我现在手上有 "business owner's guide to accounting and bookkeeping". "small business for dummies" "tax accounting for small business". "accounting for dummies".

但看书和实际上做是完全不同的事. 我并不是找人帮忙做bookkeeping. 而是想找一些有专业知识的人士解答我的一些疑问. 我不想走太多弯路. 在ebay 上做生意是件很忙, 很费时间的事.

实际上我也正准备去读一些相关的课程. 但我还是希望可以在互利的条件下得到一些专业人事的建议. 尤其是税务上的. 我要是现在乱做, 将来难免很多麻烦. 做生意不是一本accounting book 可以解决的. 而我现在的条件还没办法请个accountant来常常回答我的问题.

以下是引用mimibobof在2005-9-30 9:28:00的发言：
Basically you need a nonpaid accountant to help you. And what you offer is to count as their "work experience" as the reward. I doubt how many people would be interested in a small company's "work experience". There is no free lunch in the world.

我来这里问的原因是如果我是f2,h4在读accounting的话. 没有什么兴趣近大四里去拼命. 只想拿个普通accounting degree, 将来可以在个small company里做份稳定的工作. 我会希望可以提前拿到些experience. entry level 找工最大的难题应该是工作经验了吧. 而且一个星期花几分钟解答几个问题, 真的算是给人free lunch吗?

或许这个想法真的有些自私. 有时候可能以为自己会很开心做的事. 别人并没有相同的想法. :) 还好我提前来这里问了一下. :)

ebay 上有相同困扰的seller 还真的很多. 刚刚发现 ebay 在9月28号开了 the Accounting Assistant & Record Keeping Discussion Board. 全新的版. 难怪我前几天没找到. 有相同方面问题的jm可以到这里来问问题. ebay 的 forums 一向非常的热闹. 有问必答的. :)

link 在这. http://forums.ebay.com/db1/forum.jspa?forumID=1000000016

这下好了. 这个问题解决了. :) 谢谢你们的建议. 使我看到了我的想法自私的一面. :) 要不是你们说出这些, 我也不会到网上再去找相关的bbs了. :) 这下问题解决了. :)

以下是引用mimibobof在2005-9-30 13:10:00的发言：
since you already made a lot of sales on ebay, you must have your sales revenue and profit. Why not to pay some money to get professional advice? If it is only several minutes in a week, it won't cost you a fortune to consult a real accountant or CPA.

the accountant would charge me an hourly fee. :) I'm not making that much of a profit to afford one yet. :) probably in the furture. but I will go see one by the end of yr to make sure everything is done right. :)

even I know that most of my questions are really simply ones. usually anyone with the right knowledge could answer in a couple of sentences. :) so I will stay with ebay bbs for now. :) it is much more convenient to use since I could ask any question any time by just posting there. while I can't really call my accountant all the time. :)

I like the prespect of learning everything myself inside out. :) that way, I could have a much better understanding of the whole business. :) it is just sometimes, it takes me hours of reading to get one simple answer while someone could just point to the right answer in a second. :)

I'm just happy that everything is working out for the best. :)