# Start a bookkeeping business

URL: https://gocutline.com/playbooks/start-a-bookkeeping-business/

Start a bookkeeping business: Small companies need it every month, which makes it steady and hard to lose. 1) Learn one popular accounting tool properly. 2) Check what qualifications and rules apply where you live. 3) Choose one type of customer, such as freelancers or small shops.

## The steps
1. Learn one popular accounting tool properly.
2. Check what qualifications and rules apply where you live.
3. Choose one type of customer, such as freelancers or small shops.
4. Set a fixed monthly price by the number of transactions.
5. Ask accountants if they pass on small customers they do not want.
6. Set one fixed day each month for each customer.

## Your first move in Cutline
Block an hour to find out the rules in your country, and make a list of 20 possible customers.

## Copy this
> Hi [name], I do the monthly books for [type of business], for a fixed [price] a month, so your accountant gets it clean and on time. Is this something you still do yourself?

## Make it a block
[Add it to your week in Cutline](https://app.gocutline.com/?plan=Start%20a%20bookkeeping%20business%2060%20min%20on%20Monday%20at%209): one click and the time is blocked.

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