A bookkeeping side hustle offers incredible flexibility. It allows you to balance work with personal life. It also opens opportunities to work with a wide range of clients from different locations.

Accounting Software Keeping your books accurate and up to date is something you are likely already on top of as a bookkeeper, so using services such as Xero, QuickBooks, and FreshBooks to automate some of your processes and organise/store your accounting data in the cloud.

Bookkeepers and accountants sometimes do the same work, but have a different skill set. In general, a bookkeeper's role is to record transactions and keep you financially organized, while accountants provide consultation, analysis, and are more qualified to advise on tax matters.