Simple Financial Record Keeping and Cafe Poet
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Whether we are writing as a hobby or as a business, we need to keep track of our income and expenses. Melissa Gijsbers, an author who works as a bookkeeper as part of her day job, will walk us through the basics of keeping track of income and expenses.
She will cover invoicing, recording cash sales, keeping track of expenses, how to keep everything in order, acquiring an ABN, signing up to the Copyright Council, profit and loss reports and more.
Get everything set up so you will be ready for tax time!
Speaker: SWWV member, Bee Williamson, will tell us about her experience as a Café Poet. Bee says ‘I started as a Café Poet in July 2010, at the lush and gorgeous Pheast 48, Wattletree Road, Armadale, (Vic). It had huge rose paintings, chandeliers and old masters on the ceiling. It was as warm and cosy as one could wish on a cold, rainy grey morning. Yet in summer its beautiful leafy courtyard with a large native pepper tree was there for all to enjoy. The cafe residency with no Internet access meant no distracting, time-wasting e-mail, Facebook or web searching. The time spent away from home and its inevitable distractions – washing, dishes, phone calls, Internet – was such a huge blessing and meant I could focus completely on writing! Those hours, uninterrupted, every Tuesday morning meant I finished my book over six months.’