Resources: Small Business Accounting

As boring as it may be, especially when compared to the inherent thrills of light construction, there’s no business without bookkeeping. The small business environment is flooded with “easy-to-use” accounting software programs, to help us dispatch this odious task electronically. Apparently, they’re not easy enough, as a busy industry of well-attended how-to services and seminars attests. Angelo Ventresca, Jr., the author of Basic Bookkeeping for Beginners & Small Businesses (1999; Angelo Ventresca Associates, RR 5 Box 54, Montrose, PA 18801; 570/278-2721; $20), states that “… one cannot properly operate a computer bookkeeping program until manual bookkeeping is understood.” The accuracy of computer data is often summarized with a related thought, “garbage in, garbage out.” So, even though