Do You Resist Bookkeeping?
The Answer for the Accounting-Impaired
by Monica Ross
As a sole entrepreneur, you may be wearing all the hats,
running out of time and running on empty. You try to make
time for marketing,
errands and family, but when it comes to recording the financial
transactions of your business, you find yourself procrastinating.
There isn't really that much to do to employ anyone in-house
for the task, but you can’t seem to motivate yourself to
spend the few hours you need per month to tackle that file
full of
receipts. Doing it yourself seems to take up valuable time
that could be spent meeting clients or closing sales.
But there is another option: a virtual bookkeeper that doesn’t
take up valuable office space, or have to be trained on
new software. Yes, it’s a real person, but they don’t have
to
come to your
office, and you don’t have to run back and forth to get
to her. You only pay for the time used – no travel time,
no
coffee breaks
or vacation time. A virtual bookkeeper can adjust to the
tax needs or accounting needs of any province or state
because she
or he deals with clients from many geographical areas.
What about the cost? If accounting is not one of your core
competencies, it may make sense, operationally and economically,
to use a virtual
bookkeeper. Your time is better spent bringing in new
customers than struggling with the books. You may even
find that
your accountancy bills have reduced because the quality
of your
record-keeping
has increased!
Other reasons to use a virtual bookkeeper:
