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What name for my bookkeeping service?

I am in the process of starting a bookkeeping service, and am wondering if I should use "Bookkeeping Services" or "Accounting Services" after the name? I don't want to limit myself down the road in case I decide to expand (to include tax preparation or payroll preparation for example) but also want my name to convey what I am offering.  I have checked with my state CPA association and I can use "accounting" in the name (just not accountant).  Thanks in advance for any advice!

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05/03/12 8:01am PDT

Why not have them both then. Such as yourname accounting and bookkeeping services..

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05/03/12 8:17am PDT

How about "Book 'em, Danno"?

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OK, serious answer.  What I understand you to be saying is that you're considering using "Accounting Services" in your business name because of what you might offer somewhere down the road.  If so, IMO, that's deliberately misleading.  Call it what it is now, "Bookkeeping Services,"and change the name if and when you broaden your range of services offered.

I couldn't call my car shop "Chuck's Buick and Maserati Dealership" just because I'd like to offer Maseratis some day.

Morons. I've got MORONS on my team. Nobody is going to rob us going DOWN the mountain. We have got no MONEY going DOWN the mountain. When we HAVE GOT the money, goin' back UP the mountain, THEN you can sweat.
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05/03/12 8:31am PDT

 Um, Chuck, I think pmsmith may have moved on by now - post was from February.

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05/03/12 8:33am PDT

I never even looked.  What an idiot.  I just saw the response from today pop up, and piggybacked on it.

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 I liked the Bookem Danno comment.

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 You never can tell when someone is going to come through and "plop" in an answer to an old post.

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05/03/12 11:40am PDT

Your actual business name should be short and easy to remember. Services provided can be listed below the business name and changed as your services change.

How about the name Mike's ABCs,and under that list: Accounting, Bookeeping, and Consulting on financial matters.

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"Bubba the Book Cooker"

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If you had a temp agency for kitchen personnel, could it be called

"Bubba the Cook Booker?"

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ill have Cletis get with Bubba on this

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05/07/12 7:03am PDT

Don't use "accounting" in your name if you don't offer accounting services.

If you use "accounting" in your name but don't offer accounting services, the Acme Payday Loan Company and Pawn Shop will call and ask for an audit.

If the Acme Payday Loan Company and Pawn Shop calls and asks for an audit and you can't provide that service, their CFO, Lev, will get angry.

If Lev gets angry, he will instruct Guido to pay you a visit.

If Guido pays you a visit, you'll wake up in the ER with three missing front teeth and a split lip.

If you have three missing front teeth and a split lip, all your "s's" will sound like "th's"

If all your "s's" sound like "th's", you'll be offering bookkeeping thervitheth rather than bookkeeping services.

Don't name your company PMETH Bookkeeping and Accounting Thervitheth.  Leave "accounting" out of the name.

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