Jun 13, 2014
A Google Search - Of Construction Bookkeeper
Embezzlement will generate thousands of hits and most of it could
have been avoided if the construction owner had known about and
followed a few simple guidelines.
#01 - Don't Hire A Bad Bookkeeper Click Here For More...
#02 - Understand The Employee Theft 10-10-80 Rule
- Discovered over many years of experience and first hand
observation by auditors, accountants, fraud examiners, anyone
involved in detecting employee theft.
Ten Percent - Of all employees including
bookkeepers will steal in a variety of ways from office supplies,
petty cash, graft, kickbacks and payoffs from your suppliers,
vendors and sub-contractors and even hundreds of thousands or even
millions of dollars. They will do it regardless of how many
security systems are in place because they lack integrity and have
an "taker's" entitlement paradigm that states: "It Is Better To
Take Than To Make". They cannot be stopped, only caught! And only
then if you have systems in place and if you can convince the
criminal justice system to take action, good luck with that!
Ten Percent - Of all employees including
bookkeepers will never steal because they have integrity and a
"Producer's" paradigm that states: "It Is Better To Make Than To
Take". In the end these are the people who will add so much value
to your company you cannot help but reward them with more money,
benefits and recognition. Because if you do not they will be
recruited by your competitors. This is another example of Leveling,
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Eighty Percent - Of all employees including
bookkeepers will steal if they feel certain they can get away with
it and if circumstances allow for it due to weak integrity and a
sense of "Redistributing The Wealth, But Not The Work Or The
Responsibility"
#03 - Your Bookkeeper - Asks for signature authority on your checking / savings /
payroll accounts
#04 - Your Bookkeeper - Has a lifestyle that seems
above what they are earning
#05 - Your Bookkeeper - Takes Records Home to work
on or they want to work in the office when no one is around
(Fraudulent activities are easier when nobody is around).
#06 - Your Bookkeeper - Refuses to take a
vacation.
#07 - Your Bookkeeper - Gets defensive when you or
your CPA asks questions.
#08 - Your Bookkeeper - Has access to your
credit/debit cards.
#09 - Your Bookkeeper - Receives mail-order
packages at work.
#10 - Your Bookkeeper - Has QuickBooks in a
complete mess and you cannot understand any of it.
#11 - You Bookkeeper - Tries to explain away
delinquency tax notices.
#12 - Your Bookkeeper - Insists on picking up the
daily mail.
#13 - Your Bookkeeper - Is the primary contact for
your company's banks, auditors, creditors, etc.
#14 - Your Bookkeeper - Misplaces payroll receipts, deposit records, supplier letters
and estimates.
#15 - Your Bookkeeper - Makes the bank deposits
and they seem to be too small.
#16 - Your Bookkeeper - Show signs of a drinking,
drug, or gambling problem or family financial problems.
#17 - Your Bookkeeper - Suggested they could save
money by getting rid of the outside accounting firm.
#18 - Your Bookkeeper - Gets angry when you ask
for a QuickBooks report
#19 - Your Bookkeeper - Tries to blame the
previous Bookkeeper or outside accounting firm for messy
QuickBooks
#20 - Your Bookkeeper - Does not get along well
with other employees and staff members.
#21 - Paying bills with Cashiers Checks - When you
look it up on the internet it will only show as a withdrawal
There Are More Warning Signs - To be aware of and
action steps you can take.
This is one more example of how Fast Easy Accounting is helping construction company owners just like you put more money in the bank to operate and grow your construction company. Construction accounting is not rocket science; it is a lot harder than that and a lot more valuable to construction contractors like you so stop missing out and call Sharie 206-361-3950 or email sharie@fasteasyaccounting.com
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