Hiring a Bookkeeper

REDUCE OVERHEAD!  FREE UP RESOURCES!  FOCUS ON FUNCTIONS THAT ARE CORE TO YOUR BUSINESS GROWTH!  We can tailor a variety of monthly, quarterly or year-end office accounting services and financial information management solutions to growing businesses. Let us work with our affiliated company, Argyle Bookkeeping Services, to ensure your year-end is completed in a timely manner.

WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF HAVING YOUR BOOKKEEPING AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES UNDER ONE ROOF?

  • Team collaboration - both companies work together as a team allowing us to have a complete understanding of your business and its requirements.
  • Reduce Accounting Fees - eliminates extra work at year-end as the bookkeeping throughout the year is completed at a higher standard.
  • Increased Accountability - no more wondering who should be accountable ... the bookkeeper or the accountant? We hold the responsibility from the time you drop off your paper work to the time your financial statements and tax returns are completed 

But where do you start if I have never employed a bookkeeper or I do have one that I am not satisfied with? How can I ensure that exposure is minimized? Start by asking the following questions to help make an informed decision:

  • What training does the bookkeeper have? Does the bookkeeper have any ongoing training?
  • Will the bookkeeper help me understand the results of the bookkeeping and reports?
  • If your bookkeeper gets sick or goes on holidays, who will take over processing the work?
  • Does anyone check their work before it is released to the client?
  • Do they prepare financial statements, corporate tax returns and personal tax returns?
  • Has anyone in their organization taken in-depth training in tax - GST/PST/HST? Who do they consult when they have a problem?
  • What type of relationship does your bookkeeper have with an accountant?
  • Who files everything? What am I presented with on completion? What steps have you taken to ensure my information remains private?
  • How will you get the information to do my bookkeeping? Will you pick up my information?
    Will you return it in a format that I can easily file the information?
  • Are you equipped to handle complex business files and recording of transactions?
  • Can you prepare budgets and financial forecasts, as well as special reports, that you may need from time to time?
  • Will your bookkeeper teach you how to make more money?
  • Will your bookkeeper show you the financial impacts of every business decision before you make it?

Still unsure about what to do? Save yourself the headache and contact:

Argyle Bookkeeping Services

519-888-7900

Let us work for you !