--- title: "EV100: 5 things today's accountants should not do" date: 2018-02-28T12:59:20Z modified: 2024-05-30T11:12:39Z permalink: "https://grow.ee/hello-world/" type: post status: publish excerpt: Although currently only the age of the Republic of Estonia is being talked about, in fact everything around us is changing. wpid: 1 featured_image: "https://grow.ee/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Grow-Blog-Ärianalüüs-1200px.png" timestamp: 2024-05-30T11:12:39Z tags: - Accounting --- Although currently only the age of the Republic of Estonia is being talked about, in fact everything around us is changing. We are changing and what each of us should expect in our field is changing. Just as the conditions in Estonia are not comparable to those 25 years ago, for example, accountants are not obliged to use outdated methods in their work! Regardless of whether this text is read by an accountant himself or his employer, we recommend that you seriously consider these observations. Why not give yourself the gift of [**the best possible accounting service**](https://grow.ee/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/4-marksona-mida-raamatupidaja-rolli-muutumisel-silmas-pidada.md) for Estonia's 100th birthday. ## What are the five things that an accountant should avoid? Although we have made great strides in IT in recent decades, both as a country and on an individual level, outdated approaches can still be found. Surely every accountant wants their work to be carried out optimally and in the best possible way. Therefore, it is worth considering whether **have we done everything possible regarding the following five points**? 1. **Is my accounting paperless?** Paperless accounting should be the absolute norm in 2018. More and more things are being processed electronically, and so it should be possible to process everything more or less automatically. 2. **Am I a prisoner of my physical workplace?** The times when working efficiency was calculated based on hours spent in the office should be long gone. An accountant's flexible working hours and the possibility of working from home increase efficiency rather than inhibit it. 3. **Do I do work that a machine can do?** Performing dull, repetitive tasks ruins an employee and certainly does not have a positive effect on his or her motivation. A robot can often handle monotonous work, and every employee should be able to use their creativity. 4. **Am I just an extension of the state in an entrepreneur's office?** An accountant should not only perform work tasks that involve fulfilling obligations related to the state. A modern accountant can offer a company much more, [for example, in the field of financial analysis](https://grow.ee/services/arianaluutika/). 5. **Using outdated work methods is a waste of money for an entrepreneur.** Manually entering bank payments, entering checks one by one, making copies of payment orders for each transaction, preparing sales invoices in Excel, making purchase invoice entries in date order, and printing purchase invoices so that accounting information can be written on them and stored for seven years are some examples that accountants justify by saying that this is how it has always been done. We recommend that accountants critically review their routines so that they have more time for smarter work. ## If you need a consultation, Grow can help you At our accounting office Grow, we have always **stood for modern solutions**. Paperless accounting, _online_ accounting, etc. are nothing new to our service - they have long been natural choices for us and **we are currently working on even more innovative solutions**! If you, as an accountant, also want to be part of this development, [contact us](https://grow.ee/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/page/kontakt.md) today!