Thursday, June 5, 2014

Accountants and Financial Services

Moser Tower along the Riverwalk park complex i...
Moser Tower along the Riverwalk park complex in Naperville, Illinois, USA. Moser Tower contains the city's Millennium Carillon. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
There are a lot of companies offering accounting services, but it’s important for you to make sure you’re working with the right one. While there are many things you should look for in an accountant, such as experience and honesty, you also need to look for someone who believes in educating you, especially when it comes to your financial statements.

Understanding financial statements and what they really mean can be difficult, and far too many accountants these days just read the statements themselves and act accordingly. Really, though, part of an accountant’s job is enabling and empowering you to take control of your own finances. You might not be able to handle every part of your finances, but you should at least know what’s going on!


You should be able to read financial statements and should be capable of periodically checking on your financial status on your own as needed. If your accountant can’t or won’t teach you how to do those things and wants to keep you “in the dark,” then it may be time to get your accounting services elsewhere, like at Susan S. Lewis, Ltd., an accounting firm in Naperville that is all about putting people in the driver’s seat of their financial lives.

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