Key Benefits of using Off-Premise Bookkeeping & Accounting Services
The most common reasons companies choose to outsource their bookkeeping & accounting functions are to reduce operating costs, improve company focus, improve quality, and increase capabilities not otherwise available.
By outsourcing your accounting & bookkeeping functions your company could:
- Focus on your core business by off-loading non-core functions.
- Gain access to a skilled staff at affordable rates saving of over 40%.
- Increase customer satisfaction by improving speed and service.
- Take advantage of world-class technology.
- Alleviate yourself from the stress of HR issues and employee turnover.
- Have more consistency with your financial information.
As a business owner your time is best spent doing what you do well, working with existing customers and finding new ones. Time spent figuring out bookkeeping & accounting problems add little or no value to your customer relationships.
Why outsource your bookkeeping work to Smetana & Bardes CPAs?
Click what best describes you:
• I have (or plan to hire) a full-time bookkeeper
Hiring an employee can be expensive and time consuming. Not only do you have to pay the added costs of employer payroll taxes, workers compensation, medical insurance, retirement plans, and other benefits, you also need to provide a work station. Companies that have an in-house bookkeeper understand the inconveniences they are faced with when an employee calls in sick or leaves the company on short notice. Training can take time and many companies go through bookkeepers more than once a year. Each time that occurs you need to reinvest both the time and money in order to place classified ads, interview, screen, test, and train an employee. Outsourcing with us eliminates these concerns and you get full-time, reliable, and professional bookkeeping & accounting services.
Utilizing our services is cost efficient. You get a dedicated team for much less than what it would normally cost to hire one in-house employee. The overall savings can be over 40%.
Our clients are handled by a team of accounting professionals that have a level of expertise not regularly found in the average bookkeeping company. Our team is comprised of two CPAs (one with over four years of Big 4 experience and the other with 10 years of small business experience), a QuickBooks specialist with 10 years of technical experience working at Intuit (i.e. QuickBooks), and staff who are trained and experienced at providing bookkeeping services. Your team is only a phone call or e-mail away to provide prompt and accurate service.
If you are looking for ways to reduce overhead and focus on your core business, now is the perfect time to make the switch to off-premise bookkeeping & accounting.
• My business is small, I don't have a bookkeeper,
I just give all my receipts to my accountant at the end of the year
Financial Statements are like a report card for your business. They tell you how you how your business is performing and provide you with critical information which is necessary when making financial decisions for your company regardless of your size. Waiting a whole year to see how your business has performed is unacceptable.
In addition to being in the dark for a whole year, you are also adding to the work your tax accountant has to do at year-end. If your tax accountant needs to sort through a year's worth of receipts not only will you end up paying more money for their additional time, you may also delay the filing of your return. By outsourcing your bookkeeping work to us, you are able to keep a closer eye on your business, and provide your accountant with financial statements that he/she can use in preparing your tax return. Since we maintain your general ledger and subsidiary schedules as part of the ongoing recording of data and preparation of documents, your year-end work can be significantly reduced resulting in lower accounting fees and faster turnaround time in preparing tax returns and financial statements.
Our clients are handled by a team of accounting professionals that have a level of expertise not regularly found in the average bookkeeping company. Our team is comprised of two CPAs (one with over four years of Big 4 experience and the other with 10 years of small business experience), a QuickBooks specialist with 10 years of technical experience working at Intuit (i.e. QuickBooks), and staff who are trained and experienced at providing bookkeeping services. Your team is only a phone call or e-mail away to provide prompt and accurate service.
If you are looking for ways to reduce overhead and focus on your core business, now is the perfect time to make the switch to off-premise bookkeeping & accounting.
• I have a part-time bookkeeper who comes in once a week (month)
That's great, you are taking the right steps in ensuring you maintain accurate records. We have found that a lot of times part-time bookkeepers can be expensive. Depending on your location, bookkeepers typically charge between $25 and $50 per hour. Keep in mind, their rates needs to absorb travel time and costs. Since we do all of our work remotely we are able to pass those savings along to you.
Our clients are handled by a team of accounting professionals that have a level of expertise not regularly found in the average bookkeeping company. Our team is comprised of two CPAs (one with over four years of Big 4 experience and the other with 10 years of small business experience), a QuickBooks specialist with 10 years of technical experience working at Intuit (i.e. QuickBooks), and staff who are trained and experienced at providing bookkeeping services. Your team is only a phone call or e-mail away to provide prompt and accurate service.
If you are looking for ways to reduce overhead and focus on your core business, now is the perfect time to make the switch to off-premise bookkeeping & accounting.
• I keep the books in addition to running my business
That's great, you are taking the right steps in ensuring you maintain accurate records. Depending on your goals and objectives, you may begin to realize that in order to grow your company you need to focus your efforts on marketing and customer service. As a business owner, your time is extremely valuable and every hour you spend on bookkeeping or accounting is an hour you could have spent growing your company.
Keep in mind this is our specialty and we have an efficient systematic process in place. Some items which may take you significant time in interpreting and understanding may only take us minutes. Our rates are very affordable for even the smallest business, don't spin your wheels trying to figure things which do not bring you business. Let us take it off your plate.
Our clients are handled by a team of accounting professionals that have a level of expertise not regularly found in the average bookkeeping company. Our team is comprised of two CPAs (one with over four years of Big 4 experience and the other with 10 years of small business experience), a QuickBooks specialist with 10 years of technical experience working at Intuit (i.e. QuickBooks), and staff who are trained and experienced at providing bookkeeping services. Your team is only a phone call or e-mail away to provide prompt and accurate service.
If you are looking for ways to reduce overhead and focus on your core business, now is the perfect time to make the switch to off-premise bookkeeping & accounting.
• I would like to hire a knowledgeable controller however I can't afford it
In addition to having an efficient bookkeeping process in place, we provide you with the same level of financial analysis as you would receive from a full time controller. We can schedule periodic conference calls and provide you with all of the reports and feedback you need to help ensure your company is running efficiently and has a crystal clear financial picture. See our Controller Service for more detail.
