"How important are bookkeeping certifications?"
Credentialing May be More Important than You Think
Like most industries, credentials are popping up to help professionals progress throughout their profession.
Some of the more popular industry credentials for bookkeepers and accounting professionals, include ...
* Certified Bookkeeper Credential, offered the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers; aipb.org
* Certified Public Accountant, offered the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts
* Certified Management Accounts/Certified Financial Managers, offered by the Institute of Management Accountants
* Other organizations and industry credentials are offered by credentialed sources, such as the College of Financial Planning, Institute of Internal Auditors, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, among many others.
Thinking about adding tax services to your business?
The National Association of Tax Practitioners will be a resource to research and possibly join.
What's so important about industry credentialing? Well, there are many benefits that go along with holding credentials. First, you're more seriously reviewed by potential clients. Credentials have long been recognized as deciding factors when new prospects are prepared to hire professionals. Pure and simple, credentials will mean more business for your business. <wink> Second, credentials will solidify your position for company employment if you're going that route. Certifications reflect to hiring companies that you are following the industry and take the industry seriously. No doubt, hirers will consider you more seriously than a person without such credentialing. Third, credentials mean more salary dollars in your pocket ... making the fees to acquire such credentials an investment with an estimated multi-fold return.
Learn more about how to start a bookkeeping business
Credentials mean more salary dollars in your pocket
Suggested topics to research: credentialed bookkeeping organizations
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