Small Business Bookkeeping Services
Perhaps the major benefit of using bookkeeping servicesis the cost saving that would otherwise have gone into hiring a professional on a high salary. If you had to hire someone, you would have to spend on advertising the job vacancy, and then the non-measurable costs of spending time going through the plethora of resumes, interviewing all the candidates, screening them, getting background information such as criminal records, and then finally choosing one person for the job. In economic terms, there is an opportunity cost involved since you are spending the time you could otherwise have utilized selling products and services and generating revenues, and maintaining your customer service program. Moreover, after choosing an employee for the job, you will have to incur additional costs of generating payrolls and other unemployment and insurance benefits. You may even have to spend money on training this individual.
Another advantage of outsourcing bookkeeping services is the cost saving of installing and running the software required for the job. If you hire someone to perform bookkeeping services in-house, you will have to purchase software and any associated updates, as well as provide the employee with appropriate tools to manage the general ledger, and draw up tax documents and cost sheets. If you outsource this task instead, you will not have to spend on purchasing the software, and you will be able to avail all the latest tools and methods being utilized by the freelancers.
At times, you do not need an employee for full-time services, but rather only for part time tasks. This is the case with bookkeeping as well, where the task burden does not remain high throughout the financial year, and the employee often has large amounts of idle time. This idle time is a cost to the business. In such circumstances, it is better to outsource these services only when you need to, that is, at the end of each month and after a whole year when financial reports have to be prepared. This saves you a great deal of cost, since these service providers charge you on an hourly basis. On the other hand, if you hire a professional in-house, you will have to pay for fulltime including the cost of idle time.
Lastly, but most importantly, these freelance bookkeeping services have professionals who provide accurate data, and are ready to accept responsibility for any errors in the preparation of financial records.