-up is dead, the sales of this important application simply refuse to dry up. With more and more emphasis being placed on control and accountability, even some of your clients, who have moved their accounting in- house, have remained or become write-up clients. The reason for this is that there's a large difference between bookkeeping and accounting. Bookkeeping, especially with the sophisticated software now available, is pretty easy for your clients to perform. Unless your client is fairly large, however, they probably don't have an accountant on staff. Not many bookkeepers, even full-charge ones, are capable of calculating accruals, making the correct adjusting entries and redistributions, or computing depreciation and amortization. These are tasks, which call for the judgment and experience that you, as the accountant, bring to the table.
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