Midwest Book Review
Bookkeeping And Tax Preparation is an excellent "how-to" book for starting and building a prosperous bookkeeping, tax, and financial services business. Bookkeeping And Tax Preparation shows how anyone with a flair for figures can become an expert in their own business, making the most of their capital investment in an entrepreneurial enterprise, find the right market for their services and then marketing their services effectively. Bookkeeping And Tax Preparation explains how to attract and keep satisfied customers, handle the busy tax season, become an employer of others, build a comfortable retirement, and more! With the annual tax season closing in again, Bookkeeping and Tax Preparation will provide everything needed to for the aspiring entrepreneur.

Book Review
Gordon P. Lewis has compiled a very easy to follow book. ... The author is a successful practitioner in a rural resort community who once worked with large urban firms. The book is directed to bookkeepers but can be very helpful to non-bookkeeping types who want to know more about this profession. Small Business Opportunities Journal, January 1997 Recommended by Working at Home magazine, Vol. 3, No. 3, Spring 1998

Book Description
All the techniques and information for turning a flair for figures into a highly profitable, well-rounded financial services career. The book considers the advantages and disadvantages of self-employment, looks closely at entrepreneurship, reviews the nuts and bolts and costs of start up, presents the legal requirements, and tells how to acquire adequate computer equipment to do the job right. To build a solid client base, it tells how to analyze cities and towns for bookkeeping service, whether to start fresh or buy a going concern. It tells how much to charge and how to collect and manage the money. Once under way the author discusses work habits that don't run your life, hiring and training employees, diversifying into profitable sidelines, and building a comfortable retirement.

About the Author
Gordon P. Lewis worked with the U.S. Office of Civil Rights before embarking on a successful bookkeeping and tax preparation career. He is a Life and Disability Agent of the California Department of Insurance, a Professional Private Conservator of the Superior Court, a Series 7 Licensee of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), and an Investment Advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).