Virtual Bookkeeping Services For Small Business Owners

We offer Bookkeeping Services for small business owners who are ready for a commitment to regular Bookkeeping Services, as well as those who may not be quite ready for a commitment, but definitely need our help to get their books in order to hand over to their CPA.

It's important to know the difference between what a Bookkeeper does and what an Accountant does. The Bookkeeper (or you, as the business owner) is typically responsible for recording and properly categorizing every transaction in your business and putting that summarized data into financial reports. Your Accountant then analyzes these reports to strategize your business for tax savings and reporting. 

A good way to visualize the difference is to think of a painter and her assistant. The assistant prepares the paints and the easel, while the painter uses the paints to create a masterpiece. A Bookkeeper is the painter's assistant, and the Accountant is the painter. 

Both the Bookkeeper and the Accountant have a role in creating the masterpiece. In fact, if the assistant mixes the paints wrong or incorrectly prepares the easel, the painting may not become a masterpiece or the easel could break later, ruining the painting!

A Bookkeeper is an integral role in the accounting process in addition to the Accountant, not in place of - this is why our system includes AMA - Ask My Accountant. No matter what service you choose with us, our process involves an update to you of anything we need you to run by your Accountant just to make sure we are both working together to streamline your business behind the scenes, while you focus on what's ahead. 

So then the question really is: do you like being a Bookkeeper?