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Benefits To A Business In Using An Online Bookkeeping Service

by David Miller Accountant Consultant

Online bookkeeping services have made it easy for small businesses to switch from traditional bookkeeping to online bookkeeping. They are a virtual team of both bookkeepers and accountants. You can send them your books, and they will do your bookkeeping, accounting, and payroll for you on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis.


What's the deal?


Most of the time, you will be given easy-to-use accounting software that you can use online to keep track of transactions. Many online bookkeeping services use top-of-the-line accounting software because it's easy for people who don't know much about accounting to use. On top of that, you can choose to use bookkeeping services. When you send invoices, bank statements, and credit card statements electronically or by mail, a bookkeeper will enter your purchase invoices into the system, track and analyse how old your creditors and debtors are based on the invoices you may have sent out, and then enter the information into the system. Your credit card and bank statements will be matched up.


How it helps small business owners


For business owners to run their businesses well, they need accurate accounting information in real time. Here are some benefits for businesses that hire someone else to do their bookkeeping:


*Using online accounting software instead of desktop software for backups saves money and space. All of your data is saved somewhere else.


*You need less office space for the next six years to store your paper documents. The tax authorities accept electronic files, so you can put PDF invoices on a Dropbox account. Also, if you want to, you can keep the original files and just scan them to send to the bookkeeping team.


* It saves money on salaries for people who work in-house to keep the books.


* It saves you time or gives you time back if you were working on the accounts before.


Different Options


This depends on the size and needs of your business. Think about whether you do the bookkeeping yourself or if you have someone else do it. The services start with giving you or your staff the bookkeeping software so you or they can do the books. Support is given by the company that made the software, and they can help with any problems. You can also get a team from an online bookkeeping service to do all of your bookkeeping for you. And you only use the software to make invoices and look at the information they update for you. Or, you can combine their services with your own bookkeeping work by deciding ahead of time which tasks you or your staff will do and which tasks the virtual team will do.


Pricing


Prices vary from company to company, but in general, the more complicated your business is, the more bookkeeping and accounting tasks you'll need, so you can expect to pay more. For example, a sole proprietor with no employees may only need invoices and bank reconciliation every three months, while a business with employees may need prepayments and adjustments, depreciation, and payroll done every month.


Outsourcing your business's bookkeeping can be very helpful, since online bookkeeping services can either replace your bookkeepers and accountants or work in addition to the people you already have on staff. You can try out online bookkeeping services for free. Before you buy, use this to figure out what works best for you.


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