Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, Pat Dutched spent forty years doing bookkeeping for all types of businesses, including her own. Because of that experience, she has a thorough understanding of the essentials in running a tight financial ship.
A Small Business Owner’s Dilemma
Pat understands that small business owners often wear many hats and therefore have a lot of responsibilities during any given work week. Many business owners have little or no real understanding of bookkeeping and view it as an unwelcome chore. They tend to put it aside for later, and then spend hours sorting through a mountain of paper, paying bills and organizing deposits, with no clear picture of their company’s financial picture.
The Perfect Solution
Pat saw the size of this problem as she and her employees struggled to help their clients organize their paper piles into some type of logical order. She began giving her clients a box and a series of folders and index files in which they could keep all papers related to their business in an organized, easy-to-follow system. The result for the business owners was a simple, efficient approach to bookkeeping that allowed them to easily file invoices, receipts, contracts, expenses and all of their financial and business records. The box contained everything needed to make not only tax preparation and everyday accounting and bookkeeping more efficient, but also gave a clear picture of cash flow and business trends.
The Key to a Successful Business
Pat’s clients were delighted with the ease and efficiency of the system. Bookkeeping chores were reduced to a simple weekly session and they could put their hands on any information they might need in a matter of seconds, because it was all organized in the box. At the end of the year, the box contained everything they needed for tax preparation, already organized, and ready to be handed off to the accountant. Their accounting bills were reduced and their time was freed up to pursue their business interests.
Organization for Home and Office
Eventually, after some urging from her clients, Pat decided to make the system available to all business owners and Bookkeeping in a Box® was born. Personal Record Keeping Made Simple was modeled after the business version, using the same professional approach to personal record keeping and storage to help homeowners realize similar savings of time and money.
A Known Financial Expert
Pat has offered financial advice on television talk shows and in newspaper columns and still does bookkeeping for clients she began with twenty seven years ago. She and her husband Wayne live in Round Lake, Michigan with their dog Buster.
To contact Pat regarding a speaking engagement,
call her at 1+(419)392-8298 or e-mail her.
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