CA Inter Student Ki Bookkeeping Freelancing: ₹19,000 Monthly Tak Kaise Pahunche

Pehle mahine ki kamai ₹2,350. Aur uske liye maine 41 ghante lagaye the.

Hisaab lagaya toh ₹57 per ghanta aaya. Main CA Inter ke notes ke saath baitha tha aur samajh nahi aa raha tha ki ye khushi ki baat hai ya sharam ki.

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Shuruat kaise hui

Mere papa ke ek dost ki kapde ki dukaan hai. Unka bahi-khata ek purane Tally version mein tha jo unka bhatija kabhi kabhi dekh leta tha. Ek din papa ne yun hi bol diya ki "ye ladka CA kar raha hai, isko de do."

Mujhe lagta tha ki ye kaam mere liye bahut chhota hai. Matlab, CA Inter mein itna ledger, itna adjustment padh liya, aur yahan sirf entry karni hai? Sach batao toh thoda ego tha.

Pehli hi entry mein samajh aaya ki padhai aur real books mein farak hai. Dukaan ke bills mein koi GST number nahi tha, kuch cash payments ki parchi pe sirf "maal ka" likha tha, aur bank statement mein 3 entries aisi thi jo kisi ko yaad nahi thi. Wahi 41 ghante kaise gaye, ab samajh aata hai.

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Kaam asal mein kya hota hai

Zyada tar chhote clients ko teen cheezein chahiye hoti hain. Mahine ki entries, bank reconciliation, aur GST return ke liye data ready karna.

Entries mein sales aur purchase ke bills Tally mein chadhane padte hain. Bank reconciliation mein bank statement ko books se match karna hota hai, aur jo entry match nahi hoti uska pata lagana padta hai. GST ka data ready karne mein bas dekhna hota hai ki input aur output ka hisaab saaf ho. (Return file karne ka kaam usi client ka CA ya GST practitioner karta hai, ye maine shuru mein hi clear kar liya.)

Is kaam ka sabse bada hissa detective ka hai. Ek baar ek client ki books mein ₹4,860 ka fark aa raha tha jo 2 din tak nahi mila. Aakhir mein pata chala ki ek supplier ka payment do baar likh diya gaya tha. Do din ek galti ke peeche.

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Clients kahan se aaye

Seedha batata hoon, pehle 3 clients jaan-pehchan se aaye. Papa ke dost, ek tuition wale sir, aur ek cousin ka chhota online business.

Fiverr pe maine try kiya tha. 3 hafte mein ek bhi order nahi. Upwork pe proposals bheje, 14 bheje, ek ka jawab aaya aur woh bhi budget ke liye bahut kam tha. Waise, actually yeh bhi nahi kehna chahiye ki platform pe nahi hota. Mere liye nahi hua, kisi aur ke liye ho sakta hai.

LinkedIn pe ek post daali thi ki main chhote businesses ke liye bookkeeping karta hoon. Us post se 1 client aaya. Ek hi, par woh ₹6,200 wala tha jo aaj bhi hai.

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Paisa, aur wo mahina jab sab gadbad hua

Mere pehle 3 clients ne ₹3,000, ₹4,500 aur ₹6,200 monthly diya. Saath mein 2 aur jude, aur 7 mahine mein total ₹19,000 ke aas-paas pahunch gaya. Par ye har mahine nahi hota. Kisi mahine ₹14,300 aaya kyunki ek client ne season ke baad kaam ruka diya.

Aur ek client ne 3 hafte payment rok ke rakhi. Maine kuch likha hua nahi rakha tha, bas zubani baat thi. Uske baad se har client ke saath WhatsApp pe scope aur payment date likhwa leta hoon.

Exam ke 6 hafte pehle sabse zyada dikkat aayi. Maine do clients ko bataya ki delay hoga. Ek ne samjha. Doosre ne agle mahine se kaam kisi aur ko de diya. Dukh hua, par honestly galti meri thi, mujhe pehle bata dena chahiye tha.

Ek aur galti pricing ki thi. Jis client ke mahine mein 60 entries thi aur jiske 340, dono ko maine lagbhag same rate bataya. Doosre ka kaam mujhe paanch guna zyada time deta tha. Ab pehle ek mahine ke bills ka sample maangta hoon, phir rate bolta hoon.

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Study ke saath balance

Mera rule ab simple hai. Exam hai toh 3 se zyada clients nahi. Aur kaam subah 6 se 8 ke beech, jab dimaag fresh hota hai, raat ko nahi.

Ek baar maine raat 1 baje reconciliation karne ki koshish ki thi. Agle din dekha toh ek entry ulti chadh gayi thi. Kaam dobara karna pada, toh time bacha nahi, ulta gaya.

Ek cheez jo mujhe unexpected mili: freelancing se padhai mein bhi madad hui. Jo cheez book mein sirf theory thi, jaise accruals aur prepaid expenses, woh real bills mein dekh ke pakki ho gayi. Audit ke paper ke liye jo vouching padhni thi, usme mujhe samajh aaya kyunki main roz vouchers dekh raha tha.

Is kaam ko Tally seekh ke shuru karna sabse seedha raasta hai. Aur agar aap aage badhna chahte ho toh accountant ka Upwork wala safar bhi padh sakte ho, jahan ek alag tarah ka kaam hota hai.

Mujhe abhi bhi pakka nahi pata ki articleship shuru hone ke baad ye clients rakh paunga ya nahi. Time kam hoga, aur 5 clients ek saath shayad mushkil ho jaaye. Shayad do rakhunga, ya shayad...