Accounting and bookkeeping outsourcing for small British and Australian firms, in their time zones

A first step

Write to 30 small accounting practices in Britain and Australia offering to do one month's bookkeeping for one of their clients at a trial price, working in their hours. Include your qualifications, the software you use, and how client data is kept secure. A single trial client, and the practice's view of your work after a month, is the proof and your first reference.

Who pays first

A small British or Australian accounting practice with more bookkeeping than staff, which pays per client per month for reliable work in its own hours.

What leaves today

Trained accountants leave to do this work abroad, when the same work could be done from here with the fee paid into the island.

The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.

The test

Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?

The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.

In the book

• Ch. ThreeWhat We Have Already Built
  The stock exchange in Malabe

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