Starting Bookkeeping Business

Laura1980 · ‎June 19, 2020

Since I am new to Quickbooks and gradually learning the program I have a few questions.

I am a certified bookkeeper and certified payroll but most of the time i have always work as an AP or AR (with quickbooks desktop enterprise version ) , and I have never started a company from scratch. Everywhere I have worked things were settled well ahead of me joining those big companies . So I am really afraid to start from zero completely on my own without any previous experience. So my initial thought is to start offering only AP , AR bank reconciliation services where i feel more confident - no payroll , no taxes or amortization, inventory etc.

My biggest fear is what are the chances I might be able to find clients who are willing to pay just for that ?

Please any insights from when you first started would be really appreciated .

AileneA · ‎June 20, 2020

Hi there, @Laura1980.

Thank you for choosing QuickBooks as your Accounting tool.

If your masterpiece is AP and AR service and Bank reconciliation, you can start there.

Financial statements and taxes are important as well in the business, you can learn and understand the workflow with the articles provided below.

I've attached articles to help guide you through the Bookkeeping workflow: A Guide to Financial Statements with Template.

As far as pricing, that would be whatever your preference is. There isn't a specific standard.

Please don't hesitate to post questions in Community, if you wish to learn more about accounting workflow. We are here to lend a hand. Have a great day!

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JessT · ‎June 19, 2020

Hello Laura!

Welcome to your new environment, the QuickBooks Online Accountant platform! There's nothing much different in the process with the Enterprise version, except the interface, so I'm pretty sure this will just be a piece of cake to you. We're also here to help.

For bank reconciliations, just be sure that the transactions listed in a client's bank register in a statement match the transactions in their statement. See more references for bank reconciliation here.

For A/R and A/P reconciliations, you can open the General Ledger report and run the report for the A/R and A/P sub-ledgers in the Chart of Accounts. Actually, you will no longer have to compare them because their respective amounts are reflected in the GL report in detail.

You can find more references for QuickBooks Online Accountant on the QuickBooks Support page.

We're just around if you have follow-up questions.

Laura1980 · ‎June 20, 2020

Hi JessT

Thank you so much for your reply , but may be you didn't get my main point ?

1 . I am saying that I want to start and personal own LLC business.

(having my own business offering bookkeeping services for real ) and I am thinking to offer just AP services and AR services and bank reconciliation services to start with . This is where i feel more confident.

I am wondering would there be any interesting client to get just these few services without any payroll or taxes or other more complex accounting tasks included. How would that impact their overall situation ? Their financial statements etc ?

2. Second do bookkeepers charge a flat rate per month or hourly rates ?

Thank you

AileneA · ‎June 20, 2020

Hi there, @Laura1980.

Thank you for choosing QuickBooks as your Accounting tool.

If your masterpiece is AP and AR service and Bank reconciliation, you can start there.

Financial statements and taxes are important as well in the business, you can learn and understand the workflow with the articles provided below.

I've attached articles to help guide you through the Bookkeeping workflow: A Guide to Financial Statements with Template.

As far as pricing, that would be whatever your preference is. There isn't a specific standard.

Please don't hesitate to post questions in Community, if you wish to learn more about accounting workflow. We are here to lend a hand. Have a great day!

dwaite · ‎April 08, 2021

My name is Deana [last name removed] and I would be interested. I am interested and have a dew small companies a that could use this service. Please call me at [phone number removed].

ReymondO · ‎April 08, 2021

Good day, @dwaite.

Thank you for choosing QuickBooks Online (QBO) Accountant as your financial software. This program is built to empower pros like you. With features and resources available only to accountants and bookkeepers, you can grow and run your practice, your way.

Let me help you get started so you can add and track all your clients in QBO.

First, sign up for free to start growing and managing your practice remotely from one login. QBO Accountant is your portal to client leads, training, tools, and support.

Next, get to know the features you can use in the product and check the resources available in your Accountant Toolbox. This way, we can make your work more efficient.

For more details, you can check out this article: Getting started with QuickBooks Online Accountant.

Since QuickBooks Community is a public forum, we don't have the available tools that could schedule you for a callback. However, you can use your QBOA account to connect with our live agent.

Just tag my name in the comment section if you have any other concerns or questions. I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Stay safe.

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